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  1. Katiedid

    Not sure if Sevin dust is working for mites

    I just finished treatment number two after 10 days. I'm sure it's mites, since I've seen them, but the hens bottom is still bright red (feathers out), How long should it take for signs of improvement to be visible? What else can I do if this isn't working?
  2. Katiedid

    Need help with lice/mite issue

    My birds are losing feathers from their butts and chest areas, so I suspect mites. My RR is the worst affected. I dusted them 8 days ago with Sevin and I'm not sure if the situation is better or worse. My paranoid side suspects worse. I am going to wait two more days a dust again, but I'm not...
  3. Katiedid

    Treating for lice/mites

    This is our first lice/mite infestation. Our RR has thinning feathers on her chest (about the size of a dime) and a large bald spot on her bottom. I treated with Sevin dust last Monday and am preparing to retreat on Wednesday. She seems active and her comb is dark. She's been laying well. I...
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    How to tell if it is lice/mites or molt and what to do.

    Hi all. I have a one and a half year old RR who has not yet molted and my fingers are crossed that this is what is happening, but I have a feeling it isn't. It doesn't show up well in this photo but you can see how she has thinning patches. Her leg feathers also seem paler and she has a...
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    Feathers above legs appear pale on RR, behavior is normal...

    I'll post a pic of this in the next day or two. It's too dark to go out and take one now. I have four hens in a 4x8 coop with a 10x 20 run. We had a problem with feather plucking, but I changed feeds and it seemed to have solved the problem. I also dusted for lice/mites with Sevin and did...
  6. Katiedid

    Something crawly on the chicken's vent...

    I think they have lice or mites. Small, fast moving brown bugs on one of the chickens vents. None observed else where. I checked because she's in a partial molt and this seemed like an odd time for that. None of the other birds seemed to have anything, though two had broken feathers near...
  7. Katiedid

    Letting Chickens into the Garden?

    I've had a bad year with squash bugs and have heard that chickens like to eat them. I've sprayed Neem oil and used DE, but it hasn't really helped. I'd like to let the chickens in, if they eat the plants, it won't bother me, since the bugs are killing them anyway. I know the DE won't hurt the...
  8. Katiedid

    Reintegrating Isolated Hen - or flock split?

    I have one little hen who is picking on my americaunas. She's been segregated three weeks. I'm going to try to reintroduce her using the play pen method - since I haven't tried that yet, but we'll see. What I can't decide is if I should take this as an opportunity to split the flocks. I have...
  9. Katiedid

    How do you shade your run?

    Right now we're using tarp. We've planted some fruit trees, which should provide shade in 5 - 10 years. I'm not in love with the tarp (it's windy here) so I'm thinking of using wooden panels and creating a wooden roof for the run. (It's currently protected by chicken wire to prevent predation...
  10. Katiedid

    Adding Ventilation

    My dad and I built an adorable coop using a pattern from a book. I love it to bits, but we dropped the ball on ventilation. We have two plexiglass windows that at present are not removable. They are, of coarse, not a standard size. I have some time in the next few months and would like to...
  11. Katiedid

    Kate in New Mexico

    My name is Kate, I live in New Mexico and I've had chickens for less than a year. I've wanted them for longer, but apartment living is not conductive to chicken ownership so I bought them once we moved out to a small acreage. I have only 4 hens. I wanted to thank everyone for how helpful they...
  12. Katiedid

    Does Blue Coat Work?

    I had problems with feather pecking on the chest of my smallest hen when we first got her and I tried tsc brand blue coat. It didn't work at all to prevent pecking, they just pulled the pin feathers off. Fortunately, in her case the feather pecking, while severe, never escalated to blood...
  13. Katiedid

    I am making it up as I go. Please advize.

    My hen has been having her vent pecked by the others. It isn't prolapsed but its swollen and a little bloody from being pecked. She's missing feathers. What started out with one hen pecking her was leading to others doing it, so I knew I had to do something before they killed her. I can't...
  14. Katiedid

    Vent pecking

    I have a chicken without prolapse, who is getting pecked in the vent. So far, it's not too bad, but I want to be prepared for the worst. I put hemeroid cream on it to help with the irritation (and I hope that the one hen that is pecking her won't like the taste.)_ I have bluekoat, but I'm...
  15. Katiedid

    More new owner questions...

    My neighbor has told me that she thinks my chickens are going to get sick if I keep using a sprinkler to cool them down. I'm assuming she's telling me that they will get cocci. We live in a high desert, hot summers and cool winters. It hasn't rained in months and the temps are in the high...
  16. Katiedid

    Newby Heat Question.....

    My girls have lots of water, food and shade. They have a sprinkler (soon to transition to a mister) but they are laying a little less (there are only 4 and I am getting one or two eggs a day rather than three or four) and they are eating less food but seem to want more treats (run at me...
  17. Katiedid

    One pullet seems different from the rest...

    This is not an emergency, but it has me worried. I'm a new chicken owner in a rural setting and I'm working hard to have them not be pets. We bought our 5 chickens from a guy out of town because I wanted colored eggs and he was one of the few people in our area who sold distinct breeds, so we...
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