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Thanks again. Maybe I can get up the nerve to look for external parasites. It kind of freaks me out. I really hate parasites of any kind. I'm a nurse and am not squeamish about much except for this kind of thing. Maybe I'll give them another couple of weeks and then take a look. They appear very...

Same here in WI. Getting no eggs from my 5 hens.

Thanks for sharing. It's encouraging to know that someone else is having this problem, with no definable reason. I live in WI as well and we put a heat lamp (red) in the coop when it was staying below zero night and day. Other than that, we put a regular old-fashioned bulb in the coop, set on a...

They were never wormed. I used to always put apple cider vinegar in their water, which I thought would prevent worms, but my husband took over and stopped adding the ACV. Is the worm medicine available at a place like Tractor Supply? I have 5 and they are all different kinds, as follows: Buff...

I have posted before on this and am wondering if someone else might see it and have some different advice. I was told previously that they might have worms. Would I just look at their poop to see if this is so? Also, it appears that lice/mites can cause them to stop laying. I guess this...

What should I do about this?

I thought that the decrease in production last spring/summer was due to the possibility of my free-rangers laying eggs in the woods, although we never found any. Well, now they have been in the coop over the winter with a supplemental light and still we either get 1 or nothing daily from 5 hens...

If I use DE, do I still need to dust my hens with poison stuff to kill any parasites? Not sure if they have them, but am thinking that maybe they all do, if nothing is done to eliminate them. Is this true?

My 5 have stopped laying all summer, except for an occasional egg or two. Mostly, the weather hasn't been extreme either. A couple of days we got non, most day 1-2 and once or twice 3. Not sure what's going on. I have had to start buying store eggs.

My hens have hardly been producing any eggs. I have 5 and got one egg today. One or two days I got none. The most has been 3-4 one or twice. This has been pretty much all summer. The temps here have fluctuated, so it isn't the heat. I really miss the green ones from my EE. They seem healthy and...

I suppose I could try that. If the others bother her today, I will separate her. I let them out of the coop early this morning. They are in the run and she stayed inside the coop. After coffee, will check on her again. Thanks for the advice. Happy Memorial weekend!

Not sure if I am looking for advice; maybe just need to share with other chicken lovers. We came home today to find that our Lottie had been hit by a car. It appears her left leg is broken. She actually has hopped around on one leg a bit. My concerns are that she may have other internal injuries...

Thanks. Do you use apple cider vinegar or diatomaceous earth? Anything else to promote better health and deter parasites?

I just read an online post suggesting mixing garlic into the feed. Would this affect the taste of the eggs? Any comments from anyone who does this and any benefits seen?

In WI they are wood ticks. Deer ticks apparently can be a problem (Lyme's disease), but we haven't seen any of those buggers! I only saw one when I did summer camp nursing at WI Dells one year and had to remove one from a child camper, whose dad turned out to be an MD!! Glad I did a good job!

Dang. I was hoping ticks would not attach. You would think they would pick them off one another. OH well. Hilarious comment about the garden parties. Actually, mosquitoes bother me less than most people, probably due to large amounts of B vitamins that I take. All these darned parasites make me...

Do ticks attach to chickens? Do chickens eat ticks? I hate ticks so much. Right up there with mosquitoes.

Thank you. Only other chicken lovers understand how I am about this. My neighbors/friends will laugh at me.

OK. I think I am done. I just tried to go in and hold her. She went into severe convulsions, so I just put her down and left the room. I hate to go back in, but am quite sure she is dead. This has totally ruined my day. Thanks for all your help. I just need a good cry now. I left a message with...

If she indeed dies, should I take any measures to protect the others, in case it is something contagious?