Recent content by CassieLeo

She’s still a little gimpy but seems to be healing up! I was able to keep her in a giant dog kennel in my garage while we were away, luckily I have a wonderful chicken sitter! I’m going to reintroduce her to the flock/coop on Monday ☺️

Hey guys! I have my first real chicken injury to deal with and of course we are going on vacation for four days tomorrow 🙄 Here’s the story. Yesterday morning I was doing my routine flock check. I was holding this gal in my arms (she’s my feistiest hen) and when I lost my grip on her she...

Thank you! I used permethrin to treat the birds and clean the coop. Forgot to include that! I really don’t think it is bugs either, I’ve had three people (one has raised chickens for 40+ years) check my gals and they didn’t see any evidence of mites either. I have my three dominant hens in...

Yes, they have free access to oyster shells at all times. I’ve check and treated for lice and mites twice, as well as treating the entire coop and run for mites as well.

Thank you! No signs of mites that I can see. And I have experienced mites in a flock before, so I have some experience as to what they look like and where to find them. I did treat for mites twice, 11 days apart, back in December. I also completely cleaned the coop and treated it like it had a...

Thank you! I did treat for mites twice back in December, just to cover all my bases. Plus did a total coop clean, scrubbed everything with bleach water, rinsed out, and added DE to all new bedding, nest boxes, and dust bathing areas.

Correct. I treated for mites/lice anyways just in case. Waited 11 days between treatments. Also did a complete empty of coop and bedding materials, soaked every thing in bleach water, scrubbed, and rinsed out. Replaced all bedding, and added DE to all the books and crannies, neat boxes, and dust...

Nope, no roosters. Forgot to mention that.

Hi all! I’m new to the group so thank you for being willing to help! I grew up with chickens and had them for the first 20 years of my life. I am now 34 and finally have a small flock of my own! I have eight hens: 1 Easter egger, 2 orpingtons, 2 cream legbars, 1 Maran, 1 Brahma cross, and 1...