I had only 1 chicken sick as well. I checked her for bugs and didn't find any. I dusted all the other chickens as well as the coop, bedding areas, nesting areas and anywhere else they hang out. I'm not sure where they go when they die, I would assume that they would run as far as they can first...
The Sevin 5% is something that people use to dust their gardens for bugs. You can find it at any garden center or plant store, I would assume that Home Depot, Walmart, etc would have it as well.
I also bought a Poultry Dust that contains Permethrin. I have used the Sevin dust once and the...
I used the Sevin 5% all over the coop and the girls the other night. We actually built a new nest box, which we were planning on doing for a while, it just happened that I was going to clean with the Sevin dust when we finally did it.
One of my girls has been very lathergic for a few weeks now...
So I just put down a quick dust in the coop since it is raining I couldn't really do a good cleaning. The girls came in and were pecking at it. Is that ok? Can we still eat their eggs?
Thanks for your advise! I hadn't heard alot about the Sevin dust and I oonly know about using it in the garden so I was worried that it would hurt the girls. I will get some today. It is supposed to rain here the next couple of days, should I wait until the rain has passed to treat them? Should...
I have posted many topics to help out my chicken that has been sick for 2 weeks or so. I gave her a warm bath today thinking that it might make her feel better as well as help incase she was egg bound and I just couldn't feel it.
As I was patting her and keeping her comfy, I started pulling back...