- Dec 30, 2012
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Hello, I am so bummed 
I have just started this exciting new adventure with three beautiful hens. We have had them for about 2weeks. My black Maran has had poop stuck on her back feathers a few times and I have cleaned it off twice now with warm water. This last time I was cleaning them, I noticed some white clusters at the base of a few feathers. Discouraged, I started researching on here and I'm sure it is lice eggs. Also, I pick up their poop everyday, (they range in my small backyard) and just today I noticed, what I am sure now after researching on here, is tapeworm! (small clearish white rice like worms). ugh!
They are so happy eating and laying and I keep a clean pen, I wouldn't have thought anything was wrong.
There is so many opinions on here about treatments, I'm confused on what to do

I have just started this exciting new adventure with three beautiful hens. We have had them for about 2weeks. My black Maran has had poop stuck on her back feathers a few times and I have cleaned it off twice now with warm water. This last time I was cleaning them, I noticed some white clusters at the base of a few feathers. Discouraged, I started researching on here and I'm sure it is lice eggs. Also, I pick up their poop everyday, (they range in my small backyard) and just today I noticed, what I am sure now after researching on here, is tapeworm! (small clearish white rice like worms). ugh!
They are so happy eating and laying and I keep a clean pen, I wouldn't have thought anything was wrong.
There is so many opinions on here about treatments, I'm confused on what to do