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

[MyHaven]

It's surprising how much they enjoy a good soak. The longer the better and the salts do help.
When was the last time she was wormed and what product did you use ?

Aristopet - levamisole.

A couple of months ago.

 

[MyHaven]

I have my new girls 60 of them. My husband knows chicken math too. lol I don't know what most of them are. I have no idea how I'm going to pick 20 to keep. The photos don't do them justice, tomorrow I will try and get some better pictures. I feel the luckiest person to have so many beautiful girls and a husband who is so understanding. He has been building and modifying all week for 40 and he brought home 60, he didn't know which to leave and they decided to leave it up to me. They are fliers so I am going to have trouble free ranging. Most of them are a small chicken, when I went out at 8pm they were roosting on the roof of the coop in one run and along the fence and above the door in the other run, I am so glad we put netting up in both runs. I will try trimming wings on some of the girls but I hate to chop such beautiful feathers.

Only 20. Oh my. Théy are so nice. Trim the wings right and you won't be able to see.

 

[Fancychooklady]

Aristopet - levamisole.

A couple of months ago.

With levamisole products there are 2x dosages . The weaker is just for round worm , do you remember what strength you dosed her with?
Regardless I'd be inclined to worm her again for good measure.

 

[MyHaven]

With levamisole products there are 2x dosages . The weaker is just for round worm , do you remember what strength you dosed her with?
Regardless I'd be inclined to worm her again for good measure.

Really, Two doses that's silly.

8.48g/l
For large round worm, caecal worm and hair worm. Specifically for food producing birds.

I had wondered that for good measure but also thought I don't want to give her anything unnecessary just for the sake of it.

We have had rain here on and off the last few weeks and that can cause worming problems.

 

[MyHaven]

Put crystal in a black out box. If she can't see any light she should be quite. If you do that for a few days it should make her happy and quite just to be on the coop.

Ha ha
I've got a feeling that will never happen from what I know of Tiela

I know this is old news for you. I forgot how far behind I was.

 

[Fancychooklady]

Really, Two doses that's silly.

8.48g/l
For large round worm, caecal worm and hair worm. Specifically for food producing birds.

I had wondered that for good measure but also thought I don't want to give her anything unnecessary just for the sake of it.

We have had rain here on and off the last few weeks and that can cause worming problems.

Yes it's confusing and unfortunately most people only read to the first dosage .

 

[Anniebee]

The best avian vet around here isn't opened weekends.

The good one I went to last time was the other side of the city.

There is one near here that is ok, but I haven't been able to get in to them on the past - which really makes them useless.

So I'll se how I go. Will let you know.

That's not the best news - about where avian vets / vets are in relation to you.

Again - all I can say is best of good luck with your white 'chicken-from-the-train' .... hens can be totally maddening at times, and nothing is ever for sure with them.

Am sure, if it relied on TLC only, she would come through with flying colours.

 

[MyHaven]

There was a group that setup to specifically import a few new breeds in Australia. They ran 3 sets and it takes about 2 years as it needs to be done in several quarantine stages, moving only the eggs for the next stage.

That's good news. The last lot I heard about ended up with all the hatched chicks being destroyed because of salmonella.

 

[MyHaven]

They look to be good quality chooks.  You shouldn't have any trouble selling some.
If you are trimming the wings, I recommend only doing one wing as that will unbalance them and make flying difficult.\
If you do both wings they learn to compensate.

I usually trim one wing only. Lucky is being an escape artist at the moment so I will have to trim hers. I have had six eggs already.  My nephew is coming today hopefully to tell me what some of them are.

I heard to cut feathers on only one wing and have always done so when necessary. I often advised people to do the same. The avian vet though has recently advised the unbalancing can cause the bird to have accidents and sustain injuries. While trimming both wings stops them getting the lift they need to escape while letting them keep control. I can post the instructions if anyone is interested.

 

[satay]

I heard to cut feathers on only one wing and have always done so when necessary. I often advised people to do the same. The avian vet though has recently advised the unbalancing can cause the bird to have accidents and sustain injuries. While trimming both wings stops them getting the lift they need to escape while letting them keep control. I can post the instructions if anyone is interested.

I have tied both methods with my aussies to try to keep them out of the banana garden. Neither has worked. I am still not sure how such weighty ladies manage to hike it up over the fence into there but they sure are determined.