Australorps breed Thread

[ronott1]

Ron, How do you use Ivermectin? I have some Ivomec I use for heartworm preventative on my dogs. Have for many years.

Dan

I use Cattle\swine injectable, not pour on in their water at 4ccs per gallon for two days and repeat after 10 days. The last time I treated them I sent a manure sample in to UCD after the first round of treatment, and there were no Worms!

 

[MeanV2]

I use Cattle\swine injectable, not pour on in their water at 4ccs per gallon for two days and repeat after 10 days. The last time I treated them I sent a manure sample in to UCD after the first round of treatment, and there were no Worms!

The injectable is what I have and use on the dogs. I am thinking I read somewhere about someone putting a drop or 2 on the backs for parasites? Maybe that was the pour on?

Dan

 

[MeanV2]

chicks arrived this morning

Nice!! Keep their growth posted here. Congrats!!

Dan

 

[ronott1]

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Yes, the pour on is dabbed around the vent and under the wings. The instructions above are for the type you have.

If you live in CA you can mail a fecal sample to UCD for testing before treating.

 

[DeesHens]

chicks arrived this morning

Cute pic! They look healthy. Do you mind sharing where they are from? Sure are cute little chicks... especially the BA's. I am partial to them.

~Dee~

 

[thedragonlady]

There are people out there that want eggs and meat from chickens that have never been fed non organic feed of feed with Soy or Corn. The egg farmer I am working with is setting up a pen like that for sales to folks on a special diet. I have not found medicated feed that works for that.

Some places have worse fungus that causes Cocci too and the medicated feed does not protect them long enough to build resistance.

I have a friend who has a big farm, and tries to raise everything with out feeding medicated feeds. Cattle, sheep, goats, and chickens ( Orps). She has tremendous losses every year from Coccidia, and worms. When she has outbreaks, she then medicates, but the losses and stunting are very apparent. These animals are not overcrowded either, and are all well fed .I went out to help her select some breeder birds for her to keep. I could SMELL the coccidia in the first 3, 8 month old pullets I picked up.What I was smelling, for those who do not know, was the intestinal lining being sloughed after dying, and rotting in the birds. She told me that she had just lost 3, 8 month old birds. I showed her that the 3, I had handled also were passing blood. Time to medicate....She lost a total of 10 birds before the Corid worked.

Coccidiosis is an opportunistic disease. It is caused by a protozoa , that can multiply like " The Andromeda Strain", overnight, when bird/ animals are stressed, particularly.Fungus has nothing to do with it's growth, that I know of. Over time though, a property can become contaminated with a heavy load of oocysts ( eggs ) that are passed by animals/ birds harboring them.

For this reason, I have always quarantined and medicated new birds coming onto my property. I run fecals before they enter the flock. Young birds are kept on medicated feed until after they have been integrated into the flock, by being fed in a creep feeder, to also lower stress. This works for me.

 

[aveca]

Its the same way with Bees, Vickie, 20 and 30 years ago you could go all organic with bees..now forget it..we lost both hives this year..husband was dead against treating them and lost them all with 2 full honey hives..and I mean they filled those hives and were ready..a freind in ithaca lost 200 hives..you just have to treat for everything from foul brood to nothern mite ect. now a days or loose them....there is a new strain that is resistant to foul brood hes going to try...really sad to see every frame filled and pile of dead bees

Nice babies OCAP..Who knew there was such a thing as a blue australorp and look at the little splash in there..they look like chet hupps babies..the creator of the only blue aussies in US. I have from his group a really sharp little blk female Im watching..if she feathers out real nice Im going to take her around to shows with me..

 

[ocap]

Cute pic! They look healthy. Do you mind sharing where they are from? Sure are cute little chicks... especially the BA's. I am partial to them.

~Dee~

Purchased these from Mr. Urch.
10 BA, 8 Silver Penciled Wyandotte, and 8 Buckeye.
No White Jersey Giant were available, Cock died.
June 3, I will be getting a few more BAs from Cackle along with silkies for brooding, looking forward to comparing, I have read a lot (on this web site) about variation in size between breeders so I will be able to learn first hand.
I do not plan on ever showing.

 

[aveca]

going to be real nice flock for you coming from mr urch

 

[ronott1]

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You will love them!