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  1. KristinaM

    Plucked feathers on the head and back

    Yeah, sorry. I have 7 roosters and 24 hens.
  2. KristinaM

    Emergency, rooster being low

    Thank you for the advice, I’ll try that. He’s been like that for a month now…but I’ve been trying almost anything. I bought the crumbled oysters for them too…so we’ll see.
  3. KristinaM

    Plucked feathers on the head and back

    Yeah, that’s also what I’m thinking, I can’t rehome ill roosters, for now I’ll just keep them separated, hens with a Silkie, Cochin and a Brahma roosters as guards since they almost don’t even care about the ladies and the others will be prisoners😁 I have a 20m2 space in my garden which I think...
  4. KristinaM

    Emergency, rooster being low

    I did start giving them only feed and I’ll stop giving them treats. I didn’t really think I gave them too much snacks, one slice of watermelon on 30 chickens…one head of salad…half of the gourd. But I’ll stop that, they’ll get that once a week :)
  5. KristinaM

    Plucked feathers on the head and back

    I have 7 roosters and 24 chickens…it’s wayyy too many roosters. They are all around 1/2 year olds. The coop is cca 7m2 and they do free range almost every day. Also I’m always on the lookout so when I hear any problem I’m right there to help. All my roosters are really calm and they don’t fight...
  6. KristinaM

    Plucked feathers on the head and back

    They’re all roosters, today I separated them from the hens. My sister and I will build another chicken coop since the mites got out of control. I made them a spray with Neopitroid Alpha, the main ingredients are permetrin and alpha cypermethrin. I sprayed the coop with ash, dirt, different...
  7. KristinaM

    Plucked feathers on the head and back

    Hello again :) It wasn’t hard to notice that all my hens are missing feathers on their backs, they’re practically naked. They also have bald spots on their heads. So my thought is it’s either lice or mites that I’m trying to get rid of with permetrin, since I have an invasion and a couple of my...
  8. KristinaM

    Emergency, rooster being low

    Okay, noted. So I just stop giving them corn? Is there any way I can boost him a little bit? I’m surely doing something wrong because we had chickens years ago and everything was fine, no ill chickens, but this and last year…its pure chaos. We lost 7 chickens in a year…and today when I was...
  9. KristinaM

    Emergency, rooster being low

    Every two-three days, but I give it more like a snack, they have corn/feed available all day every day, I take care that the water is always fresh, also fruits and vegetables are from my garden so no pesticides, but I still wash them before giving it to them. But I don’t see how would that...
  10. KristinaM

    Emergency, rooster being low

    He is getting chicken feed with crumbled corn, i have mashed feed, crumbled feed and pellets and that is the main thing they eat, but they also sometimes get fruits, vegetables and other grains… Sorry I didn’t specify correctly.
  11. KristinaM

    Emergency, rooster being low

    Hi, I seem to have a problem with my rooster. He has watery poop, he’s very slow, he looks very pale, feathers look bad, his stomach is full and hard all the time. It seems almost like he can’t digest food. We’re feeding him the usual stuff, corn, lettuce, some watermelon which he loves, etc. We...
  12. KristinaM

    How to get rid of lice/mites quickly?

    Then I’ll get Permethrin and make a bath and bathe them all one by one… Of course I’ll be carefull with the concentration etc and we’ll see how that goes :)
  13. KristinaM

    How to get rid of lice/mites quickly?

    Yeah, I saw the main ingredient is Spinosad and it’s used for gardening so I was confused if it can be used on chickens. I also saw how the elector psp is used and that seems like a perfect way to get rid of mites and lice, but it’s not available in Croatia unfortunately and I did my reaserch...
  14. KristinaM

    How to get rid of lice/mites quickly?

    Is there maybe some alternative? I’m from Croatia, so It’s quite difficult to get it…
  15. KristinaM

    How to get rid of lice/mites quickly?

    I have a problem with lice/mites, I need something that can be applied to the hen and in the coop. We have already tried some methods, but nothing worked and now it has gotten a little out of control, so I need something that works quickly. Please help…
  16. KristinaM

    American Silkie with respiratory problems

    I’ll definitely still keep her inside the house, since it’s quite cold in Lika and there’s snow. I stopped giving her veggies and fruits last week, so now she is on chicken feed and water only. Her illness looks like a common cold, but it’s been like that for a month and a half now so we’re...
  17. KristinaM

    American Silkie with respiratory problems

    I’m currently on a trip, but I’ll ask my mom to take photos for me. She looks normal, nothing out of ordinary, we did check for lice and mites and she did have them, but we got rid of them with neopitroid. Neopitroid is a biocidal powder, insecticide and it’s for lice, fleas, ants and ticks, our...
  18. KristinaM

    American Silkie with respiratory problems

    Yes it is, it’s an oral antibiotic and she was on that for a week since out vet told us to not keep her on that for too long, but it didn’t help one bit, she kept on coughing and sneezing. Then we tried again and we kept on giving it for about two and a half weeks, but again nothing changed...
  19. KristinaM

    American Silkie with respiratory problems

    Neopitroid is a biocidal powder, it’s an insecticide and it is used to control lice, fleas, ticks etc. It’s one of the oldest methods, in fact two of my vets recommended it, they said it’s not harmful to birds if it’s not used too often and we use it maybe once a year, the rest of the year they...
  20. KristinaM

    American Silkie with respiratory problems

    She eats ground corn, poultry feed, tomatoes, spinach, basically we give them all kinds of fruits, vegetables and grain, they rarely get a little bit of bread. She’s about one year old, unfortunately I don’t have any pictures at the moment, I’m on a trip, but I will ask my mom to take some for me.
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