Posts by casportpony

Quote:Originally Posted by Michael Apple I'd do the Corid treatment first. Give a couple days with vitamins-electrolytes-probiotics in the water. Then you can worm. All this depends on how the bird responds to treatment. Safeguard...

Quote:Originally Posted by maryex  How much Safeguard for chickens? I dose all of mine by mouth based on their weight at 50mg per kilogram which is 0.5ml per 2.2 pounds of body weight. Repeat in ten days. Liquid or paste, the...

Quote:Originally Posted by ewa bird show Is he a Royal Palm? I think it's a hen.

FYI, hydration should be fixed before force feeding. Sometimes I'll add a little corn syrup to the fluid if they haven't been eating, but it's always fluid first.

Quote:Originally Posted by dutchbunny83 I did check, but I can try again.  I checked all the birds too for lice and mites and couldn't find any.  I picked up some of the DE dusting stuff just in case. My pullets (12 weeks) all go in...

Quote:Originally Posted by pwand Normally chickens go into there coops even when it's warm or hot. I seem to recall someone mentioned if the coop is badly infested with mites the won't roost inside. The other would be they are...

I think the dose for birds of all types (except ratites) is 200 micrograms per kilogram (0.02ml per 2.2 pounds).

If you're curious, dust her, put her in a covered box on white paper towels and come back in 30-40 minutes to check for bugs, I bet you'll find feather lice.

Quote:Originally Posted by maryex  Dust her with Fenbendazole? So sorry, silly me, I should have written dust with poultry dust and deworm with Fenbendazole. -Kathy

Quote:Originally Posted by maryex I use garlic and acv. Never used a chemical wormer. Mites they get DE in the coop and their dust baths   I used to use DE, didn't work for me, if she were mine, I would dust her and deworm her with...