Should I worm? Chicken hasn't laid eggs in about 4 months

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Valbazen is not rated for poultry so the vet wont recommend it for them but its the best for an overall wormer gets lots of the little buggers.Its not good for mites your right about that but Im not sure the Ivermet is good for scaly leg mites anyway. I think its for lice, fowl mites and red mites. Vaseline will smother the scaly leg mites.
 
The vet can do a fecal smear though but take several samples. If you only take one could get a false negative. They dont poop worms eggs every time they poop.
 
Her legs looked much better today. They were at least gray colored instead of white. I cleaned the coop today. I ended up using sevin spray and also the poulty protector and even used a paint brush to try and get everything in the crevices. Let it dry then put DE (diatomaceous earth) on then fresh pine shavings and straw. Then we put more vaseline on her legs again. She should feel better soon. I hate to ask but I do have a few more questions. I bought chick grit and today I saw poultry grit so I have a bag of each not opened yet. They are both Manna Pro brand. I'm guessing the poultry grit will be bigger so should I give her that one? It also says to give with course grain so do I mix with the food or scratch? I think you mentioned just putting it in a container by itself so I'm a little confused on how to give it. I'm also unsure of how much wormer to give. I was going to make something like oatmeal and mix it with that so I can make sure they both get it but it gives directions for 100 birds. Since I only have the 2 birds it's hard to figure out how much to give. I don't want to give to much. The rooster doesn't go in the coop and we have wild cats around here so I was just going to make a special concoction (probably oatmeal) for them to eat so I could make sure they both get the wormer. That way I can keep the cats away while they eat it. 1 ounce will treat 50 birds so I'm guessing a drop or two for 2 birds? Can you give to much wormer? I guess I could call the company and ask those questions.
I bought some of the layer crumbles (got Dumor brand) today too and fixed a bowl of it to keep in her coop. I put a rock in the bottom of the bowl so she wouldn't knock it over. I'll come up with something better soon but since I used Sevin spray today I didn't want her eating anything off the ground in the coop.
She pecked me but I felt her crop tonight too. It thought it felt like a large tumor. I'm guessing it's fine but I'll try and check it in the morning. She was easier to deal with tonight because she had just got in the nesting box before we pulled her out.
I wanted to thank you for your help. If you hadn't sent me those links, I'm not sure what would have happened in the future with my chickie. This link is the one that made me start looking up problems with the legs (shanks) as they put it.
http://poultrykeeper.com/chickens/healt … ealth.html
I still have a lot more to read up on. Thanks again for all your help!! Chickie thanks you too.

I'm very glad to hear her legs are getting better so quickly!
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Well done on cleaning the coop, you did all the right things. Aw, don't worry about asking questions xD She should have poultry grit, yes, chick grit is super-fine stuff that chicks can get started on. By saying 'give it with coarse grain' it means that if you give her grain you need to give her grit to digest it, not that you should mix it in. Just take a smallish plant-pot sized container (or a small plant pot), fill it with grit and put it in her run beside her food. She'll take it herself, you just have to keep it topped up.

The wormer - I only use Verm-X so I'm not sure about that Wazine stuff, I'd never heard of it actually. I think it's an American thing. How much does it say for 100 birds? You might just have to get a calculator and divide it by 50... Better idea to call the company, yes. You can give too much wormer, but your two should be started on a slightly higher dose I think, to give the worms a blast. Anyway, ask the company.

The crop - yes, I suppose it does feel like a large tumor xD Interesting way to put it. If you check it in the morning and it's still full you have a problem but if not then it's fine. When you have time, try to sit beside her coop and feed her nice things through it and talk to her - making friends will make life a lot easier, although it does take a LOT of time and I'm not sure how much you have..

I'm glad the links helped!
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You might consider getting a book on chicken keeping - they have lots of things in you wouldn't initially think about or look up. It's no problem! Tell your chicklet to get well soon!
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Thanks. I looked up the Verm-x but the site doesn't say what kind of worms it kills unless I'm just missing it. At least they have easy dosage instructions. I might get the oyster when I take the chick grit back.
 
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I put the poultry grit in her coop this morning. It seems kind of big though. Can grit get stuck in them? I wonder if I should mix the chick grit and the poultry grit.

It looks like the crop was smaller but I couldn't get a hold of her to feel it plus she also could have eaten some before I got out there but it did look smaller.
 
I put the poultry grit in her coop this morning. It seems kind of big though. Can grit get stuck in them? I wonder if I should mix the chick grit and the poultry grit.

It looks like the crop was smaller but I couldn't get a hold of her to feel it plus she also could have eaten some before I got out there but it did look smaller.

It is big, it has to grind her food up. She's a full-grown chicken, isn't she? The poultry grit is made for chickens... just give it as it is.

If it looked smaller then it's probably fine!​
 

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