Thank you cafarmgirl. I dusted everyone with the permethrin yesterday. Whew! What a task that was. In the process I noticed that the two hens that were broody this summer are the ones who are infested the most. That's a young Buff Orphington and my little bantam (It was not as bad as some...
I'm new to keeping chickens. My three year old Japanese bantam (adopted her last November) was broody several times this summer. A few weeks ago she went directly into a molt. I noticed her comb was pink and attributed it to the broodiness followed by molt and was giving her extra protein to...