I have not witnessed her sneezing or coughing or any fluids of any kind. I’ve only just been watching this thing grow bigger and bigger over the last two weeks. She is acting normal otherwise.
I am looking for any advice or ideas on what this might be and how I can help treat this young hen. This approximately 5 month old pullet has developed a large, hard to the touch tumor looking thing on its face. It has increased in size considerably over the last few weeks. I have not tried to...
Thank you! I successfully dusted four birds tonight (out of 13). I have checked several birds in my flock and I definitely see large lice and smaller bugs as well. I’m not sure if the smaller insects are mites or smaller lice. I’ll do some research about that. This is during the day also. I see...
Hi all. I am dealing with a mite infestation and I bought permethrin powder. I don’t know really how to use it. Is it safe to put directly on the birds? And if so, how much per bird? Do I mix it with some thing? I was thinking, maybe I needed to use diatomaceous earth and sprinkle permethrin...
Yes she was wobbly and limping with no obvious injuries, now she can’t stand. Her head is rocking back and forth. She was in the corner of the coop with her head in the corner looking like she gave up on life.
I recently adopted a mixed age flock after years of having no chickens. Some of the hens are much older and I accepted the position of letting these hens live out their lives with us… I also purchased some pullets to add to the flock, so there are young healthy birds and old, sort of sickly...