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Thank you for the advice. I checked out that article, its definitely the wing louse... really useful thank you!

Thank you, I will get hunting for a solution... I hate bugs!!!

Hi I just looked up something similar Pigeon Louse, whats the active ingredient in the 7 treatment, I am in the UK and I don't think I have seen that here? Thanks

Hi I have found this bug on my chickens feathers.. and I have searched the internet and cannot find it .. it looks a bit like a louse but it only has 4 visible legs, though it has 2 feelers out front that may be legs, I wasnt sure. Its actual size is just under 2mm. The mite powder I used is...

I have two labradors.. we do keep them in at night, but one of them would prefer to be out. They are great with the chickens, kids, cats and horses, will eat anything.. are good do-ers and are perfect guard dogs. Both have Field Trial Champion parents but you wouldn't think so!

yes, we are lucky here as were down a private track and no one really knows we're here.. my dogs are really soppy and the chickens definitely rely on them to keep them safe. Whenever the dogs bark the chickens stand to attention!! But I've seen them pin dogs they don't know down, so I don't...

We dont have racoons in the UK, but we do have foxes and I have friends whose whole flocks have been killed and left to rot.. they didnt even eat them! We also have deer that can be a plague to farmers crops and they cull them annually to keep the numbers down. We are also plagued by rabbits...

lol I'm from the UK, not sure what the USA equivalent is an Artic truck, except a lot smaller We let her out after a spell in the run and she hasnt strayed far. I can't count the amount of times I've shoo-ed them out of the kitchen today! Earlier I caught them in the sitting room watching...

We found her, she'd somehow got herself stuck in the gap in the tailgate of our lorry (it was up) and so didnt have enough room to fly out. We went round there last night but all was quiet, and then I called her this morning and heard a little "bok""bok""bok" and there she was. She was so...

Hi We don't have a rooster so she can't have chicks, but yes we have stopped her being broody, several times weve helped her off the nest to stop her sitting all day. She is the cleverest hen of the two as well and I do know they must lay eggs somewhere else since they always lay at least one...

We own two chickens that were given to us, and they have become very much a part of the family. They are free range and have a coop at night and live happily with our two cats and labrador dogs and they are regularly found walking into our house for whatever titbits may have dropped on the...