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In answer to your questions: I never saw a n y bugs on her (or on the other two). About 2 1/2 weeks ago I noticed that she was grooming an awful lot. So I caught her and checked her all over. Could not find a thing. But I did notice that she was kind of light - so I hand fed her a few...

I am still dealing with Duck, the weak chiken with the balance issue. I got her to eat a little better. I found out that she really likes spaghetti. So I grind up chicken pellets and mix it in with a tiny bit of yogurt and cat food. And I feed her little pieces of apple and greens. That is...

Thank you. I think I will change feed stores. I went to a different one today and got the poltry dust and dusted the chicken. I hope I used the right amount. The container says 1 lb treats 100 chicken so I just used a small amount and put it around the vent area, underneath each wing on her...

thank you - this is a lot of useful info. She does drink, I put electrolytes/vitamins in her water every other day. Her poop looked like normal chicken poop (per poop picture site) only the other day when she did not eat was it very runny (but normal color and not foamy). I don't have a picture...

thanks for responding, We just fed Duck some yogurt mixed with egg yolk. We got about three syringes down. How often and how much should I feed her every day? I had checked her for mites and could not find a thing. However another member on BYC suggested that she might still have mites and...

Duck hasn't eaten at all yesterday - she is getting weaker and stumbling again. She might peck at a few kernels of bread and she still eats the worms that I dig up for her but she won't touch anything else - not even mealy worms. Her poop is getting very liquid. I dont know what to do. If I...

Duck is still in the house. It has been a week now. She doesn't want to eat much. Won't touch scrambled eggs, yogurt, oatmeal or cat food. She seems like she doesn't want to get her beak "dirty". She immediately starts wiping it as soon as there is something on it. She is still wobbly on her...

Duck is still in the house. It has been a week now. She doesn't want to eat much. Won't touch scrambled eggs, yogurt, oatmeal or catfood. She seems like she doesn't want to get her beak "dirty". She immediately starts wiping it as soon as there is something on it. She is still wobbly on her feed...

Ok, I did some more research and decided to go with food grade diatomaceous earth instead of the insecticide. ( I remember before we had frontline, boric acid powder did wonders for fleas - and it is also natural - it's a salt, so I am hoping DE will do the same. I dusted all the chicken...

Ok, that sounds like a plan than. I think I start with dusting first. The way she acts is really like a dog would with fleas. Just trying to bit them off. I just watched some info on you tube and they are saying that the mites only go on the birds at night - to feed - but they won't live/stay...

thanks - so when do you think I should worm Duck? How long should I wait? And the weird thing is that the other two are not itching/scratching - why is that - do parasites prefer one bird over another? and what about the run - I have wood chips covering dirt ground - do I have to remove these?

thanks - I realized that there was a section to post for emergencies after I posted this one. So I posted on there too. But thanks for letting me know.

at night you're supposed to wipe a white paper towel under the roost ( the stick where the chickens sit on) to see if there are any mites. They come out at night from their hiding spots to feed on the chicken. (At least that is what I read in one of the threads - so I tried it - but my paper...

One of my chickens started grooming and itching a lot. When I inspected her and the other 2 I could not find anything. Neither did I find anything in their coop (I did the paper towel test - and used my flashlight) When I picked them up to check them, I noticed that they could use a little more...

I have a sick chicken! Her name is Duck and she is a Rhode Island Red. She has been kind of skinny from the start when I got her at 8 weeks. She looked and sounded kind of like a cross between a chicken and a duck - thats how she got her name. She is now 24 weeks old and not laying yet (the...