Whatever method you use on the scaly mites, if your floor is wood, remove all the litter, put down some form of mite deterrent, I’m not going to say seven, cause I’ll get murdered again. If your coop is dirt put down some lime, with shaving over that, it will also sweeten the earth. Treat your...
It didn’t hurt the birds in any way. The mites were gone! The legs healed from the damage the bugs did. The hens are still laying, scratching, crowing. Much happier than when they had the mites. The modern treatments of today take weeks, and most always the mites are not eradicated. Three days...
I am going to get murdered for this but....there is a three day treatment that will kill the scaly mites completely. I used bag balm, petroleum jelly will work, but bag balm has more medicinal properties than petroleum jelly. That said, dip you birds legs in gasoline up to the feathers, hold...
Lol! I crack up about all the hatchery bashing that goes on on these threads. I’ve raised chickens, turkeys, ducks, pigeons of many breeds. Most every flock in America started from hatchery stock. There are exceptions of course. As far as the Silkie goes, we call them Japanese silkies, but are...
Hi, Man I thought you disappeared, glad to see you posting about your black Penedesenca again. I’m still a very motivated buyer. Will your prices be the same you quoted last year, or have they changed? I want to purchase eggs or chicks from you!!
I purchased some Japanese silkies, 50 years ago, they were not bantam, the roosters were pretty tall and stately. Hens laid sky blue eggs. Like most things the show ring has developed what it likes sacrificing the true nature af birds, dogs and........