Arizona Chickens

[Arizonachicken]

What do you all do for worms? Chicken poo is gross enough without the little white, moving, worms with the flat heads. I'm at my wits end. I let my chickens out during the day to free range. What can I do as a preventative to these disgusting parasites? I want to know what the more experienced people here do. And what is the life cycle of these, I assume, tapeworms? Any info would be great. Thanks!

 

[flower]

I'm back on-line ! And looking forward to my sojourn to the "BIG CITY" The processing even sounds as if it might develop into a "meet-up" for chicken people. yeah !

 

[Beckyhsinglsc]

Is the processing party on the 25th or the 1st? If it is on the 1st I might be able to make it.

 

[City farm]

Is the processing party on the 25th or the 1st?  If it is on the 1st I might be able to make it.

 

The first..

 

[Timskins]

Anyone have an experience with speckeled sussex or light brahmas? They just became options from the breeder I'm buying from next weekend. They both sound fun but I was only planning on 8 chickens and now its getting out of hand.

 

[Demosthine]

Anyone have an experience with speckeled sussex or light brahmas? They just became options from the breeder I'm buying from next weekend. They both sound fun but I was only planning on 8 chickens and now its getting out of hand.

We fostered a set of Speckled Sussex for Sommer that she wanted to use for her Aloha Project. She purchased them from Ideal Hatchery and they were an epic failure. A higher-than-normal amount died in transit, and we kept loosing them once they were placed in the brooder. They were dying slowly and for completely unexplainable reasons. Appearing perfectly fine one day, a chick would be dead the next. It was a miserable experience. I think she ordered twenty-five chicks and there were two extras, but we ended with a mere 8 after all the losses. We lost so many that I broke my general philosophy and administered two different doses of anti-biotics. First, we tried Duramycin-10 and then ended up breaking out the big guns with the Tylan-50.

After reading up on it during the fostering, it appears that they are extremely weak as a breed, although I'm sure Ideal Hatchery had it's hand in the losses. I can not recommend either after that experience. You mentioned getting them from your "breeder," so perhaps they have a better line. I'd ask where they got their original stock from, though. To keep things fair, we did keep two of the eight that survived and a friend is raising them now. They decided to venture in to the chicken keeping as well, and both are doing fine last I heard.

 

[Demosthine]

In amongst another thread this morning, there was a reference to composting with chickens. One link led to another, which led me to this article on The Modern Homestead. It's titled Feed Costs: A Paradigm Shift. It was an excellent article and it is even more valid today than it was in 2008, I'm afraid. I'm rethinking some of my backyard and how I can implement this idea even more than I already do.

 

[LadyKotaDoria]

What do you all do for worms? Chicken poo is gross enough without the little white, moving, worms with the flat heads. I'm at my wits end. I let my chickens out during the day to free range. What can I do as a preventative to these disgusting parasites? I want to know what the more experienced people here do. And what is the life cycle of these, I assume, tapeworms? Any info would be great. Thanks!

I have not seen worms yet, it dose not mean I do not have them, or that I have had it in the past.m. I use, at this time, Diatomaceous earth. I put a couple of Spoonfuls in their feed about once a month. I am not sure how often I should treat my girls. But this all the wild birds out there, I am sure they have had to have picked a few up a long tge way.

My problem is mites! It is a Struggle to keep them under control. I have a served what others have said they suspect, when a chicken is sick mites move in. A healthy girl may have them in the hundreds, a sick one in the thousands. Here is a link to info on mites https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/mites-chicken-pests-how-to-protect-your-chickens-from-mites. I use again Diatomaceous earth. However, I mix it with 7 dust, use a one of those ketchup long noise squart bottles. I can put the tip between the feathers easier to get at the skin. Then I spread it around the pen, and where they take dust bathes or hange up. It has been pointed out several times wood ash works better. Demosthine sugested I check out restaurants that use wood to smoke or BBQ with, give them a galvanized bucket, do to hot ash, to put it in when they clean their ovens/grill.

 

[LadyKotaDoria]

Anyone have an experience with speckeled sussex or light brahmas?  They just became options from the breeder I'm buying from next weekend.  They both sound fun but I was only planning on 8 chickens and now its getting out of hand.

your simply coming down with COD also known as OCOD. Chicken Obsess Disorder or Obsess Chicken Owner Disorder This disease runs rampant with people owning chickens. You did not watch

On YouTub. It is an important worming.

 

[Mama Hen Chris]

Anyone have an experience with speckeled sussex or light brahmas? They just became options from the breeder I'm buying from next weekend. They both sound fun but I was only planning on 8 chickens and now its getting out of hand.

I had one SS. She was a friendly gal.

Hazel