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I covered the doors the hen house and caught them each one by one with a large fishing net. I held them upside down by their legs and sprayed them down with the permethrin and then put them in the house so I knew which ones I had and had not done. While catching them one of them spurred me. I...

I got them all out of the house and sprayed it down real good with that permethrin 1%. I am going to get some powder to put in their nest boxes and also spray them with the permetherin tonight. Thanks for the info. I hope this leads to better egg production.

I have 5 hens that about two years old and 5 that should start laying any day. A couple of the older birds have feathers missing on under their vent and they have not been laying eggs very well for a while now. I only get about one or two eggs a day fromt he five birds. They get a layer...