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  1. BigBlueHen53

    Question About Scaly Leg Treatment

    A couple of my hens show signs of scaly leg mites, so tonight I started treating them all with Bag Balm. Will this work? I know the aim is to smother the little buggers, which reside up under the scales on the legs. Vaseline is usually recommended, but I thought Bag Balm seemed more therapeutic...
  2. Katattack29

    Do mite eggs stay on feathers a while?

    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...
  3. amynw

    HELP!!!! Swollen eye and mites

    Hello everyone. This morning when I let my girls out I noticed one had a swollen eye. When I picked her up and held her I saw two teeny little white “mites” crawling in that general area. panic mode. How do I treat mites? How do I treat her eye? Are the two related? I’ve never had this problem...
  4. M

    Mites on ducklings? Missing feathers around eyes

    I just picked up 4 call ducks that are about 3-4 weeks old. When I got them they had just taken a bath and were wet. Now that they’re dry I see that they’re missing feathers around their eyes. This is only on the 3 yellow ones. I have a brown one that looks fine. These are my first ducks so I’m...
    • MshVT
    • Thread
    • ducklings missing feathers mites
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Ducks
  5. eknielsen

    Help me identify this tiny bug!

    Apologies in advance to anyone who gets itchy from reading this, I got itchy writing it! I’ve recently noticed tiny bugs that make their way onto me every time I go out to the coop, and I can’t figure out that they are. They’re fast but I haven’t seen them jump. They’re so small that I can’t...
  6. E

    New member needing advice :)

    Hi! I'm Emily I currently have 2 chickens (and will be getting a third chicken very soon) One is a hen (2 years old) and the other is a rooster (nearly a year). My hen was walking past my house one evening (I live in an urban area) which we spotted and lured into our house which is how we...
  7. FuzzyOwlFeet

    Pure Planet Poultry Spray for Scaly Leg Mites?

    I've never had to deal with scaly leg mites before, but I've recently noticed my chickens' legs look pretty rough. I also bought some BLRW last night and the rooster has it really bad. (He's in quarantine, no where near my other birds, they got it somewhere else) On hand I have Pure Planet...
  8. spiritpots

    Mites... pre-spray new nesting box?

    I've been dealing with mites on and off for a couple of months now it had been going fairly well until a few days ago when I saw mites on some of the eggs again. After checking the girls I found that all of them had some mites around their vents and I found mites in the nesting boxes when I...
  9. froggyphore

    are vent mites deadly?

    one of my girls had a dirty butt so i gave her a bath. i checked her vent afterwards and noticed a few tiny (smaller than a poppy seed) dark gray bugs scurrying around, about 50-70 of them. her vent and surrounding skin and feathers don’t look irritated. i don’t see any eggs or poop. i haven’t...
  10. V

    Mites on 19 day hatching eggs and broody

    Hey! Help! Two days ago we noticed a few mites on our broody hen. She and her eggs are separated from the flock, but in just two days the mites are everywhere! What can I do that will be safe for the hen and eggs? I’ve got another “broody hotel” I can move her in, but should I wash her, wash the...
    • Vanessa182
    • Thread
    • chickens chicks day 19 diatomaceous earth hatching eggs mites permethran pyrethins
    • Replies: 14
    • Forum: Predators and Pests
  11. veetown707

    Odd bald spot with an odor on my hen

    I have a hen who is definitely getting up in years now. I've had her 6 years, she was full grown when I got her. Anyway, she still is very active and spunky normally. I recently dealt with 2 problems simultaneously with her. We had a Northern fowl mite infestation which I treated with warm baths...
  12. H

    Novice owner. Chicken losing feathers, recently started acting funny too.

    Hello, I'm very thankful there is a community for something like this. I am relatively new to chickens. My flock is 3 laying hens. My oldest is sick. She was my first chicken as we found her abandoned in the Australian bush. We took her to the vet when we first decided to adopt her. He said...
  13. ansmith1999

    chicken with bald patch

    My girl Wanda has been missing this patch of neck feathers for over a month. I have checked my entire flock for mites/lice multiple times and don’t see any so I figured it was molting - they started growing back and I didn’t think much of it but the last week they’ve started to fall again and...
  14. humblehillsfarm

    Check up reveals hole in beak and possible leg mites?

    I have a broody girl in broody jail starting this morning. When I got home I walked over to hang out with her and noticed two things: she has a hole in her beak and her leg scales look raised. As for the beak, I’ve seen several posts regarding this same issue and never saw a resolution. Anyone...
  15. BuffloverT

    Mites on Baby Chicks

    I had my Silkie hen brood a set of five eggs, they all hatched. now they are 3 weeks old. I decided I wanted to try to sex them and when I did I saw little bugs around the vents. I have some poultry dust but I'm not sure I can use it on them, can I and is there any other way to help them?
  16. fancyfarm

    1 yr Australorps bullying or molting? bald back of necks. Help

    hi y’all. I’ve read through several threads and haven’t found anything to help with my concerns. I have 3 Australorps that were a year on March 4. there is a pecking order that was established quite a while ago but never had serious issues. within the past couple of weeks, two of my girls have...
  17. S

    Missing feathers on chickens back

    Hey guys ! Can someone help me figure out what's wrong with my chickens? Almost all of them are missing feathers on their backs. It doesn't seem to be bothering them though. I've tried checking for mites or lice but don't see anything on them. I don't believe it's my rooster over mating as I...
  18. Waqar4

    Lethargic, pooping clear liquid and lost lots of feathers. Please Help.

    Hi, I have a 18 month old frizzle hen. For the last 2-3 months she has been loosing lots of feathers. Has been excessively preening, Has lost most of the feathers from her back, her wings, tail and vent. The vent area is almost completely bald. And for last two, three weeks she seems very...
  19. mapurcel

    Feathered Feet Vs. Mites

    recently I took one of my girls to get checked out by the vet for leg mites. (Different girl than photo). The vet said that my hen did not have mites.... but the one I took in looks the best out of all of them. I didn’t press the matter because it is a new vet and she came out and stood in the...
  20. lylashappynana

    Lice, mites, dry skin, dark comb

    Hopefully these pictures will help someone help me figure out what is going on with this hen and what to do about it. She's about 5 yrs. old Layena layer pellets (not the Omega type which as I'm reading maybe would be a good idea?) Her comb and face are dark. I'm adding a picture of her...
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