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    What Worm Would This Be

    They are about 2-3mm long and white We have noticed them on one of the girls poo ( they were all wormed with kilvern back in april this year) i believe they may be tapeworm - what treatment is available in Australia? Thanks
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    White Eggs on Poop

    Only Noticed this today and been checking most days this week, little eggs on one of the chickens poo? im guessing a worm of some kind any ideas which worm this may be and will kilvern or avitrol plus wormer be suffice to nip it in the bud? thanks
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    Modification of Coop

    After Unfortunately losing 2 of our 3 chickens - i wanted some feedback on the coop i built them back in january this year. Im wanting to add a nesting box or 2 im thinking maybe a nesting box or 2 either on the left of pic 3 - should it be similar height to the bar? the roosting bar runs...
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    Black Mites Around Eyes

    yes its been terrible - we have one left and its really worrying how she is going to take being on her own / possibly also still to come down with it
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    Black Mites Around Eyes

    thanks for everyones help with this thread, the second one took a turn for the worst - so i took them to the vets and they have confirmed it was mareks - i have had them both put to sleep - leaving us one of the girls left . feeling very very sad
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    Black Mites Around Eyes

    unfortunately she hasnt hardly moved since wednesday and just drags herself round the box. it does look more and more like mareks - and it appears the breeder hadnt vaccinated them, the the 2nd of the 3 is no showing early signs of where the really sick one is now - her wing is dropped and she...
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    Black Mites Around Eyes

    all 3 are around 6 months old - we have had them since 4 weeks old
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    Black Mites Around Eyes

    i will get some video, we isolated the sick one last weekend, i have just noticed now one of the other 2 has a really droopy wing and she cant flap it (like its paralysed) is this now looking like they both have different stages of something like mareks
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    Black Mites Around Eyes

    she has been drinking water, and was eating a very little food - not seen her eat last day or so we have been giving her a syringe of anitone mixed with water and some yoghurt (try and boost her vitamins) morning and night. its like she is dizzy and cant hold her head up right - but she is...
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    Black Mites Around Eyes

    The black dots were the stick fleas - we have removed these and there have been no signs of these so far. i will try and feed her some cat food but she isnt't keen on eating she is lying right over on her side at the moment
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    Black Mites Around Eyes

    Yes , so many conflicting stories on DE we have used pestene lice and mite powder on the girls we have cleaned the house out using Bayer 25g Coopex Insecticide Sachet - and are keeping a very close eye on them, our really poorly chick is in a box in the front room on shavings with no sign of...
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    Black Mites Around Eyes

    I wanted to follow up on this thread - we treated each of our 3 by hand for 7 days checking them for the fleas and removing them, we have treated the coop twice since . we have since wormed them all. all show no signs of stick fast fleas. unfortunately tho one of the girls hasnt recovered as...
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    Black Mites Around Eyes

    thanks, we are based in Australia, so we will take a look
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    Black Mites Around Eyes

    I want to say hi, i have browsed this forum for a while and now require some help We have 3 x Platinum Sussex We have had since 8 weeks old they are now 4 months old (not quite laying yet) - they are normally incredibly inquisitive - even yesterday they seemed ok - this morning when i let them...
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