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Hey thanks so much for your reply, I've checked on her twice since i cleaned her at 12 hour intervals, not a single maggot spotted. I think i caught it really early because they were very small and she only had a few red marks that looked like bug bites. Oh its also very hot where i am so garden...

So i noticed one of my hens had a rather dirty bum with a tiny bit of blood on her feathers. Upon closer inspection she had maggots crawling around her vent (such joy) I then spent 10 minutes hosing her butt clean with a garden hose, What more do i need to do or is this enough? ive cleaned out...

What is the best way to treat chickens for mites and lice, looking to do 15 birds, 3 of which are chicks. what products would you recommend

they are quite dirty because I put Vaseline on them yesterday, but that is just terrible

I have a young bantam rooster with an atrocious case of scaly leg mite, What is the fastest and most effective way to treat him?

Unfortunately we dont have anyone who can do the necropsy in new zealand in my area, but both of my dead hens went through the same stages of progression, leg paralysis, loss of balance, loss of wing control, gasping, then spasms. after the spasms started we destroyed them humanely and buried...

We had a solo rooster for about a year, we got him when he was 2 weeks old from some people who could not have a rooster where they lived, he did have 3 siblings but im not sure if they got mareks or were vaccinated. Anyway hes 2 years old now (almost) and we have just had 3 of our youngest hens...

Thanks for your prompt responses. from what ive read there is nothing i can actually do about the disease on my land now. This will probably be my last flock in that case.

new zealand. one of the hens had to be put down, she started throwing a fit and spasming really badly looked like she was in a lot of pain.

I have a hen who recently began showing marek's symptoms, still hopeful that its not actually marek's but recently another hen who just showed with a limp can now no longer walk. I have 8 birds. 4 araucanas all the same age around 7 months old (2 of which are the birds in question) my oldest is...

We dont have those in NZ but we have a B multivitamin thats water soluble called Berroca, its the same premise as aspirin water and same portions. it looks like the weakness starts at her ankles. we are keeping her inside away from other chickens who are all healthy and feeding her the enriched...

3 month old araucana hen has just stopped walking forwards. she sits on her ankles and shimmies about, ive got her moving forwards for food but other than that she does not want to. her legs are still strong and not paralyzed but she wont stand or walk normally. any help?

Thanks for the reply. Ive currently got him in his a box in my room. Im giving him the vitamins dissolved in water and good food. He eats and drinks normally and well its just his legs are not co-operating with him and it is stressing him out, im taking him to the vet in an hour to see if there...

Not sure if we can get those vitamins in NZ but i can certainly take him to a vet, thank you for the reply

My bantam rooster (9 months old) suddenly can no longer walk or stand. He had a limp for a while but it was not affecting him too much and it did not seem to be caused by a broken bone. suddenly one morning he can no longer stand or use either leg properly (he cant even turn around while sitting...

its not visibly broken he just cant put any weight on it, i was going to put him in a sling this morning

I have a rooster who can put no weight on his leg, im fairly certain its broken, how do i help him im not sure where its broken if its his hip or his knee, do i just splint his whole leg or what?

forgot to mention we have been giving him dilute asprin in water since he got sick it seemed to help a bit

My bantam rooster (about 9 months old) got sick about 2 days ago, it was very sudden the day before he was all fine. He is sleeping a lot, is really lethargic and wont eat much, his poo is also really dark green with creamy white part as well, his comb and wattles are really bright but i dont...

Here you go, its quite hard to get actual photos it was much more noticeable when his feathers were wet