Recent content by Sylver Queen

Thank you, and I so agree! I am an extremely doting, diligent, fastidious chicken farmer, and I feel like I've had everything under the sun happen to my chickens nonetheless. I've got one little lady now who was on death's door in the heat, but I had meds on hand to treat the multiple infections...

Updating because I really like when people do that. :-) The exposed bone stopped weeping and since we sprayed it with BluKote to make it no longer red she's back out with her crew. Seems to be holding steady a couple of months after the attack. 🤷‍♀️ Good on her, chickens rock. 🤘

Hi, all. I have had so many health issues with my flock lately and I'm very disappointed, but at the moment I have a hen going down hard. I found a lash egg the other day so I purchased antibiotics but I lingered because she was holding steady and in yesterday's heat she went down hard. But now...

Replying to my own because it won't let me edit. 🤔 I have since learned that I need "oil of oregano" rather than oregano essential oil so I ordered that. I'm also kicking myself a bit, because my lash egg hen was holding steady when her antibiotic came in so I didn't administer right away, and...

That is perfect, thank you so much! Just ordered it last night. I prefer to do everything organically but I love my birds, so I'm kind of just treating each one medicinally for what they've got going on and I'll treat everybody if I have an infestation of something. This little gal definitely...

I am having lash eggs and shell less eggs in my 1-year-old Blue Andalusian hen. Came here looking for Baytril dosage and I'm so glad I found it, but I also have oregano oil and honey on hand and I love trying as many natural methods as I can! Been having so much health trouble with my flock the...

I know this is old ;) but I am about to purchase Baytril because I just got a shell-less egg followed immediately by a lash egg from a one-year-old Blue Andalusian who has never been a good layer, poor dear. I've had so much trouble lately, parasites and snicking and now this, I don't know what...

Thank you so much! 👍

I'm glad this thread is still active! I noticed blood-tinged droppings from a 6-week-old pullet two nights ago and I followed her around yesterday, grabbed fresh poo right after she dropped it, and it had wriggling worms inside. 😱 I've seen plenty of dried tapeworm segments from cats but never...

Bumping my own post. I also have Valbazen. Anyone have a tip on dosing instructions for chicks?? My two-week-old babies have parasites too. 😞 Thank you for any help!

Sorry if this is old hat, but I've looked around and I'm not quite sure if I can give fenbendazole paste to a chick. Got visible worms in slightly bloody stool and I want to get on this ASAP for her. All I've got on hand is the equine paste and tomorrow is a holiday. Dosage is a "pea-sized...

So I can chime in just to say that I happened to be out with my baby chicks when a jay went straight into the chicken house. I protected the babies and hurried over and closed the door. Jay was trapped in the house. Right place right time when I was keeping an eye on everything on a day off...

Thank you so much! I've been doing a pretty good job forgiving myself. It does not seem like it was going to hatch as it developed facing the wrong way and seemed quite weak after being two days late with a dwindling oxygen supply. Someone shared with me that they can hatch wrong end by external...

The only opening is an automatic door, chicken-sized where they walk up a ramp and enter. There's a red light flashing constantly throughout day and night on the door. I even put a fake owl up on the gate. I've even stood there watching it enter my chicken house, asking it what it's doing. It...