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    Feather mites or something worse?

    I haven't been able to determine if the treatment has been effective yet or not. I've only once done the treatment with Elector. My property is so large that I used 3/4 of the $200 bottle for a single treatment. I tried permetherin dusting in the beginning and dusted weekly for a month without...
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    Feather mites or something worse?

    I've never seen evidence of lice on my birds except for one I found who had apparently been on the ground for about 2 days before she was noticed and brought inside. She had lice on her. Does that mean there are lice on my other birds or did the lice just overtake my sick bird that had been on...
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    Hens losing back feathers and death follows! Help please.

    I believe you! This is not a nutritional issue, molt or bullying! My story is nearly identical to yours! 22 birds effected, 4 died suddenly this year. They are on very high quality feed Feather Fixer and have separate oyster shell at all times. They free range 1/2 acre and have plenty of room on...
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    Help: Damaged Feathers & Uncertain of Cause

    I have the same problem and have lost 4 hens so far this year. I'm at a total loss and need help too. I treated with Elector PSP yesterday after 4 rounds of Ivermectin Pour On didnt help longer than a month or 2. I have about 22 hens similarly effected but only showing 1 in the pictures. More...
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    Feather picking, depluming mites, something else…?

    Your situation looks and sounds lot like mine. I'm not sure if you are still looking for a solution your problem or not. For my flock, can say that it isn't feather picking or bullying. I have about 22 birds that are similarly effected. They free range a half acre so space and boredom are not...
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    Feather mites or something worse?

    They have free range of 1/2 acre and the roosting area is 60' x 12'. Their space is massive and I've seen no evidence of picking at each other or themselves. This isn't isolated to one bird, i only showed a picture of one bird. About 25 of my birds now look similar. Look closely at the pattern...
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    Feather mites or something worse?

    They have free range of 1/2 acre and the roosting area is 60' x 12'. Their space is massive and I've seen no evidence of picking at each other or themselves. This isn't isolated to one bird, i only showed a picture of one bird. About 25 of my birds now look similar. Look closely at the pattern...
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    Feather mites or something worse?

    I have a large flock 33 hens and 2 roosters. Some of them started having a strange loss of feathers as seen in the pictures. It usually starts on their back near the tail and very slowly (weeks-months) gets worse with the loss traveling up the back. Some birds also had feather loss on top of the...
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    Strange patterns of missing feathers

    I can post new pictures tomorrow. I appreciate you talking me through this all! I've been really worried about her!
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    Strange patterns of missing feathers

    Whatever cheap 16% layer feed is on sale. I suppose I should increase their protein content for a bit. Also, in the 2 days since my post, she has dropped almost 70% of her feathers. Is it normal to lose so many so suddenly?
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    Funky Eggs - Stress from heat?

    I've had many similarly misshapen eggs this summer. It's been brutally hot here in Arizona and all my birds look really rough from their feathers to their eggs. But at least I didn't lose any to the heat!
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    Strange patterns of missing feathers

    She just turned 1 year old. None of my other birds look at all the same. Would they normally all molt at the same time?
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    Strange patterns of missing feathers

    One of my girls has been looking roughed up the last week and tonight she is missing a lot of feathers, primarily as seen on her wings and also on her back at the base of her tail. These patterns make me think its the roosters causing it but none of my other hens are nearly so beat up. Are the...
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    Distended crop, feels like air

    After reading more, sounds like sour crop. Her crop was massively distended, it is noticeable at first glance. I checked the other chickens and no one else is displaying similar symptoms. I brought her inside due to the 115 degree temps possibly stressing her more. After clearing he crop last...
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    Distended crop, feels like air

    I have a 4 month old bantam chick with a greatly distended crop. Feels just like air. After a few hours in watchful isolation she has not pooped once. I have injectable baytril and also some powder antibiotics i got at the feed store to be put in water. Don't remember what it's called right now...
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