Arizona Chickens

[Sonoran Silkies]

HELP!!!! I have had chickens for many many years and have Never had lice or mites. Any way today we had a sick hen with a large tumor on her face and we were doctoring her and I saw lice on her head. I almost died.

What do I have to do ? Do I have to treat all of my chickens? I dusted the sick one with DE. Now what!!! HELP!!!

DE will not help with an active infestation. Get Adams flea/tick spray and/or ivermectin pour-on and treat. Yes, you need to treat all the birds that were in contact.

Describe what they looked like. I don;t usually find lice on the head, but that is a favourite spot for mites.

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

Novaliegh I would get them all on antibotics ASAP. get the stuff you can put into the water like duramycin.

Agreed, although tylan, denagard or baytril are better choices.

 

[kevs-chickadees]

DE will not help with an active infestation. Get Adams flea/tick spray and/or ivermectin pour-on and treat. Yes, you need to treat all the birds that were in contact.

Describe what they looked like. I don;t usually find lice on the head, but that is a favourite spot for mites.

I'm assuming if you had the spray you would spray everywhere or just vent and under wings?

 

[kevs-chickadees]

I love hearing about everyone's experiences with growing fruit trees in AZ. Sonoran Silkies, I'm very envious of your mature trees. I remember you said how you wished you had planted more trees right when you moved to your house, it has inspired me to get moving on my own trees here. I'll have to look for Sunset Western Gardening. AZBootsie, Pistachio trees were going to be the first trees I planted, then I found out that they need 800 chill hours.

With your elevation at 3000', you might be right on the cusp of being able to grow them. With those you need a male and a female (one male is enough to fertilize something like nine female trees). Our large nursery here in Tucson always has them in stock. As a consolation, I think we're going to plant two almond trees, just as soon as I can get these two giant blue agave space-wasters to flower.

Maybe next year we can try to organize an AZ BYC fruit tree scion exchange.

I second that motion! Picked me up a Burgundy Plum today.

 

[kevs-chickadees]

Here you go Memphis, this is Chumly.

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

Quote:
Under wings and under vent. If I saw bugs on the head or hackle area, I would also spray there. I typically apply ivermectin pour-on in the "wing pit." It is usually easier to find bare skin there.

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

Here you go Memphis, this is Chumly.

Nice!

 

[Mikey D]

Now I have a duckling who is wheezing. Ugh!!! I am removing all of the newest batch of chicks and ducklings from the in-coop brooder and out to a seperate section of the yard in their own brooder out there. I am not sure what is going on, but whatever it is, it seems to be contagious. I have already lost one duckling, and now the silkie. Ugh!

P.S. I lost the duckling first a couple of days ago. Lost the silkie today. I didn't think the duckling might be a carrier, because she was so tiny, I thought she was just a weak duckling who had a weak immune system or something. /sigh

I'm very sorry to heat that Nova. I do know how you feel. I'd recommend tylan but don't know if it cures everything. On my end, it cured what everything else I tried couldn't.

 

[Mikey D]

Quote: X2 on the Tylan - 1/2 cc for big-uns - 1/4 cc for little-uns. Sure worked for me!

 

[Arizonachicken]

HELP!!!! I have had chickens for many many years and have Never had lice or mites. Any way today we had a sick hen with a large tumor on her face and we were doctoring her and I saw lice on her head. I almost died.

What do I have to do ? Do I have to treat all of my chickens? I dusted the sick one with DE. Now what!!! HELP!!!

I use poultry dust and it works great. Dust all of them, whole coop clean out and treat again in 7-10 days. You can usually see lice around the vent area and under the wings.