tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7172397158616812870.post8194227639403542876..comments2020-01-03T10:45:48.527+00:00Comments on Notes on a Garden: Spring ChickensKarinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13913127925431380024noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7172397158616812870.post-82032117375699824252014-02-11T16:42:22.061+00:002014-02-11T16:42:22.061+00:00Great names! We have a hen named James (my childre...Great names! We have a hen named James (my children had naming rights, and my little boy really wanted to call his hen James, undeterred by the fact that she is female...)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7172397158616812870.post-4968962364114437722013-03-12T14:16:32.576+00:002013-03-12T14:16:32.576+00:00She lays most days, but the shells are very thin o...She lays most days, but the shells are very thin or non-existent. Feathers and droppings seem fine. We'll see how things are this time next week.Karinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13913127925431380024noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7172397158616812870.post-54257420620728608412013-03-12T13:59:14.035+00:002013-03-12T13:59:14.035+00:00I worm my chickens regularly as a preventative, I ...I worm my chickens regularly as a preventative, I use Flubenvet roughly every 6 months, sometimes sooner. Snails and slugs are hosts for worms, readily eaten by chickens it's a constant cycle. Loose droppings, scruffy feathers and poor laying are signs, although sometimes it's not easy to tell. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7172397158616812870.post-6249514267220576972013-03-12T12:27:30.191+00:002013-03-12T12:27:30.191+00:00Thank you, Karen. They still look good so far in s...Thank you, Karen. They still look good so far in spite of some serious 'hen-pecking'. We kept them apart for the first week, but now it's eased off a bit we've put them together.<br /><br />Thanks for the tips. If the calcium treatment doesn't work we'll try the Orego Stim. If she needed worming wouldn't there be some other indication? We were wondering if we should worm them once the little ones are a bit bigger, but wondered if it was good to do that just in case.Karinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13913127925431380024noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7172397158616812870.post-72277799462330393162013-03-12T11:21:32.032+00:002013-03-12T11:21:32.032+00:00They're lovely Karin, real good looking chicke...They're lovely Karin, real good looking chickens. Shame about Fudge, have you wormed with Flubenvet? The herbal based wormers in my opinion do not work. <br /><br />I've used Orego Stim in the drinking water for bad shells, as you know with ex battery hens they can suffer from this. You can get it from Omlet online. Hopefully the calcium tablets do the trick.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com