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Brilliant!

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I'm rooting for him too! He is having the best care possible. Peanut butter spread on bread is high calorie and the honey also has antiseptic properties. The milk just helps to wet it, make it easier to eat and a bit of hydration. If he is hungry for his treat block that is a great sign. I...

Great news that you've got a diagnosis, and proper treatment is under way. Since he has lost a lit of weight, you can feed him high calorie foods to build him back up. Mine really like mashed potato and beans with olive oil mixed in. Peanut butter and honey sandwiches are good too, soaked in a...

Great news about the appointment . Hope the vet figures it out and puts him on the road to recovery.

Thanks for jumping in, and sorry I couldn't scroll back to check the other advice given. This thread has a load of confusing and random symptoms and treatments and I lost track of it all!

the ivermectin is to put on the chickens not the coop. Did you mean permethrin? I'm sure @Wyorp Rock can help you with dosing instructions. Don't worry about dirt on the feet. The oil needs to sit on the scales until it wears off as it suffocates the mites. Then you reapply it a week later. A...

forgot to add that my next line of defence is a systemic parasite control. Either frontline or ivermectin. Just waiting for it to arrive in the post.

Don't worry it happens to all of us. I've been trying to get a handle on mites for months. The little buggers are persistent! Try permethrin in the coop. Either buy it to dilute or use a can of household flea spray which contains it. I use DE as well. Only just tried the spray so hoping it adds...

how is his crop? is it still hard and solid?

keep putting oil on his legs at least once a week for a couple of months. Coconut oil or olive oil is way better than vaseline. If they preen it off petroleum products like vaseline are poisonous if ingested. People used to use gasoline for this, can you imagine! The scales will eventually drop...

it is more about softening and massaging the impaction, adding a little olive oil helps, so it breaks up and goes down

you can treat an impacted crop at home, but you said his was flat?

I would think it would help to feed iron rich foods like dark greens eg kale, spinach, broccoli, peas and red meat. If it is deathly bad anaemia then look into a supplement. In fact, a general booster bird vitamin is a good idea for any chicken experiencing stress, mites, illness etc

I use coconut oil instead of vaseline. Petroleum products are poisonous if the chicken preens it off and eats it. coconut oil is harmless and goes on really well either in solid or liquid form.