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Ok...crazy question! I've been keeping a red heat lamp on my girls the last few nights because it's been below freezing. Would that be considered the same thing as just leaving a light on all night? I sure don't want to shorten their years of egg laying because I used a heat lamp! Any and...

Quote: I'm curious how you treated them for the fowl mites. I used a poultry dust for mine but was leary about getting any on their head so as not to get it in their eyes. Three of my girls are shaking their heads like crazy but I'm wondering if it also has something to do with feathers...

Quote: I'm curious how you treated them for the fowl mites. I used a poultry dust for mine but was leary about getting any on their head so as not to get it in their eyes. Three of my girls are shaking their heads like crazy but I'm wondering if it also has something to do with feathers...

You're welcome! I'm keeping my fingers crossed for your girl

Nickie~ She might have a bit of heat exhaustion and IMO I would try giving her some electrolytes. It also seems as though she isn't eating enough so I would keep doing what you're doing with giving her the scrambled egg, try some yogurt, too. Hopefully others will come along to give you some...

I'm so sorry for your loss This is our first year keeping chickens and it has not been easy. I'm trying to take the advice of others to just stick with it and it will all be worth it in the end, I hope you can do the same.

Quote: Going to see if I can find some of that stuff today...anything is worth a try. I guess I will save the St. Johns Wort for me, it's supposed to "elevate" your mood LOL

I tried Hypericum (St.Johns Wort) for 2 weeks with no improvement on a Marek's bird. Someone did tell me that it deadens the nerves and that once the bird is off the Hypericum that the symptoms will return. Not too sure about that, or anything at this point! Would love to hear more about the...

Unfortunately this sounds a whole lot like Marek's Disease to me but hopefully someone with more knowledge than I will come along and give you some ideas. I only say Marek's because I've had the displeasure of it running rampant through my flock and know the symptoms a little too well. Mine...

Quote: Wow! 6-12 months? Mine are dying at 3 months! Ugh...just don't know how much more of this I can take. I looked up the Oxine on First State Vet Supplies website and am going to try to find that locally. I'm a little against paying over $18 for shipping. Lysol? Never even occured...

Quote: I know, I keep telling myself the very same thing. I've been cleaning like a madwoman, too, since it's the only thing that I can really do at this point. Is the hypericum working? Not sure...it may be too early to tell OR maybe it's not working at all. Very stressed out about the...

Wonder Dust is awesome! I used it on a leg wound for one of my horses years ago and it really worked great. There is another product that I absolutely love, it's made by Farnam and its called Trifecta 3 in 1. It's an antibotic cream with pain reliever built in AND it repels flies. I haven't...

Hi Poonam, welcome to BYC! Unfortunately Marek's is something that I'm currently dealing with in my small, and getting smaller, flock. I had an EE rooster that was euthanized and necropsied last Thursday. The findings were consistent with Marek's as were the symptoms. Then on Saturday, my...

Thanks Oobhakeb & Seminolewind. I'm just trying to see how this treatment works and of course whether or not it does. I'm wondering when it will end, too. Maybe when I cull my whole flock?

Quote: Ill have to find that article again....btw update on Patricia, she is showing almost no signs of having issues....beside looking a little thinner and a few feather pecked out of her head, shes doing great! That is WONDERFUL news! I unfortunately have another, Kivu my Mottled Java...