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Is it entirely possible that I never noticed her legs were so light? Well is it entirely possible that I just never noticed her legs were lighter? If that’s the case then I’m okay with being an in observant dumb a$$ is that means she is okay. Hahaha! I don’t have pictures of her parents...

Oh my goodness! Thank you so much. It’s like Christmas early with this news. These are my little babies and I was so sad when I thought something was wrong with her feet. Why would hers be light pink and all her mates be dark grey when they are the same age and breed-I wonder? Thanks so very...

Thank you so much for responding.They do lay albeit slowly in the warmer months and we are in the Northeast so they aren’t laying now. The other hens are the same age. I hatched them around the same time and they are same breed.

Yes her feet color has definitely changed. They used to be dark grey like the other hens. She is a blue favan Thank you so much for answering-she is a Blue Favaucana and her skin has changed. It used to be dark grey just like the other hens which are the same breed as her.

Hello, I cannot figure out if this is bumblefoot, scaly leg mites or gout. She is one of 4 in a flock of ladies. She is about 8years old. All the other girls have normal looking dark legs not these pale pink looking things. This girls appeared with this situation. They are cool to touch and...

Hi there, I have a small flock of blue fauvanacas that are about 6 years old. One hen is very aggressive and was terrorizing one hen to the point where she would lay on it and not let it eat. It almost died because she would peck it and bully it so badly. I posted here and one thing that was...

This is a very helpful article but I was wondering: when I create a pen for the victim, can she sleep on the ground? Will a tree stump work or do I need to figure out some type of roost?

Please please please hear my pleas! I have been battling motes since the summer. I have tried everything and the only thing that gives my hens some relief is ivermectin topical with a long egg withdrawal. My birds are miserable, my coop is infested and I just don’t know what to do. They are once...

It is soooo frustrating!! I am really at my wits end. Thank you for your post:) Happy you got rid of yours. What type of fly spray? QUOTE="JaeG, post: 23249325, member: 310596"] I had a very long battle with mites last summer (I'm in the southern hemisphere) and none of my usual tricks worked...

I left that part out: I am treating the coop with permethrin liquid diluted and I did try and treat the birds with it and it didn’t do anything!! They came right back within 48hours. I upgraded to a new coop the beginning of the summer and NOTHING can permeate this coop. We live in a place full...

Hi All, well it turns out I have a pretty severe mite infestation. Thankfully no hens were lost. I had to bring out the big guns after trying poultry dust multiple times and then progressed to topical ivermectin with a prolonged egg withdrawal. It seemed like things cleared up well and I wasn’t...

Thanks for your response Mary! So, I should wait a week to treat the hens again? I keep treating the egg boxes, roost, coop and run. I found some in my basement on the chicken coop equipment and did a massive clean out and treatment of my basement. My skin is crawling constantly!! I got a new...

Hi All, Well, you all were right and it turns out my mite infestation was significant. I tried poultry dust and the mites thumbed their noses at me and were back in 24hrs just as bad so I escalated to the Permethrin 10% and treated each hen, their coop, bedding and run. The hens are still (36hrs...

Thanks All! You are a wealth of info! So I dusted each hen and cleaned and dusted the coop and run avoiding egg boxes, food and water with poultry dust. The directions don’t say how often to dust. Any thoughts? I read on a previous thread one a week dusting for 3 weeks but wanted to verify...

Hi there, I have 7 blue fauvanacas that are 2.5yrs old. They are constantly shaking their heads for the past couple of weeks. They have no other symptoms. I have found these tiny light gray bugs all throughout their coop but have not found any on the hens in the day or at night while they are...

Hi All, These teeny tiny bugs are all over the coop, the water container, the feeder, EVERYWHERE! I have not seen them on the hens but I dusted them and the entire coop. I cleaned and then I sprayed a water, soap and oil mixture to suffocate the bugs. About 2 weeks later and they are back with...

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Eggcessive-thank you for your response. I really appreciate it and know you have lots of experience as I have read links and Posts you have done. She is def pulling eggs under her and has her tail fanned and acting broody. I have seen it before. I have us lots of problems with bullying with...