I realize these are not good pics so sorry for that but my chicks are not very tame having been raised by Mother Hen. I am concerned about leg mites but I'm new at this and the ones with feathers on their legs are the ones concerning me. I am wondering if anyone can tell if this cockerel might...
We have 5 brahma chicks that I believe are about 8 or so weeks old. Four are gorgeous little fluff butts, and then there is this one... I don't see any signs of mites or parasites. Eating, drinking and pooping normally and quite fiesty. I thought I read somewhere that cockerals feather more...
Hi I have a small backyard flock of 7 mixed breed chickens including 1 rooster. We have just noticed that they have northern mites and I need something to help them. We are unable to get the products that have been posted before and they have now banned Peremethrin here in canada. We cannot...
I posted earlier about my chickens. One of them seemed to be thinning in the breast. Will Diatomaceous earth kill mites? I looked under her wings today and she was covered in mites. I took some de and dusted her in that. The other 2 chickens I have show no signs of mites. I dusted them as...
what are some signs of mites? Our barnyard mix of chicks weren’t living in the greatest conditions when we bought them.
Do mites cause the reddish skin? I’m new to the chicken life. If not mites, what is this?
HELLO _ thank you in advance! Im looking for confirmation/suggestions if I purchased the wrong thing. I ordered the following product from Amazon: Sulfur Powder - 99% purity - Elemental Sulfur - Commercial grade
I would like to confirm that I CAN use this powder directly on my birds (via a...
One of the more feral chicks that I saved from predation is in with 5 other similar aged chicks in a small elevated enclosure. It is Black, I noticed it had bald white areas around its left eye, and the top of the wing. Not seeing any inflammation I gave it a couple of days to see how it...
sooo a week and a half ago my hen had a broken weak shell egg sticking out of her Vent. I got it out successfully and flushed her and kept her inside. Fed her eggs with tums on top for a few days. She successfully laid an egg the other day so I cleaned her up and sent her back outside. She had...
So me and my father own a few breeds of hens, we own plymouths, orpingtons (i believe), some ameraucanas ,and some Wyandottes. in the beginning when our first batch of ameraucanas got old enough, their back feathers were pulled out and eventually, we lost all of them to death from what i believe...
Hi everybody! I'm not sure if anyone else has posted something similar, but I figured I post it anyways for the good of all poultry owners.
For the last two or three years, I have been fighting mites. I have tried Everything. I have tried garlic in the water, essential oils, weekly baths...