How many chickens do you have? I'm always impressed when people have whole flocks that are tame. I have a few bantams that ride around on my hands and sit on my lap, but the LF and the guineas are pretty wild. They're good until one attempts to handle them, which is when they start leaving bloody welts down my arms!Washing them is also something I do, that’s when I use the Swarfega with the toothbrush to scrape all the crap off!
It’s always worked great for me. All my chickens are well handled so treating them isn’t an issue if I ever had to, it’s just the quails which aren’t impressed.
I’m happy their legs are looking so much better already though. I have invermectin but I don’t use it on the birds when other people are eating their eggs etc.