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I have never heard of black castor oil, but after looking it up, I don't think I will try it. From the information I looked at, it sounds like castor beans are toxic to chickens. They contain ricin, which is lethal. The only way to remove the ricin from the bean is to autoclave (treat with high...

The Vet also said that sometimes mites can be present but not detected under microscopic exam. He said he tried the Revolution to see what (if any) results he had from the application. As it turns out, the Revolution was effective at treating whatever it was that was causing her dry crusty skin...

Took her back to the Chicken Vet today. She has grown some new feathers over the past 2 weeks and her skin is not as dry and crusty. She also doesn’t smell like Fritos anymore…at least not as much as before. She got another dose of Revolution and an injection of anti inflammatory medication. Dr...

Well, finally took her to see the Chicken Vet. He could not say for sure what was wrong. He took skin scrapings, looked at them and said there were no depluming mites (nor any other types of mites)he took photos of her to share with his colleague, who is the Chairman of the Veterinary Department...

I have never heard of depluming mites. Her feathers have mostly grown back except for her head and neck. Her tail feathers broke off and she has not grown any new ones, so she's got a bunch of stubby tail feathers. I may try the Ivermectin....nothing else has worked. Thanks for the heads up!

#1 and #3 are the feathers and ear wax. The second photo is how she looked when I got her the last photo is how she looks now. #5 shows how her ear has gotten less swollen

Oops forgot to add photos.