My year and a half old Orpington is having problems again. She has always struggled more than any of the other birds with mite/lice overload. Her tail feathers were looking greasy and dirty like they usually do when she has mites, but I looked and only see a few lice eggs. Today, she is having...
I live in Missoula, MT and we have been having some heat! It's been about 4 days of 100 degrees and will be about 8 or so more around there. Maybe even more...... I am doing all the things; cool water, frozen fruit, watering down shade area, electrolytes in water, a fan going, an ice bath...
So I have two buff orphingtons that showed signs of mites. I checked their vents and there were visible bugs. Dusted with permethrin the past two weeks and no visible bugs, the girls seem happy again, but there are still what I assume are egg clumps at the base of their feathers. Do these take a...
I have a flock of 3 Buff Orpingtons. I was out of town for 2 days and the weather was 82 degrees one day and 84 degrees the next. They have shade and water but that was there first heat experience. They are 8 months old. For the 3 months that I’ve had them, Bone Saw ( my chicken’s name) has...
Hi! I have 3 Buff Orpington's and one of them always has a huge watery poop when I let her out in the morning. The rest of the day, her poops are normal. Is it ok that she has diarrhea in the morning? What could be causing this?