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    Can someone confirm if this is scaly leg mites?

    Thanks for the reply! I will continue the oil treatment on her legs. It she doesn't improve in a few weeks then I might try the ivermectin. She certainly has chunkier feet than all my other hens, and spurs too! She also has some pretty bad spots on her hocks, which were too difficult to get a...
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    Can someone confirm if this is scaly leg mites?

    Hi everyone! Hope everyone is well. Over the past year I've noticed my dominique hen named Sugar slowing down. She's about six years old. She is having a harder time keeping up with the flock and scratching for bugs. I thought she was just getting arthritis but now I'm convinced that most of her...
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    Ended Official BYC Contest—Post Your Best (Worst) Chicken Molt Pictures—Fall/Winter 2019

    Stella my little bantam cochin from last week. She's a trooper though. Been through single digits with her bare chest and bum! I feel so bad for her. Thank goodness she has some full sized hens to sleep next to at night.
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    Who's got December molters?

    My poor bantam cochin named Stella is going through a hard molt. I've never had a bird molt so late in the season! I feel so bad for her, but she's made it through three single digit nights last week. Thank goodness it's been warmer this week. I'd worry more if she didn't have other birds to...
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    Help sexing pekin chick

    Some cochins are tricky. I found that in some cochin breeding lines, pullets have large combs. Here's my cochin pullet from this year near point of lay. She has a pretty large comb. So I wouldn't completely give up hope until you see male feathering.
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    Depluming mites! Please help! Confused with what treatment to use.

    That's good to know. They're around 16 months. The cochin is the only one who hasn't molted yet. If they are in the feather shaft wouldn't they also be damaging the new feathers before they grow out? It's possible that the others might be grooming her. I was also thinking maybe because cochins...
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    Depluming mites! Please help! Confused with what treatment to use.

    Really? The mottled cochin hasn't molted yet, but the other two, the mille fleur d'uccle and grey easter egger just finished and the ends of the feathers already look like something is eating them. You don't think so?
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    Depluming mites! Please help! Confused with what treatment to use.

    Hello everyone! I noticed that the feathers on my birds have become raggedy at the ends with some horizontal lines on the wing and tail feathers. I'm thinking they have a case of depluming mites. I plan on cleaning out the coop and spraying everything down with permethrin. My bantam cochin's...
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    Mottled Cochin Gender?

    Thanks! I'm glad too! Yes! I found cochins to be very docile! I've stepped on her toes a couple of times by accident because she follows me so close! Peabody is sooo cute! Were did you get her?! Give her some time. If you look at Stella's early photos, her back was almost all black too. Once...
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    Please Help Treat my little D'uccle! Puncture wound from Hawk!

    Thanks Eggcessive! Oh yes! Mille fleurs are the sweetest little things! Boy they can fly too! She flew all the way to our second story window last summer! I can't wait to see what she looks like next molt. She's only about 9 months old right now. Hopefully she gains more white as she ages. Your...
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    Please Help Treat my little D'uccle! Puncture wound from Hawk!

    I just wanted to give everyone an update on how Leeloo is doing. She is doing great! Her wound finally closed up yesterday and she's growing back her lost feathers. She did pluck a few of the cut feathers around her wound. Not sure if that's a concern. She's not completely back with her flock...
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    Injured chicken

    Lots of good advice here. Be sure to keep her warm and hydrated too. Birds who are in shock can have trouble controlling their body temperature. Also if she keeps picking at her wounds you can make a E collar like vets give you when they spay or neuter cats and dogs. You can make it from...
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    Please Help Treat my little D'uccle! Puncture wound from Hawk!

    Thanks both of you for your opinions! I just don't want it to turn into an abscess. They don't sound fun. I did wipe it topically with the betadine as a precaution. I'll keep doing what i'm doing. I did wire off a little section for her in the run so she can be with the others during the day. At...
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    Please Help Treat my little D'uccle! Puncture wound from Hawk!

    Thanks! :) So it being firm to the touch around the wound isn't a concern?
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    Please Help Treat my little D'uccle! Puncture wound from Hawk!

    Any other opinions? Please? It would be very helpful? Does it look infected? Should I start her on antibiotics? It feels firm to the touch around the puncture wound. What antibiotics should I use for this type of wound? Penicillin, amoxicillin, Baytril or Clavamox, others? Thanks Judy for...
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