I had a huge infestation of silverfish durning the summer. One night I went out to check on the girls and lock up their poop and it look like the whole ground was moving I thought what is that I took a closer look I about died millions and millions of silverfish I looked up the insect and they...
And I he to trim their nails some are really long it's the faverolle 5th toe it's hard for them to.file down on their own. I got two hens trimmed now for the other 2 I'm waiting till tomorrow lol
Great upon very close inspection I noticed red mites on my lead hens feathers! OMG just 2 months of slacking has caused coccidiosis bumblefoot and now red mites
I ordered sevin dust and I'll get more powder for there dusting area. Will g hat get rid of the mites? I also got mana pro poultry...
This is what her current bumblefoot looks like its not swollen anymore there's just a really weird scab leftover but it doesn't look infected it doesn't look like there's any issues with it so I just cleaned it off with water and left it open to air because the wrap starting to irritate her legs...
She is still having diarrhea, she also now looks like she's going through a molt? She lost a **** ton of feathers over a day. I see pins for new feathers. Besides that she is running around like usual I can't see anything else wrong?
BTW the corrid didn't work.for the symptomatic hen I called the vet and she is now on a tablet that is the same as the corrid in the water but I know she is getting a good dose now. I noticed that the sick one is fighting with the lead hen and the others. The sicky one was jumping on the others...
And my coop is on wheels I suggested to my husband moving the coop to the side of the house but he doesn't want it moved around :/ he has been very patient with me in my new chicken adventure so far and I don't want to push my luck lol
I think when I get the seven dust and put it at the bottom...
Yea I have this dust for chi kens it's basically just ash and the bumblefoot I draw ed and pulled the core and wrapped it for a few days and now ha e it unwrapped.