I read about the treatment resistant worms. That's why I was hesitant to do it. I also read that some people regularly worm especially in damp environments. We're pretty damp here in the winter months and my girls are out free ranging in their part of the backyard all day. I wormed the whole...
I only have 4 girls and I'm home all day. I've been keeping an eye out to see who's in the box. I haven't seen her in there. I've seen her poking around though. My 2 white rocks lay darker eggs than my 2 blue australorps, so I can usually tell who's laid. I guess she could sneak in there when...
I have a 2 year old white rock who hasn't laid since her molt last fall. I have 3 other girls who are all back to laying after winter break. She seems perfectly healthy. Her comb is dark red. She's eating and drinking fine. She's pecking around the yard with the other girls like normal...I did...
Should I deworm my flock yearly? I like to be proactive (I had a sick girl a year ago), but I also don't want to give my girls unnecessary meds...or create super worms 😦
The gang all looks healthy and happy, so no emergency,,,I just have a tendency to overthink things.
My 18 month old girl Snowball is not pooping at night. Last night was the second night. She's always had way less poop than my other girls. I can tell because she sleeps on a different roost by herself. I checked her crop before bed but she is hard to handle so I couldn't palpate fully but I...
For some reason it popped into my head today that it might be a problem. I can't seem to find anything with an online search. I read one thread on here that said it's OK, But I just want to make sure.
I dewormed her with Safe Guard (horse paste). I went ahead and did all the girls. I actually had a question about that. I did the 5 day treatment. Should I repeat again in 10 days?
None of my girls have laid for about a 6 weeks. It's been really cloudy and stormy here in CA lately. Plus they...
Ok. I might let her out a little bit today since she seems perfectly fine except for the diarrhea. She's been in the hospital crate for almost 2 weeks. 🤕 I feel bad for her. I'll put the gangs food up while she's out there so she won't eat the regular stuff.
She was drinking a ton of water, but...
She still has diarrhea. It's white milky with mushy looking poo. No water spray anymore. I did try the rice in her crumbles. The buttermilk seemed to make her poop more. She loves the rice, so I think she is overeating it (which may cause more diarrhea??). So, I'm feeding her only moistened...
Thank you so much! This community is amazing. As a new chicken owner, I am literally driving in the dark!
I've already started the white rice with her crumbles and I'm heading to the store soon for buttermilk. She does seem to be gradually improving. She isn't guzzling water and blasting it out...
She is still having diarrhea ( day 14 ) so I really needed a better approach. Thank you so much!
( I'll post a picture of her vent when I get a chance--but it does look swollen but I don't think it looks prolapsed, just irritated )