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    Do we have mites - Questions - Advice?

    Ok, so I have spent the last several weeks observing, if you will. We lost another Buff on the Feb 27th. I am trying to get information from the local veternarian hospital, but no luck yet. Since then everyone seemed healthy active normal. I have looked at legs. I have looked at poo - hard...
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    Do we have mites - Questions - Advice?

    After reading through previous posts I am thinking really hard. We changed food in the spring, probably late April...started getting it from the local grain elevator. Could there be a deficiancy? They get lots of house scraps too. I completely clean the floor every few months and sprinkle...
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    Do we have mites - Questions - Advice?

    I currently have 15, almost 3 yr old, Buff Orpingtons and 17, 9 month old, Isa Browns. Over the last 4 months I have lost 4 of my Buffs. Every 3 -5 weeks or so I find one acting oddly and then within 2 weeks they die. The Buffs were vaccinated for Coccidosis and Mareks as hatchlings, but the...
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    organic/natural ways to get rid of lice/mites?

    When using the DE in nesting boxes...do you just put under the straw? are the eggs still ok to eat? Do you have to mix with sand to have a dusting area for the chickens? THANKS!
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    Any idea what is up with this girls belly?

    She is able to roost fine. We have one roost that has several different heights, made with one inch wooden rails. It is not sharp at all. I suppose it could be from a splinter. Also, as far as the thing you are seeing on her foot...what is it from and how do I treat it? Would the other...
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    Any idea what is up with this girls belly?

    Yes, she is a Buff Orp. It just doesn't look like a scab, but I will keep soaking her every couple of days and see if it softens any. They have just plain ol' straw in their nesting boxes. I have 23 girls and no one else has a belly like this. It almost looks like a sunburn. It didn't feel...
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    Any idea what is up with this girls belly?

    So what do I do with an abcess?
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    Any idea what is up with this girls belly?

    Yeah, I guess it is kind of crusty. But hard at the same time. Not crusty like a cold sore that is healing up gets crusty edges, but crusty like hard. I don't know that that made any sense at all. I don't know if I can get the pictures any bigger. I didn't pick or poke at it much. I just...
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    Any idea what is up with this girls belly?

    I think I figured it out!
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    Any idea what is up with this girls belly?

    I couldn't figure out how to post pictures on here as I have seen some others do. I didn't think about having to sign in for MSN and all. Any suggestions on other ways to post pictures?
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    Any idea what is up with this girls belly?

    I posted a couple days before about what to look for with mites. This is what her belly looks like...I gave her a bath in peppermint castile soap as suggest and also rubbed a soothing ointment with vitamin e, etc. on her skin. I can't find a bug whatsoever on her or on several of the other...
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    What symptoms do chickens with mites have?

    Thanks so much for all the responses. With the DE...Is it like a powder consistancy that I can just set them in a tub of it. Or do I just sprinkle it around inside the coop and outside in their fenced in area and that takes care of it. Also, I thought of borax in their nesting boxes. I know...
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    What symptoms do chickens with mites have?

    Ok, so I have been reading alot of stuff on mites. Sounds like it is a definate possibility. I feed my chickens organically. Can I treat them for mites organically? I prefer not to use pesticides. Any suggestions? I assume that the eggs will not be usable during the treatment period. How...
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    What symptoms do chickens with mites have?

    One of my girls didn't come running when I brought out some treats this evening. Upon inspection, her underside is really red and sore looking, feather missing. Would I see mites or other bugs obviously. What do I look for?
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    Chickens attacked by dog - Won't open eyes - Advise please

    She still wont open her eyes. She has drank water thirstily a couple of times this morning. I have gotten a little more yogurt and some mushed up breakfast cereal that they usually go crazy over. The wound that I though was a punture either sealed up completely or was more of a scratch. It...
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