Recent content by kathyu

Thank you CMV. It won't be too difficult to clean out the coop. It's pretty small and I only have 4 chickens right now. I haven't added new chickens since last spring. These chickens free range often, is that where the lice came from? I haven't had to use an insecticide before. Do you...

I noticed one of my 4 chicken's butt was red. After further investigation, I saw hardened lumps on the feathers near her butt, next to the skin. One other chicken has this, and I saw a few small red tiny spidery looking things crawling around quickly. The lumps are circular around the quill...

What about dusting diatomaceos earth in the pen? I have heard this kills fungus.

I have one out of three hens (about 6 months old) who's comb started drooping about 2 weeks ago. The weather here was very hot--100+ heat index, so I thought it was that. (they have shade throughout the day) The other hens of same age have shorter combs, not droopable height. After cooler...