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    broken feathers, mites *if you are experiencing this, PLEASE READ*

    Hi everyone on this thread! Good news at last!! after 6 months of dusting my flock ( it had spread to 5 birds), I am glad to say all have their full feathers back, even the rooster who had lost all his long curved tail feathers and looked like a new breed! Diatomaceous earth!! Seems as...
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    broken feathers, mites *if you are experiencing this, PLEASE READ*

    Hi, well its a couple of months down the line and just to let everyone on this thread know re: time etc. For 2 months I dusted with the sulphuric powder once a week. That seemed to have no effect so I then read up and started dusting with diatomaceous earth up to 3 times a week for the whole of...
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    broken feathers, mites *if you are experiencing this, PLEASE READ*

    Thanks, started the sulphur dusting, on day 2 now, will keep it up for a few more days and then wait and see. We are in the middle of a wet cold winter so I did'nt have the heart to dip them. I guess I will then dust every week until I see some results. Been watching the coup carefully now as I...
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    broken feathers, mites *if you are experiencing this, PLEASE READ*

    Thanks so much for this info and the dipping pics, really helpful. I thought I just had a problem with too much preening or a rooster being a bit rough, until the hen with the bald patch really got bald ( most of the feathers on her back gone and on the sides of the patch, feathers broken off)...
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