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    Injured leg on Rhode Island Red

    Welp...(it's been a while, huh?)... I found a plastic ring embedded(!) in the 'knee' - and hidden by the feathers! - of the aforementioned RIR. With a little bit of bleeding (hers - not mine!), I've removed the ring and am keeping an eye on her. The 81mg of aspirin and isolating her seemed to...
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    Injured leg on Rhode Island Red

    (Up to) two 81mg aspirin per day? Got it! The examination showed no sign of bruising (green-ish or otherwise, and she does have visibility of the other chicken - big flock, huh? Thanks for the quick replies! :-)
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    What's the temperature where you are???

    -5F degrees at 6AM this morning - Monte Vista, CO. :-)
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    Injured leg on Rhode Island Red

    Hi! I've got a limping RIR that's currently confined (per others' entries) to limit her movement. She'd flown into a 'sticky-tape fly-trap', and I may have inadvertently been part of the injury scenario when I pushed the door over the bird's leg. :-( She's eating, pooping, and laying (in...
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    Mites/Lice...or Just Molting?

    An update (again! :-) ) I gave 0.5ml of the 5% Ivermectrin on the back of the neck per "Judy's" instructions on March 23, 2011(!) [https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/ivomec-pour-on-dosage.470920/#post-5968613]. With possible feather-picking going on, I've isolated her from the other...
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    Review by 'ColoradoSLV' in article 'Feather Picking In Chickens ~ My Experiences'

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    Mad at TSC

    When I worked for TSC in Colorado, we had the same minimum purchases to preclude the customer from buying just one bird or two to help make sure they weren't being bought as just brief entertainment. I did have one customer who'd purchased six chicks the week before, and when they came back in...
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    Mites/Lice...or Just Molting?

    Update: All the chickens are doing well. I saw the first signs of feather-pecking yesterday when I was in the area for a few hours. The RIR seems cold - not a surprise considering the missing feathers and the cooler temps in the Valley - but she's active, and the tuna-in-water looks like it's...
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    Mites/Lice...or Just Molting?

    I have no roosters, and I've seen no sign of feather loss due to picking. I'll get some photo updates; she has lost more feathers than in the pics posted previously... There's no poultry vet close by, but there is a vet clinic in Alamosa. They might be available for the 'poop test'. (Note to...
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    Mites/Lice...or Just Molting?

    I'm not sure if she (the RIR I've been watching) has taken a turn for the worse or not. I've been applying the permethrin-based powder to her, to the other chickens and to the coop at the recommended 7-14 day intervals, but I've noticed her increasing baldness and that her feathers seem to be...
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    Mites/Lice...or Just Molting?

    Hi. The birds in general are doing OK. The RIR in question seems to have lost a few more feathers, but the ones on her neck are coming in. She got a second dusting of the permethrin; the other three birds got their first. (All the dustings have been mild as there is no evidence of mites or...
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    Mites/Lice...or Just Molting?

    Will do.
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    Mites/Lice...or Just Molting?

    Looked at the birds this morning. The RI Red seems to be her usual, perky self, I'll spray the other birds this afternoon, and will provide the tuna-in-water as a treat...and ALL of them never get enough mealworms, scratch grains, or whatever - at least, according to them! I like the idea of...
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    Mites/Lice...or Just Molting?

    With having the birds just under two years I should have been through at least one molting, but the baldness did seem excessive. Thanks for all the inputs, evaluations and comments. (Chickens are OK with tuna? Packed in oil, water, or does it make a difference?) I'm heading to the coop...
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    Mites/Lice...or Just Molting?

    Hi, again... Here are two pictures of my "feather-losing' Rhode Island Red: The bird is just under two years old, and while I did see pin-/replacement feathers, she sure is showing a lot of skin! Just after these photos were taken I dusted her very lightly with only the Permethrin-based...
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    Mites/Lice...or Just Molting?

    Will get pictures tomorrow morning. All the birds are acting normally - or...as normally as ever - but it wasn't until the sunlight hit this one bird just right that I could see a difference. (For 'The Phantom': what did you use for treatment?) Thanks for all the replies!!!
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    Mites/Lice...or Just Molting?

    Hi. I have one (of three) production Rhode Island Reds that's lost some many feathers that she's looking almost like a walking, clucking, grocery store package...that still poops! Reading other BYC threads on feather loss and their treatment(s), I took the precaution of treating possible...
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    Review by 'ColoradoSLV' in article 'Introducing a Single Hen to an Existing Flock'

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    Pullets not eating Pellets

    I have a similar situation with my six birds. They do NOT like the AgLand layer crumbles I get from the local Co-op, so I switched to Purina Crumbles. Identical to the above entries, I add water to make a mash out of the AgLand, then they start to eat more. (They do like the purslane weeded...
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    Rant: The Local Big R is not taking care of their chicks.

    No 'devil's advocate' category needed! :-) There's the reality of raising/keeping chickens...and then there's Big R. I have wood chips in the water, too, and on thirsty days for the birds their water can run dry (), so I take no issue with anything you've said. But -- heavy-duty pecking...
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