California - Northern

[Chickengirl1304]

A little help....CCLs...only two have big obvious white spots on the head and are lighter in color. The others have a tiny white spot and are darker...what do you think as far as sex?

 

[ronott1]

A little help....CCLs...only two have big obvious white spots on the head and are lighter in color. The others have a tiny white spot and are darker...what do you think as far as sex?

Darker color, more defined chip monk pattern and a small well defined dot in the head is a pullet. the gray one is a cockerel in your picture. The top one still has a larger white mark on the head. Guaranteed pullets have no spot on the head. Go with cockerels for both of those so if selling them do not sell them as pullets.

Congrats!

 

[One Chick Two]

Yes I do at least wait till December to put them on Craig's List or advertise the here on BYC .....

Just curious, why do you wait until Dec.?

 

[AmyPaperlady]

I guess Frieda just felt like hanging out in the nest box yesterday.

 

[BCollie]

So I seem to have found mites or lice in my coop today while cleaning out the old bedding...They are TINNNYYY tan/brown bugs. I have poultry dust that I can use in the coop, I think I have 2 pounds of it. Questions:
1. Do I need to dust my birds even though I haven't seen any bugs on them, even at night, when I checked?
2. I'm going to be rinsing out the coop really well with water, do I need to use anything else in the coop after it's dried besides the poultry dust?
3. Do I apply the dust BEFORE or AFTER I put in the new bedding?
4. How much of the dust do I use in the coop?

I'll go get the info on the brand & how much dust I have...
EDIT: Prozap Garden and Poultry Dust, 2lbs

 

[gander007]

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Well it seems people are more likely to drive up here to pick up a had full of hens in the fall and winter then during the spring and summer as it is hot for them and I sometimes get people from as far away as San Diego and Los Angeles area otherwise I have to put them in the mail and with adults I would prefer to have them picked up .......

Now the chicks I have right now will be of laying age by December as well ......

 

[ronott1]

So I seem to have found mites or lice in my coop today while cleaning out the old bedding...They are TINNNYYY tan/brown bugs. I have poultry dust that I can use in the coop, I think I have 2 pounds of it. Questions:
1. Do I need to dust my birds even though I haven't seen any bugs on them, even at night, when I checked?
2. I'm going to be rinsing out the coop really well with water, do I need to use anything else in the coop after it's dried besides the poultry dust?
3. Do I apply the dust BEFORE or AFTER I put in the new bedding?
4. How much of the dust do I use in the coop?

I'll go get the info on the brand & how much dust I have...
EDIT: Prozap Garden and Poultry Dust, 2lbs

Mites.

Get Permectrin or seven liquid spray and spray the crack, corners, under the bedding, all sides or the roost and use vegetable powder or seven to dust the chickens. Repeat the dusting at 7 to 10 days and retreat the coop in two weeks.

Mites, depending on the type, can kill chickens. Lice are an annoyance.

 

[ronott1]

I guess Frieda just felt like hanging out in the nest box yesterday.

I have one that does that. She acts broody for several days and then goes back out with the flock.

 

[BCollie]

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I looked online, Googled "chicken lice" and "chicken mites" and they look like lice, they aren't round-ish like mites. They're skinny looking like the lice are. I'd send a picture taken with my macro lens but I already sprayed down the coop with water so they've probably all drowned
Where can I get Sevin Liquid Spray?
EDIT: I have Permethrin, will that work to use in the coop instead of the Sevin Liquid Spray? It's the poultry dust, it says Permethrin on it

 

[BCollie]

Okay, so Sevin Liquid Spray AKA Sevin Insecticide??? is safe to use in the chicken coop? Looks like I can get it at Home Depot. I just realized you said Permectrin, not Permethrin