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    STICKTIGHT FLEAS

    Thank you!
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    STICKTIGHT FLEAS

    Just noticed my chickens have sticktight fleas. Some of them only have a couple on their faces around their eyes, on their comb, wattles etc. Others have quite a few. What is the MOST effective way of ridding them. I'm not a naturalist although I am open to effective methods. This is the first...
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    Lice...AGAIN!

    Thanks for all the advice!
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    Lice...AGAIN!

    Thank you. That is something I haven't tried yet. What should I treat it with. I saw where Chicken Chick suggested Elector ESP spray as a coop and bird treatment... wonder if that's my easiest option.
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    Lice...AGAIN!

    Yes, they free range in my large backyard and have made plenty of deep dust baths. I even made "special" dust baths in the runs for them. Mixed dirt and fireplace wood ash and they don't ever use them. Our soil here is pretty sandy too.
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    Lice...AGAIN!

    I feel like I am constantly battling lice. Is that normal?! Whenever I notice them I dust the birds with a wheelbarrow mix of DE, Sevin and Poultry and Garden Dust. Clean coops and repeat a week later. Should I just go back to Sevin straight up? Dust 3 weeks in a row?? Such a frustrating and...
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    Hands on hatching and help

    Thank you!! I made the hole a little bigger, did see some veins so I stopped. Hoping it can do the rest on its own!
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    Hands on hatching and help

    Hi! I am currently at day 22. 9 eggs made it to lockdown out of 12. And so far 2 have hatched and are cruising around. A third egg has externally pipped for 24 hours now. I had hoped that it would hatch over night last night. It has made a TINY bit more progress since I saw it last night. I'm...
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    Lice

    I need to check out the liquid permethrin!
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    Lice

    Yes, I forgot to mention I put DE and poultry dust in the coop. Maybe I need to put more! Also use nesting box herbs... Not sure that helps deter lice though.
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    Lice

    About two months ago I tackled a lice problem. I mixed (in a wheelbarrow) DE, Sevin, and Poultry dust. I dusted each bird (30) under wings, vent, breast, back. I repeated once a week for a month for a total of 4 dustings and cleaned the coop after every time except the last. I was determined to...
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    Infection or Eyeworn

    There might be a tiny bit of pus but it's not hard like that other stuff was. I'll try tonight to get it out. I couldn't get it out yesterday. I've been using the Tobramycin eye drops hoping that will flush it out too. Also, her egg she laid the other day was before she got any oral antibiotics...
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    Infection or Eyeworn

    Swelling has gone down... Especially on that inner eyelid. I can finally see the eyeball. Pretty sure she's blind in it as it looks discolored.
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    Infection or Eyeworn

    I've been giving her 0.25 ml 1x a day.... Does that sound about right?
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    Infection or Eyeworn

    Update: She feels so much better that she laid her first egg today! Wahoo!
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