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Dried bread cubes soaked in medication work well with our girls.

I'm having exactly the same issue with antibiotics that must taste terrible because she's also figured out that it's hidden in her fav treats and won't touch them now. I've resorted to using a mortar & pestle to crush the pill and putting into water and syringing it under her tongue. I did it by...

Today the vet took a scraping from the irritated skin and didn't see mites or any infection. He speculated that it is from the way they are resting on their roost and that they are rubbing their feathers off. This could be true since my other hen is starting to have a spot where her distended...

I know this is an old thread, but I have the same issue. I can't identify any reason for it. Taking our girl to the vet tomorrow to hopefully get some answers.

I spend quite a bit of time with my girls and I just don't think this is feather picking, either to themselves or from others. I wondered if it was an allergic reaction to neem oil that I rubbed on their roosts to prevent mites, but it hasn't really improved in several months, so I don't think...

I'm actually taking her to vet tomorrow because it hasn't gone away on it's own. I'll post what the vet has to say.

I was about to post a similar experience to see if anyone had any ideas. My barred rock is only 1.5 years old and has a baseball sized protuberance in the area you've highlighted in blue. I first noticed it because I have to give her booty baths regularly. The protrusion catches poo. Like your...

I have a 1.5 year old RIR who several times during the day will open her beak and stretch her throat 12-20 times and shake her head several times. She doesn't have any breathing distress, and is behaving normally in every other way. None of my other three are showing this behavior. Does she...

I have some of that and will give it a try. I thought I would get better advice from a related thread already started, but will take your advice in the future. Thank you.

I'm having the same dilemma. I can't figure out what is causing this or how to treat it. I've run through every scenario - I can't find any parasites on her, she's not broody or molting and is acting normally in every way. No recent changes to any routine or feed. Has a super clean environment...

I have the same questions. We discovered this on our poor sweet Betty's belly. She's not broody, not molting, sleeps on a smooth perch, and all behavior is normal. I can't see any parasites on her. Is the red skin a staph infection?

I discovered this patch last night on our sweetest girl. She's not broody, not molting, sleeps on a smooth perch, all systems normal. I can't see any parasites on her body. Could this be a staph infection of some kind? It looks painful. Can/should I treat her skin with something?

That seems unlikely, but I'll monitor closely today. Could the irritation be a staff infection?

I just noticed the same thing on one of my four hens. Same situation - not broody, not molting, eating/drinking/pooping/acting normally. I used neem oil to bug proof one of their perches and permethrin powder on the other. Could this be an allergic reaction? The feather shafts around this...

Turning to this expert family again. So the broody hen that we think excreted the large amount of intestinal tissue in the photo above, has been leaving droppings since that have these yellow/gold portions and the rest is dark green. This is the third day we've treated her with a Corid drench...

Oh sorry! It's a plastic plate and was the nearest thing I could find to put it on.

Thank you. I started today and am giving an additional drench to the hen I now think left this. She's been broody, but now I think she may not be feeling well in addition to being broody. Poor thing. Last year she had a really bad case of tape worm and cocci. I am OCD about hygiene for them...

Sorry for the gross picture. I found this in the yard today. The stringy bits in the lower right corner are that brick red color and when I cut open the things that look like earth worms in the center and bottom, they had that same brick red colored stringy stuff. The white stuff at the top...

Have you tried hemp bedding?

Elector PSP is also good for the coop, and neem oil rubs on roosts works well. In addition to changing bedding and nest box material.