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Welp...(it's been a while, huh?)... I found a plastic ring embedded(!) in the 'knee' - and hidden by the feathers! - of the aforementioned RIR. With a little bit of bleeding (hers - not mine!), I've removed the ring and am keeping an eye on her. The 81mg of aspirin and isolating her seemed to...

(Up to) two 81mg aspirin per day? Got it! The examination showed no sign of bruising (green-ish or otherwise, and she does have visibility of the other chicken - big flock, huh? Thanks for the quick replies! :-)

-5F degrees at 6AM this morning - Monte Vista, CO. :-)

Hi! I've got a limping RIR that's currently confined (per others' entries) to limit her movement. She'd flown into a 'sticky-tape fly-trap', and I may have inadvertently been part of the injury scenario when I pushed the door over the bird's leg. :-( She's eating, pooping, and laying (in...

An update (again! :-) ) I gave 0.5ml of the 5% Ivermectrin on the back of the neck per "Judy's" instructions on March 23, 2011(!) [https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/ivomec-pour-on-dosage.470920/#post-5968613]. With possible feather-picking going on, I've isolated her from the other...

When I worked for TSC in Colorado, we had the same minimum purchases to preclude the customer from buying just one bird or two to help make sure they weren't being bought as just brief entertainment. I did have one customer who'd purchased six chicks the week before, and when they came back in...

Update: All the chickens are doing well. I saw the first signs of feather-pecking yesterday when I was in the area for a few hours. The RIR seems cold - not a surprise considering the missing feathers and the cooler temps in the Valley - but she's active, and the tuna-in-water looks like it's...

I have no roosters, and I've seen no sign of feather loss due to picking. I'll get some photo updates; she has lost more feathers than in the pics posted previously... There's no poultry vet close by, but there is a vet clinic in Alamosa. They might be available for the 'poop test'. (Note to...

I'm not sure if she (the RIR I've been watching) has taken a turn for the worse or not. I've been applying the permethrin-based powder to her, to the other chickens and to the coop at the recommended 7-14 day intervals, but I've noticed her increasing baldness and that her feathers seem to be...

Hi. The birds in general are doing OK. The RIR in question seems to have lost a few more feathers, but the ones on her neck are coming in. She got a second dusting of the permethrin; the other three birds got their first. (All the dustings have been mild as there is no evidence of mites or...

Will do.

Looked at the birds this morning. The RI Red seems to be her usual, perky self, I'll spray the other birds this afternoon, and will provide the tuna-in-water as a treat...and ALL of them never get enough mealworms, scratch grains, or whatever - at least, according to them! I like the idea of...

With having the birds just under two years I should have been through at least one molting, but the baldness did seem excessive. Thanks for all the inputs, evaluations and comments. (Chickens are OK with tuna? Packed in oil, water, or does it make a difference?) I'm heading to the coop...

Hi, again... Here are two pictures of my "feather-losing' Rhode Island Red: The bird is just under two years old, and while I did see pin-/replacement feathers, she sure is showing a lot of skin! Just after these photos were taken I dusted her very lightly with only the Permethrin-based...