this is Henna (and Stella but she seems fine)
they are 1 year old choc orps
I know they are standing in wet area but their yard is 3000 sq feet and most of it is dry
they like to commandeer my ducks' favorite places
2-3 months ago she started head shaking and they both picking at themselves
I found lice eggs so treated with permethrin dust 3 times at 8 days intervals
and their coop was cleaned and sprayed
1 month ago they were still acting itchy so I did permethrin 'dip'
2 times at 8 days apart
and moved them into a brand new coop!
but they werent using the roost bar (since been remodeled so now they are) and that can be why their tummies got all naked red raw skin and broken feather bits which I thought might be depluming mites so I ordered ivermectin topical but still waiting for it to be delivered to my tsc
In the meantime I was concerned maybe they have worms so I treated with Valbazen drench according to directions and did it twice , their second dose was April 24 and I never found any worms in their poops (I frequently check)
I was also concerned she might have had ear lice or eye worms or something?!? I opened her eyes and looked but dont see any.. looked in her ears they look ok...so I posted about that and got advice to fill her ears up with triple antibiotic ointment so I did that and I also gave her colloidal silver drops in her eyes for a few days in a row
I got more advice about the red raw skin flaking skin tummies (both hens have that ) to buy Bannix spray so I did and have been spraying them a couple times a day but they are still red
both hens pick at themselves sometimes as if some kind of bugs are on them
but only Henna does the head shaking thing and in this video she also does weird breathing open mouth thing which I never saw before
Could it be a respiratory infection? I wish I could take her to a vet but its over the budget now. Her face skin has looked a little puffy and pale this whole time and her eyes not look healthy.
I have a little fish erithromycin will that help her? poor baby suffering please help thx