Recent content by melissammh

I haven't used permethrin yet, and the ivermectin is the 5mg/ml (I have to pick up both from my local feed store tonight) I'm in Canada, so I think my permethrin options are limited (except for very diluted quantities) I was really hoping the Ectiban would do the trick since it was from a vet...

I haven't tried Ivermectin yet, so hoping this will be the silver bullet I'm looking for. I'm going to pick up some of the 5mg/ml today from my local feed store. My biggest issue is that I can spray the roosts and walls in their individual stalls in my barn, but it's a huge, older wooden...

Thank you! These mites are IMPOSSIBLE. I have about 40 birds, plus geese and ducks. I've been working on eradicating mites for months and just when I think I'm ahead - I see a hen looking wobbly... mites :(

Thank you, I'll have to try something similar!

I continue to suffer with a TERRIBLE mite infestation I can't get on top of. I have tried Bronco spray, Ectiban via rx from a poultry vet (which seems to do absolutely nothing). I've cleaned and scrubbed everything as much as I can (birds are inside a large, older barn). But I'm -5 C in...

I could order this from Amazon if needed. Not sure if I can spray the stalls and birds with it - permethrin 0.35%

I've been poking around in some of the older posts re: mites & lice in chickens. I've dealt with it before (successfully) but now I'm kind of hitting the wall. I have a large free range flock (Ameraucanas, Hungarian Yellows, Salmon Faverolles, Wyandottes and some mixed) I also have Indian...

Anything else that could potentially help? We're after hours now, so it might be a bit of a wait. And - how should I clean my barn?? Clearly I'm going to have to muck out everything, but should I spray with bleach water?

I'm waiting to hear back from Hockley Mobile Vet to see if I can get antibiotics. I'm in northern Ontario, and everything is hard to get here without a prescription.

I'm astonished - this is exactly what they have, exactly. All my research and I've never heard of this, unbelievable.

Thank you. I'm so concerned. I'm not new to chickens, ducks or geese. So when the ducklings were wiped out over a period of ten days - it blew me away. I'm very careful with cleanliness/care for chicks and ducklings. And now this new batch (well one so far) started showing similar symptoms...

Last month I had 22 of 24 ducklings die. Half were incubator hatched, half were hatched outside by Runner hens. They were all brooded together with the hens outside. One by one they developed eye discharge, fluorescent green liquid stool, respiratory sounds, profound weakness and then death...

Good morning! I've already read a few threads about Indian Runner ducks, but hoping to gather a few more personal experiences. I have five ducks (two drakes, three hens - I’m planning on getting a couple more hens) they are all about four months old. Right now they are very skittish around me...

Hello everyone! My name is Melissa, and I hail from northern Ontario. I'm in the process of building a coop (for the spring) and landed upon this wonderful site while doing some research. I'm mostly struggling on what breed of chickens to get... where I live it can absolutely get as cold as...