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Piglet is conflicted Last night she roosted right next to the nest boxes leaving Tassels to keep the nest warm. In the morning she was back to full on broody. This evening she had a new version of broody which involved a lot of running around all fluffed up and going in and out of the nest box...

Poultry DVM says that the dosage of fenbendazole is 20-50mg/kg given daily for 3-5 days and then repeated for another 3-5 days after a 10 day gap (that is to get the worms that were only eggs during the first dose). The scientific studies on fenbendazole dosing (which are few) are in the same...

Oh yes. I will live to fight another day. I have to keep reminding myself that she is but a teeny tiny chicken, and I am a large and mighty chicken-servant!

Well, there was nothing ambivalent about the thrashing she gave me just now when I went to check for eggs, so I guess she was just taking a night off and leaving the (non-existent) eggs with Tassels the baby sitter!

Marathon-chicken!

Advice needed from all you folk with broody experience. Piglet is on day 13 or 14. She has started to show some ambivalence about the whole thing. Last night she slept outside the nest but very close to it and this morning she is back on the nest again. Maybe she just figured Tassels would do...

She is looking great (and clearly in a hurry!).

That is the same wormer. It says so right at the top. Active Ingredient - Fenbendazole Brand names differ - always look at the active ingredient.

I believe it is effective against some kinds of tapeworm but not all kinds. Tapeworm is relatively rare in chickens I believe. This thread may be helpful. Thread 'for tapeworms can I go right to panacu/fenbendazole?'...

Yes. For roundworms

I never fail to be amazed how much they can puff themselves up!

Congratulations. What will you do with the property now you have it? Maybe build a huge coop for your chickens (with A/C, WiFi, and whatever else the modern chicken demands!)? Love that last picture. 🥰

Happy Thirsty Thursday everyone. Broody Tassels trying to intimidate Calypso away from the rainwater bowl. It didn’t work.

I think it must given how naturally it seems to come to them. It makes sense really. Gather a bunch of eggs from everyone. Sit on them together and take breaks at different times so someone is always babysitting.

That is a lovely picture. 🥰

Only if I drag them. It is also an uneasy alliance involving some degree of squabbling.

A fecal float test can be done by any vet (some people on BYC do them for themselves). But it definitely doesn’t need to be a vet who deals with chickens. It is the same test they do on cats and dogs.

Pictures please!!!!

I think I have lost my mind. At the same time as wanting them to stop being broody I am working on a home improvement project to give them a bit more space and ventilation in the nest box. They have me where they want me for sure! :th

I did beak count and …. There were three in the bed and the little one said: roll over. Roll over! I am trying to follow @BY Bob’s advice and give them 21 days before deploying the broody jail in the hope that they will stay not-broody for the full 6 weeks I am away. But three at once is really...