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  1. chickenmomma1108

    hen with labored breathing, waddling, worms and mites?!

    Have a Calico Princess hen ("Kali" - 2 years old) who gets around the chicken run during the day, but I have noticed her belly is very big and low & she seems to struggle with breathing. I hadn't realized she was missing so many feathers on her bottom and her belly underneath until today. Had...
  2. S

    Please help – months-long feather issues that I just can’t solve.

    I have 3 hens roughly 10 months old (1 Lavender Orpington, 1 Easter Egger, 1 ISA Brown.) All are laying, eating, drinking, and pooping consistently and normally and show no other signs of disease or distress. At first I thought it was feather picking on the back of the smallest hen (the Easter...
  3. KinTiN

    Indoor Mite Treatment

    I have a bit of a unique situation. We have two roosters recovering from injuries in our home. Last night my husband discovered that one rooster is infested with mites. This is a new development, as the roosters have been in the house for well over a month. Another thing to note is that we have...
  4. BettyDavis

    Newbie - Pecking or Vent Gleet or Mites?

  5. T

    Mites?

    This is Esther. Over the weekend I noticed her butt was bare and she had some bleeding. I cleaned her up and sprayed with Vetericyn. Today I noticed neck feathers that were broken or missing and I did see her picking at her feathers as well. She is eating and scratching normally but she...
  6. The Northern Fowl Mite

    The Northern Fowl Mite

    Recently, my chickens have gotten a case of northern fowl mites. It is only 4 of them (they are in a separate coop). I was so devastated and shocked that they got them. They are all good now, but I wanted to share some information about the mite. So, let’s look at the mite side… Mites are tiny...
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  7. Eliminating Lice (or Mites) on Chickens Using Permethrin

    Eliminating Lice (or Mites) on Chickens Using Permethrin

    Introduction So, your birds are losing feathers and looking scraggly but aren’t molting. Or maybe you actually saw the pests crawling on them. Either way you’ve come to the right place. My birds had lice a few months ago and I have made this article with all the information I collected during...
  8. M

    What is this? White specs. Lice? Mites? Molting?

    Our silkie rooster has been looking pretty sad lately, feather loss and broken feathers. He has lost feathers right above his tail feathers as well as some near his wings. I assumed that he was just molting until it dawned on me today that maybe it could be lice. What do you guys think? I didn’t...
  9. A

    Mites Infection in the Winter | Elector PSP Application

    Hi everyone! My silkies have mites and I want to get these off ASAP. I have elector PSP and I want to spray each of them down and their coop(and clean the coop), but I’m worried to stress them out or to do this application in the cold. I’d try to take them inside to my basement to try to let...
  10. CluckkyKrista

    Help - molt or mites?

    Hello all you lovely chicken-loving peeps, I’m hoping for some help caring for some of my girls. I noticed feather loss on two of them several weeks ago (mostly Matilda our 1yr old copper Maran and Ella our grey Easter Egger). I thought it might be a first molt initially (it’s spring here in Aus...
  11. S

    Pale comb & face. Losing feathers.

    Not an emergency but wondering what this could be. I have buff orphington chickens that are about 9 months old. They were all very healthy and fluffy looking. But Over the last week I have noticed the smaller one getting very pale on her face and comb and losing feathers/ her fluff. She stands...
  12. Optimus Pollo

    Feather mites or something worse?

    I have a large flock 33 hens and 2 roosters. Some of them started having a strange loss of feathers as seen in the pictures. It usually starts on their back near the tail and very slowly (weeks-months) gets worse with the loss traveling up the back. Some birds also had feather loss on top of the...
  13. RossAcres

    He needs to eat...

    Just another thread about my sick bantam Wyandotte rooster. How can I get some feed in my bird? He has been drinking A LOT of water. Like, he literally stands in front of the water cup and slowly drinks it until it's all gone. His breast feathers stay wet because of all the water he's...
  14. T

    WTF are these bugs?!

    We are seeing these little bugs all over the outside of the coop and run, particularly on anything made of metal and plastic— like the solar lights on the outside of the coop, nest box latches, buckets, etc….we have not found any inside the coop except for on the door hardware, and nothing on...
  15. kanami

    are these mites?

    i feel like it’s a yes, my siblings found them while cleaning out the nesting boxes today. if they are mites, then ****! they take plenty of dirt baths every day but this is my first time dealing with em
  16. RossAcres

    Ivermectin Pour On on Dogs?

    I use Ivermectin Pour-On for mites and lice on my birds. I was wondering, can I use it for dogs? What would be the dosage? I was going to buy a flea collar for my new LGD, but if Ivermectin works, I can use that since I have it on hand. Also, does anyone use SafeGuard dewormer for horses on...
  17. edenking48

    Anemic Rooster

    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...
  18. D

    Red Lice

    My hens have red lice and it's been going on for 3 weeks now. I have a closed run so no other birds can get in and there are mouse traps everywhere so I have no idea how they got them in the first place. I've been using a treatment containing Cypermethrin and Diflubenzuron. It certainly kills...
  19. allison_waring

    Suggestions for dealing with mites

    Hi All, I just discovered my chickens have mites for the first time. Not sure what type they are but they were dark colored and I found them crawling on eggs, in the nest box, and on the roost. I'm going to assume all 8 of my chickens need to be treated. I ordered some Elector PSP online which...
  20. kyleen

    Lethargic Chickens

    Hi everyone. It’s been a while since I’ve needed to post here. Last week my 4 year old chicken died. Her crop wasn’t impacted. She had a slightly poopy butt no real signs of other illness. Recently, I’ve noticed many of my chickens seem lethargic. They are crouching down. Some of them have poopy...
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