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  1. S

    Please help – months-long feather issues that I just can’t solve.

    I have 3 hens roughly 10 months old (1 Lavender Orpington, 1 Easter Egger, 1 ISA Brown.) All are laying, eating, drinking, and pooping consistently and normally and show no other signs of disease or distress. At first I thought it was feather picking on the back of the smallest hen (the Easter...
  2. Ohio Duck

    Paralyzed 4 month old pullets

    Hi, on Jan 16 one of my pullets started getting wobbly and walking on her hocks. By the next morning she couldn't walk at all and could barely stand without falling over. I brought her inside and have been treating her for vitamin B deficiency. She can eat and drink on her own, but she can't...
  3. Noraaaaa

    Mites or other small insects eating on chickens vent

    Hi! This is very important and I’m sorry it’s so gruesome! Today I found out that 4 of my chickens have mites. (They have their own coop because they are show birds). INFO: -I’m not sure how long they have had them because I failed to check them over winter break because I was in Maine...
  4. Eliminating Lice (or Mites) on Chickens Using Permethrin

    Eliminating Lice (or Mites) on Chickens Using Permethrin

    Introduction So your birds are losing feathers and looking scraggly, but aren’t molting. Or maybe you actually saw the pests crawling on them. Either way you’ve come to the right place. My birds had lice a few months ago and I have made this article with all the information I collected during...
  5. kanami

    are these mites?

    i feel like it’s a yes, my siblings found them while cleaning out the nesting boxes today. if they are mites, then ****! they take plenty of dirt baths every day but this is my first time dealing with em
  6. L

    Parasite in Egg

    Found this in an egg this morning, within the egg white. It is not round. It has a flat head. Obviously not normal, and have not seen anything like this before. My questions that I am hoping you all can answer: 1-what type of worm or fluke is this? 2-can this or its eggs be transferred to...
  7. A

    HELP! 3 Month old Ameracauna dying!!!

    Hey I need quick answers please, doesnt matter if its a sentence or bullet points, etc. My ameracauana had, had a change of attitude since monday but I thought it was just going at a slower pace since i had started letting them free range, and thought it was looking for bugs. Well today I come...
  8. Chicks_keetkeeper

    Blisters and wounds on face and combs

    I “rescued” some silkies and one black (supposed) Astrolop. We aren’t sure what all is wrong. I have them isolated away from my main flock, with an electric fence buffer to keep a 6 ft DMZ type zone). They aren’t as active as my normal flock but they aren’t lethargic either. Their legs have...
  9. P

    Does this look like a tapeworm?

    Found this today from one of our girls. 1st pic in the coop, 2nd washed off to verify if was a worm. Looks like a tapeworm to me, especially with the center line/intestinal tube. We're planning on giving the girls a dose of flubenol (flubendazole) - though they just had one about a month ago :(...
  10. Jona-077

    Gusanos?

    Hola buen día, tengo una gallina aislada desde hace 2 semanas por qué tuvo un problema aviar, la gallina ya se encuentra mejor, pero me doy cuenta en sus heces hace gusanos como se muestra en la foto. saben que pueda ser y que deberia hacer?
  11. Countryhippie

    What do you use to prevent parasites and mites with your flock?

    Hello, The other day I was having a conversation with one of my friends who also has chickens. We both used different methods to prevent mites and parasites on our chickens. So out of curiosity im curious what everyone else uses with there flock. What do you use for parasite prevention and...
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  12. RobinS1217

    Worms?

    Ugh. I’m afraid my chickens(17w) have worms. They’ve been “molting” for 5 weeks. there are 18 of them so not sure if they’ve been molting this whole time or just one after the other. Or if the feather loss is a symptom of a worm issue? They look like healthy birds but I take their run every 2...
  13. TheBirdBabe

    Dusting? Dipping? How to prevent parasites?

    Hello! Our flock is growing quickly & I'd like to start doing more for pest prevention. I'm currently dusting with DE... but that's it. I haven't previously had any problems with any kind of parasites (we've had pesky bugs in the coop) that are actually ON my birds... but how can I prevent...
  14. A

    Feeding snails

    Hello! I know a large patch of forest where there, for some reason, are tons of garden snails. I could easily fill a half a bucket every other day to feed my chickens if I wanted to. However, I do not regularly deworm my chickens and I don't not want to risk them getting parasites. So I was...
  15. Pullety

    Is this a chicken parasite or larvae from something after the fact?

    Hi, warning: gross pictures below. Is this a chicken parasite? I don’t see one that looks like it in my chicken health book. They’re moving a bit. Very small.
  16. lavendermarie

    Chicken acting sick

    I have a black australorp hen who I found standing where my chickens hang out off to the side with her eyes closed and sort of puffed up feathers. She’s one of our less friendly chickens, and I went to pet her and she just stood there. Usually she’d run off or move away. Then, when I threw some...
  17. S

    What kind of worm/parasite is this???

    There was a few dropping that had blood in it as well. This is the only worm I have found What is the proper treatment ?? I am located in FL where it is very hot and humid
  18. chickmamat

    HELP! MUSCOVY skin and bones

    Please help! I adopted two Muscovys over a month ago. They both did great and were quarantined for two weeks. Seemed to be the picture of health, were laying eggs. I do not know their age, but they appear to be young. The smaller of the two and younger, from what I can tell, is now seriously...
  19. T

    **Lethargic hen with NO BALANCE, low appetite

    Hi everybody. I have a 6-7 month old Black Australorp hen, she is really sweet and friendly with us and got sick suddenly. She gets bullied a lot by the other hens and a few days ago when we saw her a little weak, we brought her inside to eat and drink. Right now she is inside in a cage. She...
  20. K

    Strange lumps on Silkie

    I keep finding strange lumps on my Silkie hen. See attached photo. I have found four so far, one on her lower breast, and three on her neck. I find them when they start seeping blood. I have been putting Blu-Kote on them to stop the bleeding, but now I am wondering…Could these be ticks? Please help!
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