Australia - Six states..and that funny little island.

[satay]

Hey there vehve

Thank you all for your best wishes and congratulations!

The full story is that this was Tina’s first attempt at being a mum, so I just ordered some mixed, little banties which also turned out to be the seller’s first time at shipping eggs.

The 9 eggs got held up in the post office and some were way past the 10 days and some cracked. So she ended up with:

2 which were 10 days when given to her, marked Lav and White Silkie ... ... sadly these two did not develop.

1 which was 9 days when given to her, marked Gloria (no idea what Gloria is! lol) ... ... this little one hatched yesterday and doing well.

2 which were 7 days when given to her, one is not marked and the other was also marked Gloria ... .. the second Gloria did not make it but the unmarked one hatched this morning, doing OK!


So, I have a Gloria and a total unknown, one from 7 days and one from 9. I played a hunch that the three remaining eggs she was sitting on had not developed, no pips, and the hunch was right.

Hopefully tomorrow she will take them outside and start lessons

Blondie is also now broody and after a week of trying to break her, I have caved and ordered her a ½ dozen of mixed bantams also. This time from somewhere closer

While I will find homes for them I sort of feel bad giving eggs to Blondie in that if I get to keep one of Tina’s bubbies I will not be able to keep any of Blondies Zoning laws (6 chickens/no roosters) and the fact that I do not think it would be fair to have more than 6 bantams in my current set-up dictates that I will be at my maximum. While I could extend some more I really do not want to push my luck with the neighbours and Council. Also, I think 6 is a nice number to keep. Is it wrong to hatch out more chickens that I cannot keep? Is that similar to those people who have heaps of unwanted litters of puppies and kittens? Anyways, without further delay … Tina’s bubbies ……… 'Gloria' (hatched yesterday): 'Gloria' and mystery chick which pipped yesterday and hatched today:

I had to laugh. My son came home from school one day and said mum I think your a chicken horder. I was like what are you talking about. He said we have way more chickens than my friends do.... I said nope not a horder as I sell most of the offspring

 

[satay]

Yeah, from the beginning I told everyone to let us know immediately if someone feels that the roosters are an annoyance, and that I would dispatch of them immediately if they were disturbing someone. I was always met with a horrified stare.

Lucky you felix. I have a neighbour who is 3 properties up from us on the other side of the road who complains to me all the time about my roosters. Mind you I have been to his place many times and can't hear a single rooster from that far away. I tell him too bad you don't live here full time so you don't get a say I'm sure he could complain to council if he wanted to but I doubt it would get him very far as nearly everyone but him around here has chickens.

 

[appps]

Ivermectin doesn't treat northern red mites. Works on lice but the amount needed to treat mites and internal parasites would be lethal to the chicken.

It worked on our red mites. Every time we would get eggs we would get them on us and I was itching awful from them. Teeny tiny little almost microscopic red things that if you looked super hard you would see on your hand after you got the eggs. We applied 1ml per kg of chicken to the skin at the back of their necks and they went away on the chickens and also died off on us with no new ones to keep getting on us and we haven't had them since. We also had lice six months later but it didn't work as well and we ended up dusting them after as well to totally get rid of them.

 

[Fancychooklady]

It worked on our red mites. Every time we would get eggs we would get them on us and I was itching awful from them. Teeny tiny little almost microscopic red things that if you looked super hard you would see on your hand after you got the eggs. We applied 1ml per kg of chicken to the skin at the back of their necks and they went away on the chickens and also died off on us with no new ones to keep getting on us and we haven't had them since. We also had lice six months later but it didn't work as well and we ended up dusting them after as well to totally get rid of them.

There are many arguments for and against ivomectin . If you are dosing your birds at 1 ml per kilo you are lucky that you haven't poisoned any of them. As far as I know it's only a drop for large fowl. Dr Rob doesn't recommend the use of ivomec ( macrocyclic lactones ) on birds that are used for meat or eggs.
Scroll down to scaly leg mite.

http://www.vdl.umn.edu/prod/groups/cvm/@pub/@cvm/@vdl/documents/asset/cvm_asset_350829.pdf

 

[appps]

There are many arguments for and against ivomectin . If you are dosing your birds at 1 ml per kilo you are lucky that you haven't poisoned any of them. As far as I know it's only a drop for large fowl. Dr Rob doesn't recommend the use of ivomec ( macrocyclic lactones ) on birds that are used for meat or eggs.
Scroll down to scaly leg mite.

http://www.vdl.umn.edu/prod/groups/cvm/@pub/@cvm/@vdl/documents/asset/cvm_asset_350829.pdf

It was a year and a half ago so Ive probably got that wrong and it was only 0.1 of a ml, know it was a super tiny little measuring syringe the vet gave us.

 

[cluckcluckluke]

For lice and mite help:

http://www.the-chicken-chick.com/2012/08/poultry-lice-and-mites-identification.html

 

[Fancychooklady]

It was a year and a half ago so Ive probably got that wrong and it was only 0.1 of a ml, know it was a super tiny little measuring syringe the vet gave us.

Yeah I know a lot of people are using ivermectin but as it isn't labelled for poultry the vets cannot give a definitive withholding period, simply because the studies haven't been done. Depending on the dosage in cattle and sheep the withholding period can be anywhere from 3 weeks to 4 months. There a plenty of people out there that firmly believe that ivermectin is a great intestinal wormer, vets included , however the studies have been done and it was found to be ineffective on most poultry worms. Not having a go apps just sharing what I have found in my own research against these confounded creepy crawlies.

http://parasitipedia.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2344&Itemid=2996

http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1439-0450.1989.tb00635.x/abstract

This link is specific to northern fowl mite, but it it also the most detailed information I have found on mites.

http://parasitipedia.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2540&Itemid=2816

 

[Teila]

Just popped in to thank everyone for their congratulations, kind words and support in relation to my minor bout of chicken mathitis!

That whole ‘giving in to a broody’ versus ‘not being able to keep the babies’ is a tough one.

I have given it a lot more thought and agree with the general consensus; Blondie is getting some eggs!. A bonus is, out of four possible broodies two will have chicks or eggs so that reduces my chances of more broodies by 50%, better odds than some

Sorry about the quality of these (wire included) but I quickly snapped their first dust bath lesson:






If you look closely at this one, little bub has it's wing out and was just about to roll

 

[appps]

If you look closely at this one, little bub has it's wing out and was just about to roll

How gorgeous is that!

 

[Fancychooklady]

Just popped in to thank everyone for their congratulations, kind words and support in relation to my minor bout of chicken mathitis! That whole ‘giving in to a broody’ versus ‘not being able to keep the babies’ is a tough one. I have given it a lot more thought and agree with the general consensus; Blondie is getting some eggs!. A bonus is, out of four possible broodies two will have chicks or eggs so that reduces my chances of more broodies by 50%, better odds than some Sorry about the quality of these (wire included) but I quickly snapped their first dust bath lesson: If you look closely at this one, little bub has it's wing out and was just about to roll

We ' enablers ' didn't have to twist your arm too hard . Lol, I love watching their first dust bath, it's like ' what the ?? , oh that looks like fun mum shove over.