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    Hen Wheezing [please help :( ]

    It's been a while since I've posted here but here goes: Today (just a few minutes ago) I noticed one of my hens open-mouthed breathing. I can hear her wheezing (slightly) and she can't cluck like she used to. Otherwise ravenous appetite as usual but she doesn't seem to want to drink water. She...
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    Northern Fowl Mites/Red Mites are Ticking Me Off

    I've been fighting these for over a year now. DE doesn't work. Permethrin doesn't work. Vitamins don't work. Bathing doesn't work. Sevin doesn't work. I've been dusting nearly every week. I'm worried about my cats because Permethrin is highly toxic to them. One of my chickens has water belly...
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    Hens with Bloody Behinds--Help!!

    Yes. I treated the coop with Sevin liquid and let it dry completely before letting the chickens back in. I feed a 20% protein mash and occasionally seeds, greens and mealworms, not to mention some fish, pasta or fruits as a treat. I have 4 birds. I'm not sure how big the coop is, since my...
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    Hens with Bloody Behinds--Help!!

    Yes, as soon as I can. I used a combo of Permethrin liquid and Permethrin dust.
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    Hens with Bloody Behinds--Help!!

    Hi all, So last year was a hard year in chicken keeping for me--I lost one of my hens to water belly and I had my first encounter with mites. I've been battling them for a long time. Anyway, I think I got rid of them, but unfortunately, I didn't check my ladies for mites afterwards as much as I...
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    Black Sex Link losing feathers

    Not sure exactly, probably around two or three? I dunno. :hmm The other three have molted already, but none of them are laying at the moment for some reason? Probably because it's getting cold and during the summer I was battling mites, so that most likely stressed the poor things out. I tried...
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    Black Sex Link losing feathers

    Hi, I just have a question. I live in Utah, is it normal for a young hen to be losing her feathers this late in the year? She just has a lot of new feather shafts all over her body, so they're not really growing back, but she seems happy and healthy otherwise. Am I missing something in their...
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    You Guessed it--More chicken problems!!

    Scalex (not sure if this works at all), DE (which failed royally), home-made coop spray(kills on contact, but only on direct contact), I was going to try a garlic spray, then more Scalex, and if that didn't work, liquid Sevin(for the coop). I don't think there aren't any Tractor Supplies where I...
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    You Guessed it--More chicken problems!!

    Thanks all, for your replies. I checked them again and they seem to be fine, but I will keep monitoring them. But I did notice that one of my chooks (Sirius, the younger black sex-link) may have bumblefoot. She got out and was tearing up the yard, and when I picked her up (I hold them on their...
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    You Guessed it--More chicken problems!!

    *internal screaming* SO. Back again. Here's the situation. I was doing my ladies this evening and I've been keeping an eye on my oldest RIR, Fire, since she has not been eating, but today she was eating fine, her crop was pretty full, etc. I always put my ear next to their heads to check...
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    My Ladies have Mites?

    Thank you! :)
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    My Ladies have Mites?

    UPDATE: Still fighting the mites, even after repeated sprays of Permethrin/Pyrethrin and my home-made coop spray. School has started for me, and I won't be able to be as consistent with the sprays as I have been. What do I do? Would liquid Sevin in the coop work? The mites are hiding in the...
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    There may be a day when I do not love chickens, but it is not this day.

    There may be a day when I do not love chickens, but it is not this day.
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    Should I Cull my Hen?

    I have never culled any of my hens before. It is a last resort. I just want to make sure that she is not suffering, because I've already had a hen die traumatically this year and I don't want to repeat that experience if I can't help it. She's having trouble walking, jumping, things that a...
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    Should I Cull my Hen?

    Oh, what? :idunno I have no idea what to think anymore. Yeah, I try. My ladies' butts are all featherless right now, so that area is covered, but their wings are another matter. The older ones don't really care, but the younger ones throw a huge chicken tantrum every time I try to get under...
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