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I use Verm-X once a month, three days in a row. I only keep 12 chickens, which are free range, so a couple of tablespoons in their feed for three days keeps me confident about their inner health. They love it, and its the first thing they go for in the food mash. You don't have to stop...

I put a large cupful of DE into a 28lb mix of corn, sunflower seeds & layers pellets which lasts about two-three weeks. I also dust the nesting boxes and coop wood shavings with about 1/2 cup after each weekly change. I use Dyna-a-mite spray for the perches and their legs to keep scaly leg...

Yes - it was the gizzard, as pictured. I always thought that bit was a kidney - wrong. So obviously it would have grain in it, being digested. Many thanks for your suggestions.

We're two years into chicken keeping, and dispatched a 4yr old hen yesterday . Being our first time, we checked her innards for any internal problems, to see if everything was in good shape, no parasites, etc. Everything looked very healthy, but her kidneys were large and rounded rather than...

Welcome from the UK. No doubt you will eventually read about Diatomaeceous earth (sp?) (DE) which is a chalk dust you can buy and feed to your chickens and dust them with it. Its razor sharp at cellular level and cleans the mites/lice/worms up by slicing their skins and they lose their inner...