So also, I have another little issue going on with my new hamsphire. I made a thread about her but I will just sum it up: for the past months she started to lay eggs. Except she lays them on her roost at night and it’s a yolk and egg white and then the shell comes on the side and isn’t hard at...
Ok so last night I checked for mites and didn’t find anything. It seems that most of them pant during the day today or have raspy breathing. I started to give them the doxycycline and tetracycline in their waters just in case. It really isn’t that hot out but they are acting like it’s extemely...
Wait so tonight I need to look at my chickens legs and then rub a damp paper towel over the roost... is that it? And if I see them what is the treatment? Just leave it until I get the permethrin? And also @aart, so when you say many aren’t harmful to chickens, if the non harmful ones are on the...
Thank you for that! I am a bit busy but I will read the article today just later. Everyday I check under wings and neck/head and under vent for mites or anything like that. Lately I have had a few cases of some sort of mice lice or flea. I’m not sure, i will have to research more about what they...
Great. So I have DE and every day I spray them with garlic and also poultry protector which is for mites. Since they have raised scales every other day at night I put Vaseline on them and the other days I put scaly leg mite spray on them. What am I doing wrong? And do I have to get that stuff or...
During the day i occasionally see little red spider things. Would that be what they are? How would i treat this? What do they do And also do they have a specific name?
Hi everyone,
I have made past threads about this hen so I will just give a recap... she had constant sour crop and ended up having pendulous. She wouldn’t eat until I gave her a molasses flush and for the past two weeks she has been shoving her face with food trying to regain the weight she...