Does anyone know what breed she is?

[donrae]

I know. I'm always leery of saying the legs are thick, or the shape is off....don't want to offend anyone, you know

So, way off chicken topic...but at work we were talking about when folks blunder and ask a woman if she's pregnant and she's not, it's just a a belly. One woman said she used to be offended, but now she's just flattered they think she's still young enough to get pregnant

 

[BantamFan4Life]

Mixed breed

 

[BantamFan4Life]

What about this breed? They said she was an Ameraucana.

That's a Brown Leghorn--she will lay you tons of eggs!

 

[slatulipe]

Does anyone know what breed she is?

 

[BaileyMChicks]

Does anyone know what breed she is?

She looks like she might be a black sex-link hen. It also looks like she might have a case of scaly leg mites...

 

[slatulipe]

She looks like she might be a black sex-link hen.  It also looks like she might have a case of scaly leg mites...

Oh, no!

I know I need to clean out everything in the coop. What would you suggest for getting rid of them?

 

[BaileyMChicks]

Oh, no!

I know I need to clean out everything in the coop. What would you suggest for getting rid of them?

Yeah you have to clean every nook and corner of the coop, including the roosts. I personally would bleach everything in the coop, including the walls. For treatment of the hens(or roos), you have to smother/suffocate the mites that are in their legs and feet, so I would smother their legs in Vaseline or bag balm. I'm not sure how long you have to keep reapplying it. I would keep everyone's legs and feet covered in Vaseline/bag balm for at least a week. Hopefully this will get rid of it for you.

 

[donrae]

According to this...

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct...-mite/&usg=AFQjCNFgrJ5xYAXQ4XZnzI8PdQzSydRY3Q

You don't need to disinfect, etc. The mite spends it's entire life cycle on the bird, not in the coop. Just treat the bird and you're good to go.

 

[BaileyMChicks]

According to this...

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct...-mite/&usg=AFQjCNFgrJ5xYAXQ4XZnzI8PdQzSydRY3Q

You don't need to disinfect, etc. The mite spends it's entire life cycle on the bird, not in the coop. Just treat the bird and you're good to go.

Really? That's interesting. Thank you for letting me know that. From what I had read you were supposed to disinfect the coop as well as treat the bird. I always disinfect the coop whenever things like that pop up. Better to be safe then sorry in my opinion.