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Piglet (as you might expect from her name) is very good about getting up and eating regularly. I actually think her ambivalence about sitting is because it interferes with her meal times! It is Tassels who won’t get up unless I drag her off the nest. Another week and Tassels will go into broody...

Very wise. Otherwise they might start running and wake him up! Happens with my lot all the time. Looks like they are dreaming they are hunting big game on the Serengeti and then they kick themselves in the face and wake themselves up! :lau

:goodpost: Thank you for reminding us all.

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...

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...

Oh yes. I will live to fight another day. I have to keep reminding myself that she is but a teeny tiny chicken, and I am a large and mighty chicken-servant!

Well, there was nothing ambivalent about the thrashing she gave me just now when I went to check for eggs, so I guess she was just taking a night off and leaving the (non-existent) eggs with Tassels the baby sitter!

Marathon-chicken!

Advice needed from all you folk with broody experience. Piglet is on day 13 or 14. She has started to show some ambivalence about the whole thing. Last night she slept outside the nest but very close to it and this morning she is back on the nest again. Maybe she just figured Tassels would do...

She is looking great (and clearly in a hurry!).

That is the same wormer. It says so right at the top. Active Ingredient - Fenbendazole Brand names differ - always look at the active ingredient.

I believe it is effective against some kinds of tapeworm but not all kinds. Tapeworm is relatively rare in chickens I believe. This thread may be helpful. Thread 'for tapeworms can I go right to panacu/fenbendazole?'...

Yes. For roundworms

I never fail to be amazed how much they can puff themselves up!

Congratulations. What will you do with the property now you have it? Maybe build a huge coop for your chickens (with A/C, WiFi, and whatever else the modern chicken demands!)? Love that last picture. 🥰

Happy Thirsty Thursday everyone. Broody Tassels trying to intimidate Calypso away from the rainwater bowl. It didn’t work.

I think it must given how naturally it seems to come to them. It makes sense really. Gather a bunch of eggs from everyone. Sit on them together and take breaks at different times so someone is always babysitting.

That is a lovely picture. 🥰

Only if I drag them. It is also an uneasy alliance involving some degree of squabbling.

A fecal float test can be done by any vet (some people on BYC do them for themselves). But it definitely doesn’t need to be a vet who deals with chickens. It is the same test they do on cats and dogs.