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OK will do. Would it be wise to pick off the eggs? I'm scared to remove too many of the feathers.

Update. I went out and coated their area with sevin dust. I picked up the girl and inspected. The white cluster were very hard and pick many off. Once I did Lota of small light brown bugs went everywhere. I coated the area with sevin dust. Any ideas as to what this is?

No I have not. They were wormed when I got them. Will rubbing alcohol kill these eggs?

I've got one girl who originally had a sticky butt. Now either by her or something she is losing feathers on her behind. There are also white clusters of something on the feathers she has. Is this a parasite? Any ideas?

So I am on night four with my new coop and three hens. I put them up top in the coop the first night and they go up every night since. However every night I have to go put them on the roost poles. They will not get up there on their own. I have two 1.5 inch poles a foot off the coop floor. Is it...

It's hard to see but there are gaps in the wood on the sides. Also the whole floor is hardware cloth. The roost poles are dowel rods about 1.5 inches thick 12 inches from the floor. I think they have figured out to sleep upstairs but haven't figured out that is where there nesting box is. Any...

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[/IMG] Ok. So take a look at my coop. I have two roost poles 12 inches off the coop floor. Last night I put them in the top and on the roost poles. Tonight they walked uptime ramp but did not get on the poles. There is plenty of headroom. Should I keep putting the on the poles? Will they...