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Hi Rebel, Thanks for that. I spent yesterday bathing everyone in a pyrethrim based dog shampoo, and after that giving them a soak up to the wattles in a mite dip. Oh my - today they look LOVELY! All shiny and pretty again. They spent the night in a make-shift coop....banned from their...

De-pluming mite!!!!! After doing a fairly extensive google search I'm pretty sure they have de-pluming mite. Everything seems to fit exactly. Photos on the web are a 100% match. So now, tomorrow I'll be applying a flowers of sulphur paste on their red and raw scabby patches. I'll update...

Ok thanks. :) Does anyone know if it's ok to re-dose chickens with cydectin (moxidectin) 14 days later after initial dosing. It's the pour-on type. Thanks....I really need to know this asap as today is day 14. Anyone else ever use this?

Ok. So, clearly I have just not yet been persistent enough. I'll immediately being spraying coop, nestboxes etc, on a weekly basis. I'll also use a bug powder and work it into the sand bedding on the coop floor, and maybe even a Mortein spray with Permethrin on roosts too. It's now the...

Thanks Junebuggena. Do you mean spraying the coop, nestboxes etc., or spraying the chickens with Cydectin? And, do you think then that this is ONLY a mites problem?

Hi, I need some help please deciding exactly what the problem is with my chickens. I know they have a mite problem (I've seen them running around in the nestboxes etc., but not on the chickens). But....is this all that's going on? The way some of the feathers are broken off, almost looks...