- Nov 13, 2013
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Couple of retired people living on a hobby farm. We raise Dexter cattle, American Guinea Hogs, and have 18, now 17
chickens.
Which is why I decided to finally join instead of lurking!
My mixed breed chickens have a nice coop, 6 nesting boxes and over 2 acres where they free range until night when they are locked tight in their coop. Our fence is excellent with a scare wire tight at the bottom plus the chickens have their very own border collie that herds and protects them.
I lost one of my 2 1/2 year old bard rocks this morning She looks perfect with the exception of a little poop stuck to her feathers below her vent - red comb, perfect feathers, no visible mites or lice and no problems until a couple of days ago. She stopped moving - would just stand in the driveway with her eyes closed. I put her in a nest box for the night and found her dead this am.
Worms? The rest of the flock is fine with the exception of one golden laced wyandotte that seems to be in a continuous molt. She's been treated with poultry dust. And I use DE in the coop plus they have plenty of dust to bathe in in our tractor shed.
A year ago I used Wazine in their water for a day because I had a number of poopy bottoms. Is there any other treatment for worms?
Thanks and i"m so happy to be a member.
Tigger4

Which is why I decided to finally join instead of lurking!
My mixed breed chickens have a nice coop, 6 nesting boxes and over 2 acres where they free range until night when they are locked tight in their coop. Our fence is excellent with a scare wire tight at the bottom plus the chickens have their very own border collie that herds and protects them.
I lost one of my 2 1/2 year old bard rocks this morning She looks perfect with the exception of a little poop stuck to her feathers below her vent - red comb, perfect feathers, no visible mites or lice and no problems until a couple of days ago. She stopped moving - would just stand in the driveway with her eyes closed. I put her in a nest box for the night and found her dead this am.
Worms? The rest of the flock is fine with the exception of one golden laced wyandotte that seems to be in a continuous molt. She's been treated with poultry dust. And I use DE in the coop plus they have plenty of dust to bathe in in our tractor shed.
A year ago I used Wazine in their water for a day because I had a number of poopy bottoms. Is there any other treatment for worms?
Thanks and i"m so happy to be a member.
Tigger4