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    is this lice? (with photo)

    what about dusting on a rainy day? I dusted the girls last night while they were on the roost with permethrin, but of course today they're all standing in the rain. Should I re-apply?
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    is this lice? (with photo)

    has anyone used this product? http://carefreeenzymes.com/id36.html I know that frontline and advantix are non-toxic enzymes, as well.
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    is this lice? (with photo)

    just read that permethrin is highly toxic to cats. My cat definitely hangs out near the chicken coop, as that's where all the action is. I also have a beehive nearby! I think I will treat just this one bird with the permethrin, and DE the coop, as I don't see any evidence on the other birds. Is...
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    is this lice? (with photo)

    darkmatter, what type of cedar (shavings?) and why do you think it works? I have both DE and Prozap permethrin, and have never dusted a bird before. The first time I applied the DE, it seemed to function as an earwig attractor. Are these my only options? (Can't find Sevin...)
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    is this lice? (with photo)

    thank you! I'm on it, and appreciate your help. Their coop is located in such a nice spot beneath 2 huge maple trees, with both shade and sun. However, these trees support a huge wild bird population - so I need to stay on top of lice/mites.
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    is this lice? (with photo)

    yes, she's wet in the photo, and not much for posing. The purple is from a spray of blue kote that I put on her forever ago to see if I could prevent others from pecking her prolapse. If the white spots and feather base clumps were poop, they should've dissolved in warm water???
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    is this lice? (with photo)

    I also want to mention that this hen's comb is red and tall, and she's active & social, and eats and drinks normally. The morning that I brought her in, I felt like she was walking uncomfortably, and preoccupied with her rear.
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    is this lice? (with photo)

    I'm new, and still finding my way around, so forgive me as I posted this in the wrong place at first. My red sex link hen is 4 months old and has been through a lot. She's a bit smaller than the other 5 she grew up with, but has recently been successfully treated for coccidiosis. She has had a...
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    is this lice? (photo)

    okay - so I've been through a lot with my prolapsed hen, but I see that her prolapse has been healing nicely, is rarely visible anymore, and she has been laying clean eggs. She still has a dirty butt, though, with occasional bleeding, and is preoccupied with it. Is it possible that she has...
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    isolating a bird

    I did not use the prep H as I read some conflicting info about whether or not it works. I felt that getting her to stop laying for a time might really help her to heal. The prolapse is rarely exposed anymore, but I see it pop out when she poops. Regardless, I do see that she is trickling blood...
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    isolating a bird

    recently I isolated a 4 month old hen with a prolapse, but got discouraged and returned her to the flock too early. I just felt bad about keeping her in, as she seemed miserable. Now I realize that she is not healing properly and seems to be in pain, so I'm making one last ditch effort before I...
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    Poopy butt

    I have a hen with a poopy butt, and I took a fecal sample to the vet. Even though she is 4 months old, she tested positive for coccidiosis. I think getting her tested was very valuable to allow me to give her the correct meds. Unfortunately, she still has a poopy butt, as she has a prolapse, and...
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    Anyone ever had a problem with bees?

    I agree that it is unlikely a swarm that has settled this late will be able to survive the winter, however, I had a hive swarm late last year that made it through (but in standard equipment.) First off, you have to be sure that you actually have honey bees. Where I live, beekeepers who are...
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    feeding an isolated/prolapse chicken

    I rouse her about every 8 hours for a short layer mash and water break. Previously I had been giving her yogurt, but my vet told me that he was suspicious of chickens eating dairy, as he thinks it's unnatural. I then crushed up some probiotic tablets in the whole flock's feed. I'm curious about...
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    feeding an isolated/prolapse chicken

    my Meatloaf has just been successfully treated for Coccidiosis - I had her droppings tested so I know that she is clean. I've had her for about 10 weeks, she is almost 4 months old, and was the only one of the 6 I got to have the parasite. Her stunted growth was pretty obvious, but worse, she...
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