OK... So on March 2nd, my roo Asia died after only about 36 hours of his symptoms. He was isolated and cared for in the enclosed deck in a soft sided dog inside zip up kennel. He looked great, but staggered and could not stand upright. I checked on him through the night, but I think he died when he tried to stand and crow first thing in the morning.
Based on advise from everyone this is what I have done. One hen seemed ill and so I got LA-200 and gave every hen an injection in the breast muscle of 1cc and then three days later repeated the injection and orally administered 0.4 cc of Fenbendazole for goats (10% suspension). I will repeat that on day 10 for a second final dosage. We are at this point discarding all eggs. Surprisingly these hens did not reduce laying. I have five hens and I average 4 eggs a day (2 Buffs, 2 WyanD's and one mixed - most likely Black Star/Polish). I see no sign of worms. I increased dry Oatmeal to reduce runs.
Where the rooster climbs on their wing area, the hens had gotten worn spots. I noticed that Peepers (Blackstar/Polish mix) was the worse worn and her worn spots looked fuzzy. I got a closer look and it is like crusted frozen snow - very hard. I looked here and found that warm vinegar water might help on the spots. I have done that twice now. But the dominant hen (Buff-O) is picking on the area. Another hen tried to shield her (Wyandotte) and I noticed the dominant hen picking at her in the same area. So I moved her feathers and same issue. I have a 16 year old parrot who moults. I know what the wax of pin feathers look like on a parrot. But this has not happened to my parrot ever. I do not think this crust is moutling. So I thought maybe the disputed term of "chicken mange" or possibly fungus. This image uploaded was taken today after Peepers has been treated twice. And is looking pinker and has less crust. I will try to get a better image and upload that, but I had just put the vinegar water on and she is timid now.
What do I try now? The Wyandotte has been acting strange for a couple of days and to see this on her in the same area is perplexing. The roo didn't mate frequently with the Wyandottes so their feathers look OK.
Based on advise from everyone this is what I have done. One hen seemed ill and so I got LA-200 and gave every hen an injection in the breast muscle of 1cc and then three days later repeated the injection and orally administered 0.4 cc of Fenbendazole for goats (10% suspension). I will repeat that on day 10 for a second final dosage. We are at this point discarding all eggs. Surprisingly these hens did not reduce laying. I have five hens and I average 4 eggs a day (2 Buffs, 2 WyanD's and one mixed - most likely Black Star/Polish). I see no sign of worms. I increased dry Oatmeal to reduce runs.
Where the rooster climbs on their wing area, the hens had gotten worn spots. I noticed that Peepers (Blackstar/Polish mix) was the worse worn and her worn spots looked fuzzy. I got a closer look and it is like crusted frozen snow - very hard. I looked here and found that warm vinegar water might help on the spots. I have done that twice now. But the dominant hen (Buff-O) is picking on the area. Another hen tried to shield her (Wyandotte) and I noticed the dominant hen picking at her in the same area. So I moved her feathers and same issue. I have a 16 year old parrot who moults. I know what the wax of pin feathers look like on a parrot. But this has not happened to my parrot ever. I do not think this crust is moutling. So I thought maybe the disputed term of "chicken mange" or possibly fungus. This image uploaded was taken today after Peepers has been treated twice. And is looking pinker and has less crust. I will try to get a better image and upload that, but I had just put the vinegar water on and she is timid now.
What do I try now? The Wyandotte has been acting strange for a couple of days and to see this on her in the same area is perplexing. The roo didn't mate frequently with the Wyandottes so their feathers look OK.