We found bird lice on our chickens in July when we were bathing them for the fair. Ugh. I've dusted the birds and the coops with Sevin, bombed the coops with pyrethrin, cleaned the coop with bleach and blue dawn. Dusted the coop with Sevin and DE. I've performed this routine twice since I...
Good Morning BYC! It's a beautiful unseasonably cool eastern Missouri morning. I'm suiting up and gathering my gear to head to the coop for a poo scoopin'/ sevin dustin'/crap hosin' kinda of day. I would gladly take volunteers to help........ Bueller? ....Bueller?.... Anyone...
Hello Everyone! After lurking for 2 years I finally decided to join you! My family lives about 50 miles west of St. Louis in rural Missouri. My daughter wanted to keep chickens as a 4-H project and although I was resistant and a little scared at first, I think I love them more than she does...
I went out to the coop this morning and noticed a droopy hen hanging out when everyone else had headed out for the day. She has yellow goopy crust on her ear holes and continually opens her mouth like she's yawning or trying to remove something from her throat. I haven't heard her coughing or...