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    Advise to keep my rooster

    I had a rooster that started trying to sneak attack me when I would turn my back on him. He was great until he hit 18 months old. Then I guess hormones kicked into overdrive. I always tried to be sure he wasn’t getting behind me or I wasn’t turning my back on him. I also did “hug therapy”...
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    Adventures in mite control

    Hello. I have been dealing with mites for years. They can be seen crawling on the perch and really bother the chickens at night, so I think they are roost mites. I’ve used permethrin, sulfur, lime, Elector, Ivermectin, added a sand box for dust bathing into the coop, and last summer took out...
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    How to get rid of mites on hens?

    Mick how did you calculate the dosage of .05 ml? I want to use fluralaner after years of dealing with mites every summer. I am going to get dog Bravecto because it looks like the only difference between dog and cat is the amount of medicine in each tube. I have 24 chickens to treat.
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    Feeding chicks

    How important does everyone think it is to feed chicks the chick starter food until they are 18 weeks old like the directions on the bag say to do? I’ve opened up the chick section of the coop to the main section and now that they have access, I just don’t know how interested they will be to...
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    IVERMECTIN-pour on dosage

    Not to quibble with the math, but 10ml/220 pounds is .05 ml per 1 pound of weight, not .1 ml to 1 pound of weight. I don’t know that it makes that much difference though. I ended up doing .3 ml for what I would guess as my average sized birds (maybe 5 pounds?) I am trying to treat scaly leg...
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