This is how I found my hen, Nugget, in my chicken coop tonight! Not sure how long she’s been like this. It’s 36° outside right now and it rained a lot yesterday. He feet are very red and look like they’re missing scales. She ate a little food when prompted to do so. Could she just be very cold...
Hi,
My girls have been struggling with scaly leg mites and lice for a few months now. I had two 7+ y/o hens die a few months ago and now I have two 3 y/o and a 8.5 y/o.
One of the 3 y/o’s has had a bare inflamed butt for about a year now but other than that has been fine. I have treated the...
I have an 8.5 y/o leghorn and two 3 y/o sexlinks. They recently have had an outbreak of lice, I treated the coop with permethrin and DE and it seems to be much better. They had scaly leg mites and mite bites on their combs as well but I have been doing foot soaks and applying petroleum jelly or...
Over the last few months I've noticed that multiple hens in my flock have peeling feet. They are all at least a year old.
Is this normal, or should I be worried?