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Hello everyone! My husband and I got a Tom turkey about a month ago he’s 2 years old and probably weighs about 30 pounds. We’ve been keeping him in an enclosed pen so he can get to know our property before we let him free range. 4 days ago we came outside and he wouldn’t stand up he was...

I have a baby turkey that is about a month old and he has just been acting very lethargic in comparison to his brothers and sisters. He eats and drinks but mainly stands still with his wings droopy and his head held close to his body. His poop appears normal and his crop is full when he goes...

Hi everyone! A few days ago I noticed some small worms about 1/2 inch long in one of my new hens poop. I decided to deworm the whole flock today with safeguard. I know that I need to dose everyone again in ten days but I’m wondering how I will know if the treatment worked? Will I actually...

Please help, my entire flock of 20 birds has come down with some kind of respiratory illness. My go-to med tylan is indefinitely back ordered so I treated with LE 200. (3 days, .2ml per pound) My birds seemed to be improving. But now whatever they have has come back and has moved to their...

I just purchased a few new hens yesterday and today 2 are showing signs of respiratory illness, one is much worse than the other. I treated them both with 1 cc of La200 in the breast earlier this afternoon. Does anyone know how long it takes before I may start to see signs of improvement?

As you can probably guess from the title, my 2 1/2 year old rooster has had both of his spurs fall off in the past month. He appears to be in perfect health and is not acting like he is in distress. I came outside today to find a bloody nub where his remaining spur had been. Is this normal...

Went to the coop this morning to feed my little lovebugs. I was out there earlier than usual and the chickens had all just come outside. One of them had just pooped when I went in and I noticed 2 roundworms wiggling around in it. I’m wondering what is this best way to treat my babies. I...

I have 250mg capsules of fish mix to try and treat an abdominal infection in my hen. How do I give her the capsule? Do I need to dissolve the contents of the capsule in water?

Yesterday I noticed my hen was acting lethargic and her comb had a slightly purple tinge. Today she showed no improvement so I took her out to put her in a hospital pen and her abdomen felt swollen like a water balloon. I got an 18 gauge needle and syringe because assumed she might have...

I have two white pavlovskya hens that are in desperate need of a bath. A summer full of sticking their faces in watermelons and muddy days has taken its toll and the girls look dingey to say the least. I've bathed some of my other hens before but I've never bathed hens with such fluffy heads...

Hi everyone, I have a 12 week old English orpington that I am trying to integrate into my adult flock. Unfortunately she is being integrated alone because the othere 3 chicks that I was going to introduce with her got sick and died abut a month ago. To try and make things easier for her I put...

Hi everyone, My bantam hen just hatched her only egg. She started with 8 but after several duds and accidental breakage by her flock mates, she was left with this one lonely egg that hatched just a couple of hours ago. The problem is I have no where I can keep her and the baby separate from...

I previously posted this to the wrong forum and I couldn't figure out how to delete it but I'm hoping for some advice. I'm worried about my Rooster. Lately I've noticed that all of his beautiful, long tail feathers have started falling out. I know that they aren't being pulled out by my girls...

Hello everyone! I'm hoping for some advice on my little man, Roo. Lately I've noticed that all of his beautiful, long tail feathers have started falling out. I know that they aren't being pulled out by my girls because I've actually seen a couple in the process of becoming "loose". He doesn't...

I was just out in the coop and noticed poop with 2 large round worms wiggling around in it. I know that Wazine can be used to treat the worms, but I am unclear about the dosage. How much should they be give and for how many days? What is the withdrawal period?

Hi all, I woke up this morning to find one of my 8 week old chicks dead in the run. There was bloody poop both in the run and inside the coop however there was no blood on the rump feathers of this chick. After inspecting my other 3 chicks I found that another ones bum feathers have blood in...

Last week a couple of my girls started developing these pustule looking bumps on their wattles, ear lobes and combs. This girls bumps just keep getting bigger and I don't know what to do. Is this fowl pox???

Hi all, My serama went broody and her first eggs started hatching 2 days ago. Today I came home and she had abandoned the remaining 2 eggs in the nest, they were both very cold and she made no attempt to return to them. I candled them both and one is definitely still alive. I have an incubator...

Help, over the past week I've had 4 of my girls and one of my roosters come down with some sort of respiratory illness. Symptoms include gurgly/raspy breathing, sneezing with no nasal discharge, and bubbly/ swollen eyes. 2 hens have gurgly breathing only and 1 hen and my rooster have 1 swollen...

Hello Everyone! I bought chicks yesterday that are about a month old in hopes of expanding my existing flock. The flock currently consists of 6 medium sized hens who jave just begun to lay and 1 rooster. When would it be safe for me to add the new babies to the flock?