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I walked out in my coop this morning, and noticed that my Barred Rock’s feet looked a little odd. After some google searches, I’m thinking it’s scaly leg mites. Thoughts? Also, if it is mites, how would I best treat this? I suppose a bath and Vaseline maybe. I would prefer not to use Ivomec or...

Managed to go 10 years without having one but I have an eggbound hen. She is currently soaking in warm water. She had a large amount of poop around her vent and her crop is empty. I can not feel an egg in her vent but her abdomen feels enlarged and she is doing the classic penguin walk. I know...

First post from long-time lurkers. We bought a couple of scrawny chickens from a dodgy back yard breeder. Both had pretty pale combs, patchy feathers. One had a runny nose and would cough/sneeze. Months later and one of them, the one without the runny nose, is very healthy - plenty of weight...

so I was reading on how to get rid of fleas in ferrets and I saw somewhere that you can use a half dosage of the 5-10lb cat advantage flea treatment. I went to the store to pick some up and all they had was hartz in stock, and being lazy I picked that up instead. I assumed they were the same...

I hatched a chick recently with a slightly crooked beak and wanted to share this info . I hope it works and can help someone. Basically on a recently hatched chick or mild case it says that if the top crosses to right of the bottom beak apply pressure toward left and vise versa. Holding it for...

I own 4 coturnix quails. 1 is named Cotton Ball, who's perfectly healthy since she lives inside my home. The other 3 live outside and are sick. One is named Pine, who's somewhat elderly and female. Today, I found her belly completely void of feathers, revealing a black belly underneath, it looks...

We live on property with kids and their ducks. We have a couple geese and wound up being primary caretaker of the flock. Think the kids thought it would be fun to have ducks and eggs until once the novelty wore off . They took this little Runner in to vet a few months back when he first...

So I've been fighting this battle for a while. It first appeared about this time last year and with only 10 hens are the time I got it under control. But once the winter and spring rains took over it creep back in. I'll admit I'm not the best about being diligent in this area as both my husband...

Hey all! My flock has had trouble with feather lice as of late. Two of my 15 hens seem to have it the worst, I've noticed. Others have minimal lice. These two hens are the oldest, about 6 years each. I wonder if old age/weakened immune system is making them lice hotspots? Currently...

Hi all: I found one post from a couple of years ago about this, but I wanted to start a fresh thread to see if anyone else has had any luck (or any feedback at all) about using the human anti-viral drug, Valtrex (or Valocyclovir) for Marek's? My sweet little EE pullet - she's maybe 5 months-...

I have a chicken who had sour crop. I treated that part and she is eating again but she has diarrhea, and her poop looks the same as the posts that show clostridium perfringens. I don't have an avian vet that can see her- they are all booked for weeks! I have tried to find antibiotics online to...

I recently went and picked up 3 baby silkie chicks from a local breeder that is NPIP certified and didn't bother checking them out before introducing them to my other baby chicks. Come to find out they had poultry lice :( I haven't seen any on the other chicks but they are different breeds and...

Hello, I'm new on the forums but I had a single chick hatch out and s/he seemed fine for the first 4 days and on her 4 th day I took her outside to "play around" she absolutely loved it as she was running around, eating bugs, and getting to meet the older chicks of the flock. She wasn't out for...

So for a couple of days my 16 week old sussex chicks have been acting strange and stressed. Symptoms include: >wheezing/sneezing(very wet) >shaking head >diarrhea (sometimes the food doesnt even look digested) >drooping wings >sleeping balled up together >at night they are very loud as if...

Is this scaly leg mites? I've had my girls for almost 4 years and I've never experienced this. What is the quickest, best way to treat it? How do they get them? What can I do to prevent it from happening again? All my girls are acting normal and seem otherwise healthy. I'm hoping I can get this...

Long story short, I tried to use DE to treat mites/lice on my two new roosters. It didn't work. I have never really had to treat my chickens for mites/lice before, so I have a lot of questions: what kind of treatment should I use? Do I have to treat the coop too? I only have 16 chickens (mostly...

Hi, I have a very poorly silkie hen, I have only kept them for about 6-7 weeks and last Saturday (10 days ago) I noticed she was very off balance. I fed her water and yoghurt with a pipette until Monday when I noticed she had gotten worse so I decided to remove her from the flock just in case...

Hello from the good ol’ “Show ME” state.... where yesterday, my good chicken-friend showed me LICE on my chickens!!! One was stepping very carefully, and then losing balance. Upon inspection, I see crawlies on her.... whitish to tannish transparent creatures and what my friend said are egg...