Sometimes I will give mealworms to chicks and when they are looking for more they will grab the toes of other chicks and run around dragging the chicks, lol.
I would not use the 10% sevin but I can buy the 5% here.
some of the mites might get on you and into your house but don't fret any. The mites and lice that get on chickens are species specific and can not live on humans and will die quickly. If you are worried about them you can hurry and get a...
yes it is the same stuff you use on the potatoes. Use 5% sevin dust. No it is not dangerous for the chickens. just make sure you don't get it in the chicken's eyes and keep them out of the coop till it settles.
there are a few illnesses that can be passed to chicks through the egg from the parents. I would just keep wiping the eyes with warm water to control the matting, some neosporin or terramycin ointment might be beneficial also.
check her neck especially on the back, if there are small punctures it could be a weasel. Other than that it could have been that the other burds just crushed her buy sitting on her trying to keep warm overnight.
does the have watery, or bubbly eyes (conjunctivitis)? It could be something more serious but if it is only isolated to this one bird it probably isn't.
I would recommend Adam's Flea and Tick spray. 2 pumps on the butt, back and under each wing. you should also change the bedding and cover the coop floor with sevin dust paying special attention to the corners and cracks. This traement will not only kill the bugs but it will prevent...
I like to dust the butt, wings and back. after I put the dist on I rub it in so it gets to the skin.
You can buy it at TSC, Wal-mart, most feed stores and hardware stores. It ia also carried by lowes, home depot and garden stores.
edit- I also cover the bottome of the coops paying special...
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did you notice the lack of silkie feathering? showgirls are silkies with the nacked neck gene, without silkie feathering it can't be anything but a cross. a showgirl is not a cross it is a breed. showgirls breed true and do not throw normal feathered birds, I should know I have 20+...
also when watering chicks give them wter that is room temperature, never cold. They seem to get a chill internally and then paste up. keep the waterer close to the heat source to keep it fairly warm. another trick is to give them corn meal with thier feed.
mike
What is with some people on here recommending poly-vi-sol for everything? It is alsmost like some think it is a miracle cure, it is nothing more than vitamins. If poly-vi-sol had the healing properties, some of the members on here would have you believe, I think we would have heard about it long...
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These breeds are what started the genetic hackle lines, but you have to remember this was well over 60 years ago, many of these breeds have absoluty no value to the average fly tyer these days with the avalibility of good hackle.
I just talked to my dad yesterday about that and what...