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Buff Brahma last laid egg 5 month ago

post #1 of 4
9/6/12 at 12:36am
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Hi

 

I need advice ,I have pair of buff Brahma .They are currently 14-15 months old .The female  have last laid the eggs 4-5 month ago.

 

Yesterday when I check them physically found very tiny insects under there feathers, the color of these bugs are like off white or pinkish any idea. They aye so tiny that I don’t think they will be visible to camera eyes. I don’t have access to any vets around .I live in Pakistan ,not much animal facilities available over here.

 

I am feeding them well and they seems to be ok

 

Polite Regards

 

Salman

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post #2 of 4
9/6/12 at 12:43am

It sounds like they got mites. Go to a store that sells farming supplies, like a farmer's co-op or a pet shop and ask them for mite dust. Dust your chickens and their coop and replace their bedding. Give your hens some supplements if you can get some or extra high protein food like scrambled eggs for a boost. Good luck!

 

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A true friend is someone who thinks that you are a good egg even though he knows that you are slightly cracked ~ Bernard Meltzer

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post #3 of 4
9/6/12 at 1:12am
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I have used a product called Coopex powder hoping this will work

 

 

Coopex Powder.

 

Product Type
 
Insecticide
Active Ingredient(s)
 
permethrin 25:75 10 g/L
Formulation Type
 
Dust
Pack Size(s)
 
10 kg
500 kg
Chemical Group
 
pyrethrins 
Market Segments
 
Professional Pest Control
Spider Control
Other pests
Grouping
 
3A
Mode of Action
 
Sodium channel modulator

 

KILLER BRAND INSECT KILLING COOPEX POWDER Uses Crawling Insect Killer Protect against Cockroaches, moths, bed bugs, flees lice, ants,book lice, silver fish, fowl-mite, wood lice etc

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post #4 of 4
9/6/12 at 1:29am

That powder will work well. Your chickens have lice. Check the base of the feathers around it's butt and look for small clusters of white eggs. You will need to dust the birds well and again in 10 days to kill the ones that hatch in between. Dust the coop and roosts as well. Put some in their dust bath areas and they can dust themselves every month or 2.

I live with my partner and our daughter in the foothills of NC. We LOVE our critters!
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I live with my partner and our daughter in the foothills of NC. We LOVE our critters!
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