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galaga6846
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Sugar Pie got antibiotics, and within a few days her waddles and combs plumped up, and she was happy and energetic. She layed soft-shelled eggs for a few weeks, but yesterday she layed her first healthy hard shelled egg! And it was bigger, and a bit lighter in color, but it was hers. She's healthy. She has no hints of lice either.What happened to this bird?
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Is she one that stopped laying/is converted in bugs?
Is bugs your only issue or are there other issues that could be causing the birds to not lay too....any respiratory illness?
There are different reasons why birds stop laying. Riding the bugs might help but may not be the only reason they stopped.
The sick hens are my marans-legbar and my ISA Brown. The other hens don't have lice, but they were treated anyway. I'm giving the sick hens another course of antibiotics as well. The sick hens seem to have a wheeze and squeak when they breathe, and they are also the ones with lice.