Recent content by Sparklewina

Thank you! Can anyone advise if treating with Ivermectin topically is safe if repeated every 7 days? I'll redust the coop with Poultry Dust at the 4 day mark (one of my hens just started brooding in there, the chickens don't sleep in there at night during the summer).

After careful management for three years with no problems, I suddenly have lice on my chickens. I first noticed bugs on some chicks, I dusted them with Y-Tex/Gardstar Poultry Dust which contains permethrin. Most of the chicks did not survive, the one who did is doing well and is bug free. I...

Here's a brief description of air sac mites. They effect domestic birds like parrots and finches more commonly than chickens. I'm aware of them because I have a parrot (though have never had any problems with air sac mites before and my chicken is not directly exposed to my parrot)...

I have an adult hen, at least 3 years old, who has been having increasingly worse respiratory distress for several days. - I noticed her mouth gaping open when she breathed but she was otherwise behaving normally. No visible evidence of gapeworm so I treated with Duramycin-10 which she has...

I kept her in the hospital crate for a few days with some ornacycline in her water and she is much better. I was able to hear a slightly click when she breathed so I suspect a URI that has since resolved and she is laying and back to normal now. :)

Two days ago I noticed one of my hens was not quite herself. I had hoped to catch her when she went to lay in the nest but she has not done so, so I finally had to chase and net her. I noticed she was yawning repeatedly this morning. I do not see any worms or foreign bodies in her mouth. Her...

I don't have much to offer - what I do know are that fart-eggs are common in younger chickens when they first start laying, and are usually yolkless. Smaller eggs are normal for a new layer. Some hens are prone to laying double yolkers and sometimes the lack of shell can indicate a calcium...

I still need some insight on this matter. No more freaky eggs since my last post but no regular ones from Effie either. Any help is appreciated!

Effie laid her very first egg three or four days ago. Alas it was a freaky shelless one with the yolk on the OUTSIDE. I now this is common in first-time layers so I kept a watch on her and was relieved when she laid her first normal, beautiful egg yesterday. However this morning I found...

Can someone tell me why there are sometimes photos of male games wearing anklets with leashes on them? Are they flyers or escape artists or just really mean or something?

Ok thanks for that I won't be too alarmed. I tried to get a whiff of her subsequent poops and they were much better.

So this morning I noticed her first poop of the day was stinky enough to make her crate smell. The last time I had a chicken with bad smelling poop I had just brought her home and she was in quarentine so I gave her Ornacin which solved the problem. My RIR is a much bigger chicken though, not...

I noticed my favorite hen, a RIR, acting every so slightly strange. She didn't fuss when I picked her up, she has been staying away from my new rooster who wants to mate all the time. When I looked at her vent and compared it to my other standard sized chickens she definitely has a little...

I totally support what you said here. It's a shame that human intervention have forced living animals into being products. If you feel you can try to give her good quality of life then do. Euthanizing a pet is a very personal thing, and the word "cull" sounds so harsh to those of us who love our...

I have two 16ish week old Black Australorps who have recently been inducted into my Sicilian Buttercup's harem. The roo is 6 months old, I think he is going through this "teen years" because he is exceptionally motivated and mates with them several times a day. Does this change anything about...