Bugs

[Foolhardybuffalo28]

So my rooster recently went through trouble having bugs. I'm not sure if they were mites. I'm not sure what they were. They were orange though and they left what looks like dried eggs on him after all of his treatments to get rid of the bugs. What do I do about these feathers?

 

[Foolhardybuffalo28]

The problem is when I removed him from the flock to treat him for bugs my flock won't take him back so I need to sell him or get rid of him. But I don't want any of the new owners having problems with bugs

 

[Foolhardybuffalo28]

Fyi, my other chickens are perfectly clean and perfectly fine. That's why I had to remove him right away

 

[aart]

They were orange though and they left what looks like dried eggs on him after all of his treatments to get rid of the bugs. What do I do about these feathers?

Got pics?

 

[BigBlueHen53]

The flock will likely accept him back, you just have to re-introduce him as if he is a stranger to them.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/integrating-a-pictorial-guide.79343/

This is another excellent article on integrating flocks:

https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/integrating-chickens-step-by-step.72815/

 

[Foolhardybuffalo28]

Okay I will try this. Ty

 

[Foolhardybuffalo28]

I do have a friend that will take him into his flock of nothing but females if this doesn't work