Recent content by aussie_chooks

Hi everyone, I took her to the vet this morning and decided the best thing was to put her down. There was more going on and unfortunately nothing would ease her pain. The maggots had all gone but the damage left by them together with the other issues was too much. Thanks for your help! I...

Thank you for your detailed answer. I've checked other threads and it looks exactly like what I'm dealing with. I've given her another bath and checked her vent again. It looks worse than before. Tomorrow I will take her to the vet and see what they say but it looks like putting her down is the...

Thank you both for your help. I went to check on her earlier and checked her vent. Eep!:hit Yucky picture warning! You've been warned. Looks like those little worm/bugs I saw earlier are inside her! And lots of them. After her bath, her vent was clear but red. That was 5 hours ago...

EDIT: Added some photos further down. It looks like maggots or something are in her vent :(:(:( Hello everyone, I woke up this morning to find my beautiful little silkie hovering in a dark corner looking very sad. :( She's 2.5 years old. She had a dirty vent for a few days.This was the only...

They seemed to have forgiven me this morning. I offered extra treats! :weeI don't think they understand at all! If only they knew :rolleyes: Thank you for all your knowledge. I will keep a close eye on them, hopefully there are no more parasites! It's so hard to tell because they have been...

Is this what you meant by feather photos? Are they clear enough? :) The white leghorn is the moulting one, and the isa browns are the one with scaly mites. The leghorn is very sad because of her moult. It is the middle of winter here. Looked so depressed :( She did the same thing last year...

Hi everyone! Thank you so much for your help. I thoroughly cleaned out their coop and applied a lot of vaseline to everyone's feet. I also brought some pestene lice and mite powder and applied it to the chickens and in their clean coop. They are very angry with me right now :rant I'll do it...

This is my first post so hello to you all :frow I have five lovely little chickens. The other day I noticed that my two isa brown's feet looked larger than the other. Upon further inspection, it looks like a few of their scales have fallen off and several scales have lifted up. The other...