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I am only doubting you because I know the stats for the weapon industry. I did not think that pharm had reached that level yet. Pharm is still user-driven whereas weapons are fear and policy driven. Lately, fear and policy are huge, but meds are being considered a necessary part of...
Tell me that the next time she tries to kill my pizza delivery guy for entering her domain, AKA my yard/driveway (yes, she has done this more than once. Fortunately, I tip well and our delivery guy is awesome.), or she tries to break my arm because I have to treat "her" birds for bugs or worms...
I don't read through post histories unless it is absolutely necessary to help diagnose a problem. I feel it is an invasion of privacy.
Wazine clearance is 14 days after the last dose, if I recall correctly. I don't use Wazine as a rule because I don't live in an area hospitable to worms. I...
You may want to post this over in the Hatching Chicks forum. They would know more accurately what weights you are aiming towards. I hate guesstimating weights on newbs because it has been too long since I had babes.
Good luck.
Why would you? It is much faster acting and more effective when used as directed (as an injectable). GI juices often wreak havoc with meds that are designed as IM drugs. Fortunately, this particular drug can be used as a PO med, but why would you?
What are you using it for? What is the...
Blue green? Has she been eating red cabbage?
Has she been eating at all? Green stools are as a result of a bird not passing food through the GI system. The green color comes from excess bile that is not being used during digestion because the bird is either not eating, or the food is not...
Your vet is telling you what s/he has to tell you in order to be in compliance with the laws. There are several off-label uses of medications that are not cleared by the FDA for use on poultry. Theoretically, unless a drug/medication/treatment has undergone stringent testing, it cannot be...
It is unlikely that the "infection" from the bumblefoot traveled anywhere else. Chickens' bodies are great at encapsulating infections which is why abscesses are common in birds. Bumblefoot in humans, would likely kill us through a systemic staph infection, but birds get an ugly knot on their...
Blukote the affected areas.
Is she still hobbling? You are going to need to check her legs and feet over for injuries. Describe how she is hobbling- is the hobble coming from the ankle, the knee or the hip?
How much space is available and how many birds in that space?
Start looking up Marek's Disease. I have little experience with it, so I am not going to be any help to you, but using BYC's search feature would be your best bet.
Good luck.
Sorry someone has not responded to you sooner.
It is totally normal for a molting hen. They get pale in the face and comb due to lack of light, colder temps, and a mild protein deficiency because they are pumping out protein to regrow their feathers. They are also itchy, grumpy, easy to...
Sounds like flip/flipover, especially because of the position he was found in (flipped onto his back). Flip is often an undiagnosed heart condition that strikes without warning. It is so common in birds (specifically roos) that it has its own name, so it happens with regularity.
I am sorry...
Keratin sheaths.
Mites are hard to spot. You need to look for them at night when they most active with a powerful flashlight. The easiest way to suspect if a bird has mites is to watch for constant head shaking once they are settled down on the roost at night. Mites will start crawling on...
Those are new feathers growing in. The sheath will fleck off in grooming once the feathers grow in fully. She may not be going through a full blown molt, but she definitely lost some feathers and now they are growing back in. Birds lose feathers all the time. Sometimes they go through...
There were no feathers because your raccoon is getting better at his job. Time to invest in an electric fence.
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