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Need help figuring out what type of worm this is. Can’t get into a vet for a fecal test so hopefully someone on here can help! Thanks!

Hi there! I have a flock of about 30 chickens from 2yrs old to 2 weeks old. I have a few different wormers but unsure what to use. Can’t get into a vet so I’m not sure. To me it looks like tapeworms as they are flat and white. I’m getting mixed reviews on how to worm them so I need help and...

2 and a half old buff Orpington. Hadn’t laid in 4-5 days but seemed normal. Been on and off broody for a week or two. Today she was laying down and and standing up oddly not playing. Saw her strain for a bit trying to poop so I gave her crushed up tums and soaked her in epsom salt for 40 mins...

Is it safe to use Corid for cocci the same time as you vaccinate for Mareks? Or is it unsafe to use Corid after vaccinating for Mareks? Thanks!

My Buff is about 2 and half years old and we just noticed she’s laying pale eggs. Typically up until a couple weeks she lays brown eggs but the last week or two they started to get really pale almost white and some are thin but some also aren’t. I’m not sure what’s causing this as she seems to...

When is the farthest date back safe to buy for chicken feed? Typically our TSC store sells feed made/produced within the last 2 months and we’ve never had a problem. Recently no shipments came into the store for almost two weeks. When we came in there was a shelf full of feed and when we got...

Is it safe to direct dose my flock individually? I have 9.6% Corid Liquid for dosing but I wanted to dose direct. Whenever I put it into the waters some of them will boycott and refuse to drink. I Have a few hens 1-3 pounds and others 4-6 There’s also a few 3 week old chicks that need to be...

Hi there I just wanted to see if anyone knew about chicken poop and if this was normal? My buff is 2 years old and in a molt currently. Lost a little weight but we figured from the molt. Healthy appetite and drinking water. Not laying. Odd poop for 2 days. We were trying to bring her in for a...

We’re running tests currently but unsure what to do. The first vet said to separate so we quarantined her the last 5 days but the other vet said not to separate her from her flock. I’m honestly not sure the right approach here. They think mareks is low on the list of possibilities but still on...

My 2 year old buff Orpington collapsed 3/4 days ago on her side. Was walking, paused and then started walking but stumbled and collapsed. Her head was neck twisting and she was like that for an hour. Brought her into the vet and they saw her head bob but after another hour she bounced back and...

My 2 year old buff Orpington collapsed today on her side. She was walking around the yard and started to walk away, paused a moment and then when she tried to continue walking her leg gave out and she collapsed sideways. She continued to do so and tried to get back up and I went to get her...

I have a Buff Orpington turning 2 soon and she’s going through another molt. I’m worried because in December there was a death in the flock which caused two of my Buffs to semi stress molt. One of my Buffs got through it quick but the other developed sour crop soon after the stress molt and...

Sort of a weird question but is it bad for me to leave my chickens often? We have a 20+ Mixed flock but more so lately I’ve had to commute for classes and different cities. I’m usually gone for a week or two then back a week. Typically I wake them, put them to bed, feed and etc. I only ask...

I have a Buff Orpington about a year and half old and I’m worried there’s something wrong. I noticed her crop isn’t extremely full lately like it usually is. Her crown looks normal and she’s running out playing with the flock too. She laid her last egg the beginning of December and then had...

My hen is about a year and a half and I noticed she was acting strange this week. There was a small lump below her vent which would be part of the intestine area. But nothing else really wrong except I noticed her laying down when free ranging more than usual. I also noticed her poops were small...

My Buff Orphington has a lump under her vent area. She’s a year and a half old and currently had an extreme molt at the start of winter and a week or so ago had a second light one but then stopped. She hasn’t produced an egg in a month either. She’s running around with the flock but noticed she...

My Buff Orpington is about a year and a half and currently keeps getting dried blood under her nostrils. We also noticed she keeps scratching her nose with her claws as well. Today she sneezed and clear snot came out. Should I be concerned or be doing anything more?! Currently we started...

My hen is about a year and a half and we noticed a slight nose bleed! Nothing major like long drippings but we noticed dried blood by the base of her left nostril. She’s a buff Orpington and the weather has dropped to the 30s but during the summer it’s usually 110. Is it something to do with...

We’re currently looking for some silver laced cochin bantam hatching eggs! We had one of our girls pass away and now we’re looking to match up the breed. As a lot of our girls are Broody too. We can’t seem to find any hatching eggs though. Anyone know where to purchase them? I know it’s not...

we’ve never experienced this with the flock before so we’re unsure what medicine to give them. We have safeguard goat dewormer but I’m not sure if it’s the right wormer for this. typically we Apple cider vinegar/honey water them regularly and diatomaceous earth in feed but somehow they’ve...