Yes I feel lucky that I caught it before they were seriously damaged by the lice. I am also fortunate that the bantams are so small and my boyfriend is so tolerant that he is letting them live indoors for now so I can spray them as needed without chilling them!
In my experience a mink will kill every chicken it can get and not carry away any of them. In every circumstance the chickens were killed or dragged a very short distance and feathers everywhere but especially pulled from the neck area. The hens were never bloody.
The first time a fox attacked...
I usually feed Purina Omega Layena. But I can get Frontview Feed if I make a long drive and it's cheaper than Purina and the ingredients seem better? It's 16% Show Bird Conditioner. A 50 lb bag is 14$ from my supplier. I am considering buying flaxseed powder in bulk and adding it next time...
Thank you very much everyone. I brought all five birds in and treated them all. They are all drinking water that has Poultry Cell in it and I've been giving more fresh greens and scrambled eggs in case the lice hurt them. Only one bird didn't seem herself. However, I think that she had a...
Thank you very much. I've been doing some reading through the forum and have seen where people have successfully used heated coconut oil to get the nit casings to come off so I'll be stopping by the store on my way home to get coconut oil and a flea comb. I really hope it works! I will only have...
It's been on and off cold and rainy where I am and because of some chronic pain issues I can't spend much time outside in the winter. I have been totally cleaning out my bantam coop as often as I can. It's a prefab coop with some reinforcements and not very big. There are four d'Anvers in it. I...