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    Mites: How to handle the dead mites on a sick bird, should she be washed?

    Update: I got in touch with a professor from the MD State extension office poultry dept. this evening. He said to go ahead a re-treat the bird with the Permethrin dust. She is in more danger from the mites than the dust at this point. He also confirmed it would be a fine alternative to dust her...
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    Mites: How to handle the dead mites on a sick bird, should she be washed?

    I moved her when she looked sick before I even discovered the mites. She is in our smaller coop that we use for chicks/pullets to transition them. Unfortunately, looks like that coop is headed for the burn pile now. I did a quick clean out before I dusted the hens, and coated the perches with...
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    Mites: How to handle the dead mites on a sick bird, should she be washed?

    Thanks Kathy. What a mess, I'm certainly getting some "experience" from this infestation.
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    Mites: How to handle the dead mites on a sick bird, should she be washed?

    Martin's "Viper Insect Dust"
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    Mites: How to handle the dead mites on a sick bird, should she be washed?

    tons!
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    Mites: How to handle the dead mites on a sick bird, should she be washed?

    I turned her upside-down holding her at the feet and using a stocking filled with the dust I "powder puffed" her beginning near the vent and working under her wings and down her back. I avoided her head.
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    Mites: How to handle the dead mites on a sick bird, should she be washed?

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    Mites: How to handle the dead mites on a sick bird, should she be washed?

    Permethrin, two days ago.
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    Mites: How to handle the dead mites on a sick bird, should she be washed?

    Can I use the product above (has an active ingredient listed as Permethrin which I just treated them with a different brand) in combination with Sevin or are they two different remedies? Is there any harm in doing both at the same time (or in my case within 2 days of each other)? Is the...
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    Mites: How to handle the dead mites on a sick bird, should she be washed?

    1. Is Poultry Dust the same as DE (diatomaceous earth) or is that the Permethrin? If so, I have used DE before in the coop bedding but not directly on the birds. How often can I dust them with DE? Should I use the same method as the application of the Permethrin, fill a stocking with dust and...
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    Mites: How to handle the dead mites on a sick bird, should she be washed?

    appps, Was there a period of time after the ivermectin treatment that you could not consume the eggs? Our vet recommended insecticide powder but it doesn't seem to be heavy duty enough for the level of infestation on the hen that I have sequestered. I'll try and call him again tomorrow to...
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    Mites: How to handle the dead mites on a sick bird, should she be washed?

    I am having my first experience with mites in my coop. I have dusted the whole flock with a Permethrin powder. and I am in the process of sanitizing the coop. One of my hens is so heavily infected that she has become anemic and I have separated her from the flock. The live mites moved to her...
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    Should I remove a weak chick from under a broody hen?

    The chick survived the night and is mostly (a few dried wet spots) fluffy. It climbed out of the nest box but could not get back in unassisted and was peeping its head off. I gave it a little boost. So it looks like we have one strong chick and one no-so-strong chick.
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    Should I remove a weak chick from under a broody hen?

    When one of our Buff Orpingtons went broody my daughters begged me to get some fertilized eggs and give her a try at raising chicks. So we embarked on our first time hatching chicks with a broody. "Josephine" the Buff proved to be up to the task, on day 21 and we heard lots of peeping and one...
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    Dominique cockerel available in Davidsonville, MD (Anne Arundel County)

    Hatched April 1st. Pretty Dominique available immediately. I can be home during the day or evening for pick up. I am willing to drop him off if you live in the area.
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