Flitter has lice!

My baby has lice!

Those nasty parasites have laid thousands and thousands of eggs at the base of her bum feathers.  It's a good spot to hide because that's a pretty well hidden spot.

I only discovered it when I was trimming her feathers around the lump on her bum.  I've cut off a few feathers but can't be too heavy handed or she'll be completely bald down there!

Thank goodness for online stores because there's this pet shop at Enfield that sells practically everything I need.  Enfield Pet and Garden they're called.  So I put in an order for;

- calgrit: right now I give them normal grit but if calgrit offers a higher calcium content then I'm all for it!

- garlic and apple cider vinegar: apparantly this is a supplement that they will love to drink

- diatomaceous earth (food grade): used as an insecticide, due to its physico-sorptive properties. The fine powder absorbs lipids from the waxy outer layer of insects' exoskeletons, causing them to dehydrate

- poultry dust: great for the prevention and control of poultry parasites such as fleas, flies, ticks, ticks and mites. 

All up it only cost about au$68 with postage being au$20 from NSW.  I've read that shaking the eggs off then rubbing vaseline into the base of the feathers will hep.  Kind've a tricky thing to do considering Flitter doesn't particularly like being handled.  And White Chicken, we can totally forget that!

My poor girls :(