Thank you everyone for your feedback. We cleaned our hen up with the bath first. Then we purchased permethrin to apply to their coop. We will continue monitoring our girls. Will we need to reapply the permethrin?
Okay I will look into the mites treatment. Our chickens are very gentle. She let me give her a warm water bath. I think the darkness on her feathers was dirt because it just rinsed away. This is the after bath picture.
We have had a busy week. I went out to do my weekly chores with our chickens and noticed this. I am feeling terrible for not noticing it all week! This is a one year old Buff Orpington. Any ideas on what this is and how to treat it?
Hello, first time chicken owner here. Our chicks are Buff Orpington's and they are 7 weeks old. They moved out of the brooder and into their brand new coop with enclosed run on Sunday. So they have been outside for 6 days now. I have noticed this area of redness of several of the chicks. Is this...
Hi, new chicken family here. We live in North Florida. We have 6 two week old Buff Orpingtons. Our brooder is inside in a 50 qt tub with pine shavings and a heat plate. All of the chickens are eating and drinking like champs. Everyone is very active. I do a complete clean/change out of of their...