Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[featherhead007]

It's a Hatch Day Celebration!

Look who are 2!

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Happy hatch day to you both. My littles are throwing a party for you from this side of the country.

 

[featherhead007]

I wish I knew what those chicks are talking about. I think they are planning something. (“Let’s see, where have we not pooped on daddy yet?”)

 

[RoyalChick]

Piglet is conflicted
Last night she roosted right next to the nest boxes leaving Tassels to keep the nest warm.
In the morning she was back to full on broody.
This evening she had a new version of broody which involved a lot of running around all fluffed up and going in and out of the nest box.
Tonight she roosted with the others.
Then after dark she went back to the nest boxes and came out again.

Here she is next to Calypso in the middle of the big roost. I wonder if she will stay there. I wonder what she will do in the morning.
Never a dull moment!

 

[rural mouse]

Last night she roosted right next to the nest boxes leaving Tassels to keep the nest warm.
In the morning she was back to full on broody.
This evening she had a new version of broody which involved a lot of running around all fluffed up and going in and out of the nest box.
Tonight she roosted with the others.
Then after dark she went back to the nest boxes and came out again.

Here she is next to Calypso in the middle of the big roost. I wonder if she will stay there. I wonder what she will do in the morning.
Never a dull moment!
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This makes me think she's debating with herself: to give up eggs or not to give up eggs, that is the question.

 

[Ponypoor]

Poultry DVM says that the dosage of fenbendazole is 20-50mg/kg given daily for 3-5 days and then repeated for another 3-5 days after a 10 day gap (that is to get the worms that were only eggs during the first dose).

The scientific studies on fenbendazole dosing (which are few) are in the same ballpark and at the low end of the Poultry DVM range.

I am going to assume Princess weighs about 2kg. Maybe a bit more.

So at 50mg/kg for a 2kg hen that would be 100mg daily.

You have a 500mg capsule which means you need to divide it into 5 equal parts and give one of those portions each day. Your capsule will last for the whole of the 5 days of treatment.

Now it is tricky to divide a capsule into 5 portions. Fortunately the dose range is quite broad so absolute accuracy isn't essential!

If you have a scale capable of weighting 100mg then tip the contents out of the capsule and use the scale.

Or you could tip it out and divide it up in portions by eye. You will look like you are cutting crack, but a razor blade on a clear surface like a mirror, really will make it easier.

Making a solution and diluting it won't work because fenbendazole is not soluble in water.

One you have your tiny amount of powder to give Princess, I would put it on a grape or a damp bit of bread and get it down the hatch in one!

Good luck!

Perfect ! That’s what I would do too.

I do that with the amoxicillin I have which is 500mg. I dump the contents and half it by eye and then refill one half of the capsule with the med and shove it down their gob. Bottoms up!

 

[Ponypoor]

Last night she roosted right next to the nest boxes leaving Tassels to keep the nest warm.
In the morning she was back to full on broody.
This evening she had a new version of broody which involved a lot of running around all fluffed up and going in and out of the nest box.
Tonight she roosted with the others.
Then after dark she went back to the nest boxes and came out again.

Here she is next to Calypso in the middle of the big roost. I wonder if she will stay there. I wonder what she will do in the morning.
Never a dull moment!
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Gosh those Brodie’s sure are crazy!

I am very surprised i have not had one broody girl yet! I thought for sure tippy was going broody but nope she didn’t .

 

[Ponypoor]

It's a Hatch Day Celebration!

Look who are 2!

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Wow!!! 2 already?! Time sure flies.

 

[Ponypoor]

Night all! I am pooped.

 

[LhickenChicken]

It's a Hatch Day Celebration!

Look who are 2!

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Happy hatch day!

 

[BY Bob]

Happy hatch day to you both. My littles are throwing a party for you from this side of the country.

How sweet!