Barnevelder breeders lets work together and improve the breed

[tls_ranch]

In the SOP the breed description does mention two colors: double laced partridge and stippled partridge. The SOP points out that the double laced is more popular. The "ideal" color description is for a double laced...not stippled partridge. That's why I assumed that the accepted color is double-laced. It also says that "peppering" would be considered a fault. "Stippled" would have a lot of "peppering" right?

Trisha

 

[Tailfeathers]

Hi everyone: I have a worming question.
I have never wormed my egg layers. I have 9 hens, a colorful mixed flock. I have never wormed them because I sell the eggs. They are 5 to 6 years old now. What should I worm them with? I saw an ad for a product that worms naturally and wouldn't stop the eggs from being eaten. Does it work? Verm-X?
These girls do get an hour each night out of the pen to forage and scratch around in the weeds. The laying is pretty good for old gals. Out of the 9, I usually get 5 or 6 eggs per day. What to do??? I tried pumpkin seeds. They didn't like them.
Aya

I'm so far behind on my threads it isn't even funny and still have about 10 pages or so to catch up on this one but I wanted to quickly address this in case no one else did yet. If you go to Facebook and The Chicken Group, I wrote a paper on Worming that is fairly extensive and should answer your questions.

God Bless,

 

[AyaBlodgett]

Thanks, Tailfeathers. Aya

 

[mountainvieworchards]

Hi Royce

I don't have facebook is there another way to look at your worming paper. I have some pour on Ivermectin and want to know how to dose my birds with this, I would like to add it to waterer if possible so I don't have to catch them all for topical treatment. Also want to know about holding back eating eggs after treatment. Right now only my older pullets and my barred rock hens are laying so I think it is a good time to treat them as far as eggs go.

Andy

 

[BlackBrookPoultry]

I used Eprinex (pour on Ivomec) at 1/2 cc per standard bird and 1/4 cc for bantams. I prefer to do it this way so I know each bird is getting a full dose instead of using something in the water.

 

[RachaelS]

Do you give them a shot of it, or just put it on their skin?

 

[mountainvieworchards]

Thanks I guess I will do it at night when everyone is on the roost. Any info about with holding eggs from humans after worming with Ivermectin?

Andy

 

[Happy Chooks]

Thanks I guess I will do it at night when everyone is on the roost. Any info about with holding eggs from humans after worming with Ivermectin?

Andy

Andy,

I found this because I also bought the Ivomec this year. (I usually use Valbazen) Dawg knows A LOT about chicken dosages, I would trust his information. I plan on following this. Withdrawal from eggs is 2 weeks.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/403549/ivermectin-pour-on/0_50#post_4888556

 

[BlackBrookPoultry]

You put it on the skin. According to my Veterninarian you do not need to with hold eggs. And he buys eggs from me so I trust that opinion.

 

[juststruttin]

From what I heard but I have not verified, Ivermectin is the same medicine used on humane for worms so trace amounts in the eggs is supposed to be safe. However, Ivermectin is poisonous to dogs so it is not recommended to feed dogs eggs with traces of it.

I followed the two week rule because I heard if the birds do have worms, you may find a worm in the egg. If I ever found a worm in an egg, I doubt I could eat them ever again. That would be such a turn off

I like to use Ivermectin to handle mites, as I have never seen any evidence of worms.