We've had one extra chicken on the sly for a few months... No one noticed an extra brown bantam in a tree filled and fully fenced yard. But then the neighbors moved away and left their two hens with us. So we checked the codes and rebuilt our coop larger in preparation for applying for the...
I brought my broody rosecomb bantam inside to wait for the mail order chicks to arrive..... two weeks later I noticed she had some kind of white nits on her head feathers, I treated her with DE and washed out and refreshed the bedding in the brooder. Her comb went pale, but I didn't realize that...