Oops, yeah, I'm using Equimax!
I need to pic up another small syringe for the Equimax, I only have fatter ones that can't measure a low enough dose.
I'll pick up some Permethrin soon. Last time I checked, they had pre-diluted and undiluted. Only one of them said it was okay to use around...
My flock has tapeworms again, after another uncharacteristically rainy period in my region.
This sucks, that's twice in one year. I hope this isn't a regular event that follows every heavy rain. This is ridiculous!
I still have the ivermectin from last time, and the experience. Here we go again!
I'm still dealing with this. Here's the routine:
I have been taking a few of the girls out at a time and wating to see who has tapeworms in their poop. Whole flock is rotated out, four hens at a time, other than the girls I have in a partitioned section of the run.
One hen will have tapeworms...
I'll check on behavior and find out who is acting strangely. I don't know if it's more than one bird, but if it's only one I have a good idea of who it is.
I guess I can partition the run and keep her alone but visible to the others.
Thanks again!
Daaaaaang you're fast and thorough with your reply! Thank you very much!
I would like to use the dewormer on all of the hens. Should I stop eating their eggs for awhile?
Hello BYC!
I didn't have my phone when I went in and found the parasites. It was a perfect Kodak moment, but by the time I returned, the girls had walked all over the wormy poo.
What kind of worms are these, and what is my best course of action?
They look like tape worm segments to me...
My pullets have been jumping on top of my feeders and rocking out food. They solved the waste-free design, so I put a dog cone on each.
The handle broke off on this one awhile ago, and my partner rigged up a sturdier solution with coated cable and those cable clamp things.
Now the weight...
I just came out from my coop, after crushing 9, blood-fattened mosquitos. Freaking gross; I can't believe there were that many!
We dump all standing water in our yard, except for a pond and an aquaponics basin. Those both have mosquito fish to chomp down the larva.
It would seem my neighbors...
I get that, and I read through that thread too. I was pretty worried when I made my post.
I'm adding my anecdote to the pile of anecdotes. I worried for nothing.
The sun wasn't cooperating with my photo angles this morning. I'd have tried harder if I posted specifically for gender ID. I don't mean to make more work for people here!
At 6 weeks, the difference between pullet and cockerel is dramatic. He weighs at least half more than any of the other...
Sure!
Suspect roo is perched on the plywood:
Another shot of suspected roo:
This one is a pullet, methinks:
Attempted overhead shot of three suspected pullets. Roo's rump under the pallet:
I tried for a better comb shot here:
Suspect roo is standing up tall in the back. Another pullet...
I was once looking around a creekbed with my mom, and I came across a sharp piece of worked stone. I brought it to Mom, and said "I think I found an arrowhead!"
She gave me a big smile and said "When people don't find an arrowhead, they ask if it's an arrowhead. When you find one, you know it."...
I have a hen with a big fat comb and small spurs that tries to crow sometimes. I've never seen her mount the other hens though! She's also not top of the pecking order.
This is the closest thing to a waste-free feeder I've ever had. Fantastic, easy to build, and way cheaper and better than buying something pre-made.
I put gamma seal lids on mine. It's not necessary, but I like using them.
I made and hung an additional bucket waterer (vertical nipples this time) and another of aart's FANTASTIC waste-free feeders so both sections of the run have food and water. I also put up a roost on that plywood I secured to break line of sight.
Things seemed to have calmed down, but that may...
A couple of my newborn chicks had slight problems following mama hen up a 12" -14" ramp with a very shallow incline. One or two would go off the side and not know how to get back to the bottom of the ramp. This happened the first three days or so, then they were developed enough to just hop back...