Ailing wee Pea

[thndrdancr]

Fantastic!

 

[Garden Peas]

Argghhhh!!!!

Was trying to take photos to show the improvement in Miss Topaz's eye. But she kept closing it, so I sat with her in my lap, with the cell phone camera zoomed in, and tried to keep it in focus as she moved her head around.

Then I saw THIS !

Now can you see it better?




EEEEEEEEK! Is that a LOUSE?????

(I have actually never seen one before... so I'm guessing here)

The @*&% thing was just walking around the edge of her eye, walked back into the teeeny tine feathers over her eye and vanished.

Sevin dust next?

And order that catching net so we can powder puff the rest of the crew?

Oh boy, I'm having so much fun this week I don't know whether to yell

or bang my head

Happy Friday

 

[Dany12]

What do you think they do?
1 - they talk together .... they say sweet words?
2 - he is on the hunt for lice? .... Less romantic!

 

[zazouse]

Argghhhh!!!!

Was trying to take photos to show the improvement in Miss Topaz's eye. But she kept closing it, so I sat with her in my lap, with the cell phone camera zoomed in, and tried to keep it in focus as she moved her head around.

Then I saw THIS !

Now can you see it better?




EEEEEEEEK! Is that a LOUSE?????

(I have actually never seen one before... so I'm guessing here)

The @*&% thing was just walking around the edge of her eye, walked back into the teeeny tine feathers over her eye and vanished.

Sevin dust next?

And order that catching net so we can powder puff the rest of the crew?

Oh boy, I'm having so much fun this week I don't know whether to yell

or bang my head

Happy Friday

I seen this last year on just 1 hen, she kep closing her eyes and i thought she was sick upon closer inspection i saw mites running around her eye lids, poor girl had not dust bathed in a month cause she had been sitting a nest, got her fixed up with ivermec and a area in the brooder with fresh material for her to dust bath in and she was good to go no more blinking

 

[Garden Peas]

I seen this last year on just 1 hen, she kep closing her eyes and i thought she was sick upon closer inspection i saw mites running around her eye lids, poor girl had not dust bathed in a month cause she had been sitting a nest, got her fixed up with ivermec and a area in the brooder with fresh material for her to dust bath in and she was good to go no more blinking

Thanks so much Zaz ! Did you use Ivomec pour on or internal ivermectin like a paste wormer? I was just sitting here trying to figure out how to put Sevin dust on her head without getting it into her eyes, and I was digging around on the computer to see if there was another solution.

This poor gal is going to be in the house for a bit, but she had to have brought those in with her. Eeeeewww!

 

[zazouse]

I used the injectable first time and the pour on the second time

 

[thndrdancr]

Keep in mind that ivermec didn't work on my boy and he had those mites on his head too. It's a dilemma cuz u have to be careful of those eyes. I thought the ivermec worked worked, now ALL my birds have them!!!

I guess it doesn't work on certain types of mites.

 

[KsKingBee]

I used the injectable first time and the pour on the second time

Injectable in the water? @casportpony , how much would I put in their feed?

 

[thndrdancr]

Since she has gotten so tame, could you dust her avoiding the head, then take warm cloth and wash her head thoroughly. Those mites die quite easily with a wash. In fact I bathed my lil showgirl as opposed to dusting her but she had muck balls on her feet too and was just dirty.

 

[zazouse]

Keep in mind that ivermec didn't work on my boy and he had those mites on his head too. It's a dilemma cuz u have to be careful of those eyes. I thought the ivermec worked worked, now ALL my birds have them!!!

I guess it doesn't work on certain types of mites.

i have seen other folks post that it did not work for them, but the real key here is to make sure they have fresh dirt to dust in, however around here they half way dust bath during breeding season and some will get mites.

It seems that some folks do not relize how important dust bathing is, wood ashes work very very will here, i burn fallen trees threw the year so there is almost always a fresh area and once the ashes have cooled the peas are in them making holes.