me too, I have had the foster dog 3 months, with any luck he will be going to a new home this weekend. But my dogs are now terrified to go out and come in because the goats are very friendly so stand up by our house a lot. if they hear the door open to let the dogs out the goats come running...
I have 3 dogs, very sweet and calm around my chickens and goats- then I got stuck fostering a pain in the butt black lab pup that has harassed the goats by biting at their heads and chasing them- I know do my best to keep him completely away from them. He only did it a few times- But, now my...
The next morning the turkeys were fine. Out of water again, I filled it and they drank it up- only one did a weird head bobble and started walking backwards but after a minute he was fine (I definitely had NO residue on my hands this time and the waterer had been cleaned. So not sure what to...
I was cleaning my chicks and turkey cages today. I have chicks and turkeys 1 to 5 weeks old. I have been battling mites in the hen house and since the chicks were hatched under the hens I put permethrin garden/poultry dust in their bedding. I used my hand to shake the bedding up a bit after and...
Depends on how infested she was. Did you worm everyone? If you see any worms come out in the stool she could have had a bad infestation and it wouldn't hurt to worm again even with a different wormer, but then they should be good for a while. If they have worms, (if they free range they surely...
https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/801102/mite-infestation/10#post_11600254 see this mite conversation. I am in Maine and I too am battling mites and can't seem to get ahead of them...I think I MIGHT be finally. My last post describes some things I did... it has seemed to HELP. I picked up a...
I bought cement mixing tubs from Home Depot and put fine and coarse play sand in them and sprinkled in permethrin poultry dust and put them in the coop. I have 50-ish birds so treating them all gets time consuming. I did dunk the few that were heavily infested and snipped egg riddled feathers...
I am having mite issues and NOTHING is working :/ at least not fast enough?? I clean out my entire coop once to twice/month and dust floor and bedding with permethrin powder no matter what. My birds free range and there are a certain few that are getting infested with mites as they hang down by...
You mentioned that there was 'dirt' at the bottoms of some feathers...could that be mite eggs? check their vent areas really closely for tiny moving dots... and lice. Also, If your goat chases them, and eats their hay he is bound to nibble feathers. If he grabs a mouthful of feathers and the hen...
If she has weight loss I would worm her. You won't usually see worms in stool because they latch onto the intestinal walls and absorb nutrients. Worm her with either Wazine or safeguard goat wormer (kills more worm types). I worm all my birds twice a year regardless because they free range and...
Can I use frontline or revolution on my birds?? If so, what dose? (kind for dogs vs. cat?) and can I still use eggs???
Can I use horse Mane and Tail "Pro-tect" antifungal/yeast/bacteria spray on their vents? It contains Benalkonium chloride 0.125% and label says non stinging, safe for horses...
No suggestions ?? :(
Several of my hens are now getting infected vents...it seems like they could be possibly getting vent gleet due to a foul odor- but it seems its secondary to the fact that I can't rid these mites... I applied ivermectin spot and dusted coop and some of the birds themselves...
My birds free range and always have. They are almost 2yrs old. My birds never had mite/lice problems until I moved this past October. Early this Spring I noticed my Polish had a head full dark debris - upon inspection I realized it was full of mites. I checked all my birds over...she and a...
I'm not the original poster, but I do have an issue with 4 hens I adopted 3 mo. ago that are not laying eggs... I was told by the 'chicken rescue' I got them from that they were a yr old...on the ride home I noticed they appeared healthy but all were sniffly and raspy. (terrific). I didn't want...
I have read that Egg Drop has not been spread to, nor has the United States and Canada have any recorded incidents of egg drop syndrome. So it is likely not that... I will try worming (again) they were wormed not too long ago....but it can'thurt since I am not getting eggs anyway.