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How did you dose the medistatin?

You may want to check out this post onCRD and treatment: https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/miracle-la-200-dosage-and-vetrx-for-crd-treatment.631458/

You may want t check out this post on treatment fro CRD https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/miracle-la-200-dosage-and-vetrx-for-crd-treatment.631458/

could it maybe be gapeworm?

Thanks for the reply. Gosh I do hope you're right. It's just that it is overcast and 65 degrees outside. I do have several other birds with this bump above their eye now and they have very pale combs.

I just noticed today several of my birds with a single swollen bump above their eyes and one in particular panting. Quite a few have pale combs and egg production has been light lately. It’s been hot lately so seeing a couple birds panting seemed ok. But today I saw the bumps…and my nuvogen...

Rocky, barnyard mix!

Polka, our Swedish Flower hen rooster

story tale

Haven't had the time to write up a coop page or a build thread. I've hesitated posting pictures for fear of it being picked apart. But I love the Woods coop designs, own and have read many times the open air poultry house book, and am passionate about fresh air for birds, so I get excited when I...

That was because we had 2 steel frames in the shop to use I believe. I asked my partner who did most the labor and that's what he recalls.

I like how you have your nest boxes! I too was puzzled on the interior layout when we built our woods fresh air coop. My nest boxes as a result ended up too high, and now I have to pull little fluff balls out from the boxes and from roosting on top of them bc they are higher than roost. Big faux...

I know that chickens don't necessarily need the heat, and ventilation is the most important, however I think there are many cases where critters don't need the heat and it can still be pleasant and nicer for them with it. Sooooo, I have a woods open air coop, so my chickens have LOTS of fresh...

Love this! I have one of these style coops as well! My birds and I love it :-)

It looks like a silkie but I'm not totally sure. The five toes make me think it is though.