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There's no blood, no sign of where the feathers went, and she's the one who pecks the other three. She's been super broody for the last couple weeks and I have to pull her out of the coop, but she's eating and seems fine. What in the world made her head (skin) white and should I worry?

My silkie hens have been suffering the ravages of red mites for a couple months and I can't seem to get rid of them. The vet gave them three injections (2 weeks apart) of ivermectin. A few days after final injection, one hen had mites again on her vent. I've been cleaning coop (even used...

It looks like dried blood. I've seen the Chicken Poop page, which shows one that includes shed intestinal lining. Says it's perfectly normal. Could that be what's dried on the egg? The hen seems perfectly fine, but I don't want to overlook it if something could be wrong.

I have 3 of the sweetest little silkie hens, free-roaming during the day and happy as could be. A few months ago, they weren't eating or leaving their coop, so I did some research (on them and the web) and discovered they had mites. I took them to vet who prescribed 3 doses, 2 weeks apart, of...

My 3 little silkie hens had mites under all their fluffy feathers and it took me a while to figure out that was what was going on. The vet gave them a series of 3 Ivermectin injections over 6 weeks to kill any mite eggs that might also be on them. They're great now and are back to eating...