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Lice are long, six legged straw coloured critters. Mites are round, tiny eight legged specks. Mites can range in colour from white to brown to red depending on when they’ve fed. If you can catch one on some clear sticky tape and look with a magnifying glass or microscope you should be able to...

I wonder if the ill ones are succumbing to LL and then the others are sensing the weakness and that’s where the bullying and feather plucking are coming into play. Keep a closed flock for now — no newbies coming in and none of yours going out — until you can confirm the diagnosis. It’s not...

Definitely check for mites. Also check all their crops at night to make sure everyone has eaten and then check again first thing in the morning to make sure they are empty. Cut out treats for the time being and let them eat their regular feed. I would personally give them the grower over the...

I had an avian lymphoid leukosis scare recently. It can only be confirmed upon autopsy and is similar to Mareks.

High production layers will usually have a level of persistent inflammation in their reproductive tracts. What protein % is their feed? Is there any bullying going on? Some mites live in the coop structure and come out late at night to feed. Are your hens losing feathers or are they broken...