I think feather plucking is unrealistic. Looking at the eggs, I now think they are lice eggs. I’ve been dusting with permethrin weekly and the numbers are decreasing…… my birds would be bare butt if I plucked all the feathers with eggs.
So I have two buff orphingtons that showed signs of mites. I checked their vents and there were visible bugs. Dusted with permethrin the past two weeks and no visible bugs, the girls seem happy again, but there are still what I assume are egg clumps at the base of their feathers. Do these take a...