Friday, October 29, 2010

[CHICKENS-101] Re: my sick babies

 

Hi Bill;
Not only is it most likely stress related there is a good chance they will go into molt. Extreme stress can do that. Look for feathers, everywhere.

--- In CHICKENS-101@yahoogroups.com, "Bill" <houseofprayertn@...> wrote:
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> first of all, thanks to all of you that answered me two weeks ago about my babies. they were all congested, wheezing, and had eyes swollen shut. i ended up giving them .5ml of tylan 50 and .5ml of B complex, and they have all recovered. again, thanks to all that responded.
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> HOWEVER, i have another issue now. prior to them getting sick, they were cutting back eggs to 2-3 aday. (i have 11 hens and they will all be a year old the last week of november). for two weeks now, we havent gotten any eggs at all. i understand them not laying while ill, but they have been well for at least a week now. but i am still not getting any eggs.
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> does anyone have any suggestions or words of encouragement or experience that they could pass along to me?? i am feeding them purina laying crumbles and oyster shells and whole kernal corn as scratch feed thrown into the yard. thanks in advance for the help
>

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