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I misread your post... You said you saw egg clusters at the base of the feathers. That is lice... I am pretty sure they had lice when you got them. It's just something that happens and doesn't have anything to do with you :-) One way to deal with lice is to force a molt by not feeding the...

I wanted to add that the stress of a move to a new home can cause chickens to molt. Feathers all over your property isn't because of lice...

It is possible that they are just molting. That does happen and they look terribly ratty for a while and won't lay eggs. Chickens do have lots of bald areas on their bodies so that isn't really a big concern. And chickens do preen constantly so that isn't a concern either. If you pick up...

Quote: I gave my experiences with ORGANIC treatments because I really wanted to go all ORGANIC and I discovered the ORGANIC treatments described in this thread and the links in this thread for other ORGANIC treatments did not work well for me. So posting my experiences trying out the ORGANIC...

Dont worry about removing the eggs... that's why you do two dustings close to each other. And I would do it outside of the coop!!! The dust gets everywhere and I wouldn't want my girls breathing it constantly. I did it outside of the coop and let them run around all day afterward.

Quote: Disclaimer: I don't know anything about chicken lice, either...BUT, just today, Terry Golson posted about her hens having bit of a lice outbreak (in the frozen Northeast). Here is how she dealt with it, bypassing the bath: http://www.hencam.com/henblog/2011/02/the-chickens-have-lice...

Yes, it is a permethrin and I used a dust mask, gloves, long sleeved shirt and pants. I put the dust in a nylon knee high and used it as a dust puff on the girls, paying special attention to the vent area and between the legs. If there is a next time... I would use goggles too. My eyes were...

I tried everything organic and natural to try to rid my flock of lice... For a few months I worked hard... Meanwhile, the lice population continued to boom... My girls became more and more irritated by the lice... Egg production decreased... Finally, in spite of my desire to be "all...