Chicken bald back

[chickenlicken85]

Do i need to get my chickens a dust bath and if so what is best to put in it??. They do have access to soil etc in my flowerbeds but wasnt sure if this was good enough. Also (bear with me ive only had my chickens 2 days) i saw what looked like (after googling) a louse on one of my chickens. it was just the one bug moving and i couldnt see anymore. do i need to treat this? some websites say yes and others say its normal for chickens to have a few lice? if i need to treat them how should i do it?.

 

Also i have some cider vinegar to tadd to the drinking water every 2 days and something called vermix i think which is a natural product added to water everyday. both are to prevent worms. is this enough on its own or do i need to physically treat for worms every so often?.

 

Lastly i have some red mite powder, how do i use it!

[sjp]

Do i need to get my chickens a dust bath and if so what is best to put in it??. They do have access to soil etc in my flowerbeds but wasnt sure if this was good enough. Also (bear with me ive only had my chickens 2 days) i saw what looked like (after googling) a louse on one of my chickens. it was just the one bug moving and i couldnt see anymore. do i need to treat this? some websites say yes and others say its normal for chickens to have a few lice? if i need to treat them how should i do it?. if they've made a dust bath of their own then that's OK just put some diatom or red mite powder and lice powder in that also sprinkle it over the bedding in the coop and run

 

Also i have some cider vinegar to tadd to the drinking water every 2 days and something called vermix i think which is a natural product added to water everyday. both are to prevent worms. is this enough on its own or do i need to physically treat for worms every so often?.cider vinegar is normally used about one week in 4 vermex is an herbal product the only wormer for poultry is Flubenvet which you add to the feed about twice a year for 7 days

 

Lastly i have some red mite powder, how do i use it!

either apply it to the chickens if you can catch and handle them or pput it onto the surface of the dust bath area and the bedding in the coop and run