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Bing... A brown speckled hen looking on as her chicks create valentine's day cards for each other out of paper, feathers, and flowers, with a gray rooster in the background drawing a heart in the dirt with his foot.

Bing... a valentine's day picture with chickens and chicks, with a light blue house and snow. Pink and red hearts are in the clouds and on the house. pastel colors in the style of van gogh

Bing... a woman painted in the style of alfons mucha, with a chicken in her lap and holding a victorian valentine's day card in her hand. light green and pink colors.

Bing... a pair of bantam gypsy chickens in a mint green coop with flowers and hearts. style of van gogh

I like that it is mite resistant. What makes it able to resist mites? The materials?

What a beautiful rooster! And a fantastic run! Thank you for sharing all the details. Here's my update: I went back to clean his eye later in the day and the debris was gone! I don't know what to make of it. I debated putting some ointment but decided against doing anything to his eye at this...

Thank you for the advice! Update: I went back later ready to rinse his eye and the white debris was gone! I was surprised because I had tried to gently wipe it away myself when I first saw it and it wouldn't budge. I guess he either cleaned it himself or maybe the nictating membrane was swollen...

Hi, I think my rooster might have a similar eye condition. How did you get the white stuff out? Did you apply any medication afterward? Did your rooster's eye look like this? Any other details you could share about your experience would help me a lot! What ended up happening? Thank you!

Hello! I have been reading posts in BYC for years, even before I had chickens! I live in Florida and have now had a small backyard flock of 5 hens and 1 rooster for almost 2 years. This is my first post, and it is a request for help identifying a problem in my rooster's eye. His left eye has a...