Wow, half awake with coffee in hand, just seeing all of the replies that came in. Thank you so much. I was wondering if it's bathtime for her! I've never given a chicken a bath before I imagine is would be best to have a neighbor help hold her steady and keep the wings from flapping while I...
Thank you for your advice. The ivermectin drops I'm putting on her skin should then go systemic, is that correct? If that's right, I really should be careful with toxicity. Today will be very full, but I can call my vet Thursday morning. Some sort of switch up needs to happen.
My 8 year-old arthritic Maran hen has a stubborn mite infection that just won't stop! I picked up "Happy Jack" flea and tick powder (active ingredient permethrin) from the vet and alternate it with Ivermectin -- 4 or 5 drops I think. Actually, I am surpassing that amount because it's doing so...
Thanks for the reply. Yes, I did do a cleaning. The vet didn't tell me I could dust housing / environment with perethrin so I used a coop cleaner spray. I wasn't sure how toxic perethrin is to use in their environment. Is there the possibility they could consume it when they scratch around? I'm...
My 3 girls have a stubborn mite problem, the vet gave me happy jack's flea and tick powder (Permethrin), I dusted them three times and it didn't work. The next step up is apparently ivermectin. I can't afford to have the vet do it, so I picked up the above at my local hardware store, it's...
I placed a bird who was being bullied (instead of the other way around) in an adjacent pen for a short time and while I didn't do it long enough to see behavioral change, the poor picked-on girl relaxed quite a bit. (I gave her lots of extra love too, which she seemed to appreciate.) The idea of...
Thanks so much for the replies! :) Sigh. Y'all are right, I should take it off and inspect. If the peeper just isn't working out for this bird, I can at least create a post here letting others know of my experience, it might be helpful. I'll update soon.
Hello coach723, thanks for your reply. I've read a lot about the reasons for feather picking / bullying and the 5 girls have plenty of space (6' x 30' run and 8' x 5' pen w/ roost above) + I sometimes let them out (supervised) in our big, fenced-in backyard. They have great feed and extra...
I should add, I'm wondering if that lump in the beak between the nostrils in a sign of stress and the beak is trying to fortify itself, you know, kind of like a bone spur. I remember when we put the peeper on her, that the strip of beak between nostrils looked awfully thin (she's an Andalusian...
I put a pinless peeper on an aggressive hen about 25 days ago and it certainly has helped for feather picking but now I see I big lump on the area of her beak that's between the nostrils and black color around the area where the prongs go in (I thought this was dirt but now I don't know). The...
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Today I picked up some pinless peepers from my local feed store. This is my first time using them and will be putting them on one offending bird named Magna. She's the 'big deal' top hen and has singled out one low-ranking bird, pulling out her head feathers creating bald spots and...
To answer a couple of questions from EggSighted4life: Yes, it's just daytime noise. On multiple sides of our home, houses are being torn out and new townhouse/apt unit type buildings going in (this work isn't legal at night in the city, thank goodness). My girls are about 2 years old. Thanks for...
Thanks guys for your input on this... It's a tough call, my heart is telling me these loud projects will add stress to their lives--- especially over time (9 months). I suppose my choices are to just make them deal or find a temporary place for them to be. Long shot to find this but ya never...
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I live in an urban neighborhood in Seattle that's unfortunately losing many of it's singe family homes to intense housing development. It's finally right around our house: town house construction just began across the street and soon demolition starts in the alley behind us. We'll...
Thank you so much for the above replies. I'm leaning towards the idea of trying grower in the winter and not forcing a high-calcium diet when they don't need it. (I'll always offer oyster shells, though, on the side so they have a choice.) Patinas, I like what you said about chickens knowing...
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I know this is a pretty basic question and is probably answered somewhere on the forum but I'm not sure if I'm suppose to stop using layer feed in the winter months when the girls aren't laying. They are just a few years old now and in previous winters I just kept giving them pelletized...
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Thanks for the reply and links. Yes, I seem to remember the vet called it more of a respiratory infection or sinus infection that caused the eye infection... it's all hazy now, exactly what she said--- but I know I was left with the impression that the cavities in her head...
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This is my first post to Backyard Chickens. Oh dear...my salmon Faverolle looks to be getting an eye infection for what will be the third time. She went to a very good avian vet and was diagnosed with it in March 2016 and again in May 2016. She was prescribed Clavamox and each time...