broody hens very pale

[bandit1988]

my 2 broody milliflour hens are getting very very palle witch is a sign of severe redmite how can i stop them being broody so they can get back the blood and so i can torch there coop?

 

[krcote]

Being pale is also a sign of being broody. The hen gets pale whenever she is not laying.

 

[onthespot]

put frontline on your hens. You can just put them in a cage while you deal with the coop, or dust them or do whatever to treat for mites and leave them in the coop. Repeat dusting several times in a row, every week until they no longer have mites. In warm weather might take a month or more to get rid of them all.