I want to share a video I made today, on treating my chickens northern fowl mites.
My chickens got northern fowl mite a month ago, took me some time to realize they're mites!
I tries diametious earth but it didn't work.
After a lot of exploration, I found Fluralaner can be effective on...
Can anyone help with this. We noticed a prominent keel bone on this hen three years old. She was in a heavy molt. We started feeding her extra protein. All these black flakes were coming off. She was weighing at 3.11.8 pounds. Another molting hen we were feeding protein extras has no black...
Most information and discussions about this revolve around chickens. Ducks have such dense waterproof feathers and different bathing, preening and foraging habits, so I am specifically asking for duck information from people who have experience treating ducks.
My main question is about the...
I have a Broody hen in my garage with 7 eggs that are due to hatch in about a week. Unfortunately she has Northern Fowl Mites. I gave her a bath in dawn dish soap, gave her a new home, and did 2 drops of ivermectin on her neck.
It’s only been 24 hours but I’m still seeing mites, I’m...
This DIY mini experiment list is brought to you by a curious mind’s disdain for blood suckers and love for a rooster.
WHAT I’VE DONE WITH MITES:
- put them into a bag with nothing else. Result: they lived for days, some almost a full week
- diatomaceous earth directly on rooster, under his...
I have a 1 y/o silkie hen who has really been having a rough go the past few days. I was handling her the other day, looking for mites and I couldn’t find any physically on her but when I got inside I found 3 crawling on my arm so I figured she (as well as the rest of my flock) must be...
I have have bugs of some description on the birds; they are about the size of a pin point barely a dot against a white dish. They are present on the birds during the day, do not present as mites from the descriptions I have read (but my 1st time with this situation) eg I swiped several onto my...
Hello!
I've went to check my egg box this morning for eggs, to find a bunch of tiny, black, spider-like insects crawling over three of my freshly laid eggs.
Upon further inspection, I also noticed some smaller, creamy white insects gathered around crevices near the hatch for my egg box and the...
Hi everybody! I'm not sure if anyone else has posted something similar, but I figured I post it anyways for the good of all poultry owners.
For the last two or three years, I have been fighting mites. I have tried Everything. I have tried garlic in the water, essential oils, weekly baths...