LICE <boak>

[thesockmonsterofdoom]

stripey has lice, I was washing her fluffy knickers when I noticed she had a bald bit then I noticed crawly things and eggs laid round the base of the feathers.
I have trated all the hens with johnsons lice and mite powder and scrubbed the hopuse and covered that in powder, and scraped all the aubiose fromhe run and moved the run and re seeded the grass where it was.
I am blardy knackered now.
Poor old stripey, no eggs here for a few days then

washing her fluffy knickers?
what does that entail then?
fear i may be a lax poultry keep er as i haven't the foggiest what youre on about.
(apart from the lice part - bleaurgh. once dusted etc tho, should all be sorted, non?)

the fluffly bit unde her tail, it was pooey so I washed it I think actually I may be slightly ott chook mum.
lice have now gone and I have stoppped itching.

I sellmyself as slightly mad don't I. i am very new to all this chook malarky, I am sure I will relax soon.

I put lice powder and red mite powder in their dust bath every 6-8 weeks. We have had a bit of a red mite problem this year, but seem to be on top of it - lots of powdering and spraying the house!

at selling self as slightly mad