I noticed over the last couple of days that Mash seemed to be preening a lot more than usual, and scratching a bit.  So yesterday I thought I’d better give them a thorough dusting with the lice/mite powder.  I always have it puffed around inside the Eglu, but haven’t had much luck in getting it actually onto the girls, mostly because they run away as soon as they see the powder, and they wriggle and squirm as soon as I pick them up.

I decided the best way to do it would be to catch them, carry them to the bench, hold them still with one hand and rub powder right into their feathers with the other.  It worked surprisingly well, the hardest bit was catching them – Mash in particular was quite determined not to be caught.  They did seem to calm down a bit once I started rubbing the powder into them.  I couldn’t see anything obvious on any of them, but it won’t have done them any harm.

I think I got just as much powder all over the bench and floor though.