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So, not trying to hijack the thread, but this thread got me concerned about my 18 wk olds now. I just combined my youngs with my olds. They are all eating the same food now-- not much I can do about that. Is layer feed going to hurt my 4 month olds? I leave chick feed out for them, but I'...

We did put out extra waters and at first it was working, but then the older girls decided to play keep away water and keep away food and keep away shade. I was totally stressed, but by afternoon, the older girls lost interest and were letting them drink. As for sleeping arrangements...

Oh, also, we have several shade locations in the outer run available to the hens. But no matter where the younger girls hide, if it's in shade the older girls chase them right out into the sun.

So I'm trying, emphasis on TRYING, to introduce my two young hens into an established mini-flock of three. Due to having to leave town and a unwilling chicken sitter-- I only have till Wednesday to have them totally acclimated and in the coop all together. For the last two weeks they have been...

Well fourth dose of Valbazen was a no go. We checked their poop again today (four days out from the final dose we gave them last week) and there were just as many segments as before the dose. No adult worms have passed what so ever. Sadly, as I am going on a three day vacation in three...

We are about to can some cherry jelly and pickled cherries. Later this month we'll be canning raspberry jam and probably some blueberry jam too.

Ok so I'm going through this right now, so I am positive that there are going to be more folks out there with better info than I can offer. However, my understanding is you introduce them when they are all roughly the same size. That way you don't get the little ones beaten to a pulp while...

Hey dawg53, thanks again! This just stinks because I know that they will just keep getting them back. But I keep hoping, if I can kill the ones they have now, and then do the things to help make their guts a little less friendly to live in (like the apple cider vinegar in their water, the...

Worst part though is no eggs for a month and a half. Not that they aren't laying, just we can't eat them. It's torture throwing away eggs every day... Stupid tapeworms.

Yep... that's what we are seeing, only a little smaller. Two of the girls have only a few in their feces. But the one has as much as in the picture. We definitely have been shaking the bottle before dosing, and surprisingly, my girls are really easy to dose-- so other than a drop or two...

More or less it's a little green tomato that grows in a paper shell. Very popular in Mexican food. Makes AWESOME salsa.

Kansaseq-- All it took was one go against with a flogging Delaware hen over a prime rib bone and she's been scared ever since! LOL. Funniest thing I ever saw in my life. I'm not sure if it was the fact that the hen wanted the prime rib bone, or the fact that a six lb hen chased a hundred...

I was hoping someone could give me some advice-- My three oldest hens have what appears to be tapeworm segments in their feces. I purchased Valbazen through Jeffers, dosed them twice at 1/2 cc orally per bird, ten days apart. Then noticed there was still segments, and lots of them, after the...

This is my "bully" girl, Paikea. She's an American Bulldog mix. She's huge, like 100lbs huge, but scared to death of the chickens. LOL! Total wimpy puppy.

Ok so now I'm getting really befuddled. I've treated my girls three times now in the past month. Once with 1/2 cc Valbazen... waited 10 days, then another 1/2 cc Valbazen. Still saw what seemed to be segments in their feces. Waited 10 days, treated again with Valbazen-- only 1 cc this time...

Thanks Dawg53! And also, . I'll dose them again in 6 days with the 24 hour fasting, and again 6 days after that. I read that sunlight kills them pretty well so, theoretically if I keep my young girls in a different part of the yard with netting that the older girls haven't been on for...

I'm sorry for all the additional questions! But my husband reminded me that when we first noticed the little white things in their poo a few weeks back-- they were actually moving. Small, round and moving... can tapeworm segments squirm? The ones since dosing them twice, definitely not moving...

Oh man, that stinks. I have no clue how they could have gotten tapeworms! The are mostly free range in my sunny backyard. There aren't puddles to speak of almost ever. Their coop and inside runs get cleaned regularly. Fresh water etc. The only thing I can think of is my one not so bright...

Oh Lord!!! I know this sounds stupid, but I just now got brave enough to google what roundworms look like in chicken poo (I was scared before of what debauchery might come up LOL) and that doesn't look like anything they had... Did I just dose my girls for the wrong thing? Pretty much what my...