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We dusted all three of our hens with Sevin yesterday and they were NOT happy. Because we've only had them for about 14 days now, they aren't comfortable with us yet. I've been working on getting them to trust me but that's probably blown after the dusting yesterday. On the bright side, I...

Thank you! It's all external so we'll keep working at it. In reading more about mites and worms, am I correct in that using Ivomec Epinex pour on will eliminate both the internal and external parasites? By the way, Scrappy laid her first egg for us today. First egg we've gotten from all...

Okay, this is unexpected... we soaked her and tried to get the mass off of her. I cut some feathers around the mass and some out of the mass it's self. Worked on trying to break it up as well but it's not cooperating and she was getting testy. Here's a picture of the mass after I worked on it...

Well, well well... seems my guess about the diarrhea was right. They're pooping out worms. Any idea how to keep them from eating them? I happened to watch and saw a bunch come out and moved them right before she tried to eat them. Yuck.

Thanks, Gypsy! I'm actually giving them the wormer today because of the diarrhea. I was thinking that may be the cause of it? Same with the mites/fleas... I know we have fleas in our backyard because I always have to treat our dogs for them so I thought better just go ahead and do that. I've...

Hi there, I'm new to chickens and new to the forum. My husband and I got 3 hens about a week ago and they're all approximately 1 year old. The oldest and "leader" is having some issues and has since been demoted and is no longer the lead Hen. She has diarreah and is being bullied. Today I...