My rooster has been pretty pitiful for a couple weeks now. Noticed his comb was quite pale, but still eating and drinking fine. Doesn't have as much energy lately. No obvious clues as to what was going on initially, but then discovered a mite infestation. Everyone and everything has been treated...
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On the 1st of December, 2021, we lost a beloved rooster friend of ours, Jack (~a 3.5yo Red Orpington, 3-4kg). For probably at least 2.5 months before his death, he had (mostly secretly) been battling little swarms of parasitic mites...
What can be done to help aid the recovery of a hen sick with mites (in addition to killing mites?)
Discovered one of our hens has a bad case of black mites. She’s obviously not feeling well, her comb is pale and she seems lethargic and anemic. We’ve already cleaned out coop, bought the ultra...
My 14 month old hen Sonara had a bad mite infection, I got that cleared up about a week ago. but then she stopped eating and drinking.
I see no signs of worms.
Mites are gone.
Breathing seems OK.
Initially, I suspected she was anemic.
I started her on tylosin, tube feeding (2-3's x a day...