California - Northern

[Happy Chooks]

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Curiously, how much of what type did you give?

-Kathy

It's been a few years, so I'm not positive, but I believe it was 1/2 cc for adults, 1/4 cc for juveniles/bantams. It's added topically, so you have to part the feathers and add it to the skin between the wings.

I would love to have bees! My great grandfather had hives and my second cousin let me come out a couple of times to see how things work.
But alas, that DH says no. He says he's "deathly allergic", but I told him we should test him before he scraps the whole idea. But he let's me have lots of chickens, ducks and quail so I can't complain. I just remember my great grandparents having honeycomb sitting on a jar on the counter and their amazing garden! there was 1/2 acre of just a zinnia garden alone! those things were huge! Here are pics I took all suited up:
Here was my cousin showing me his work. Here is the shot of the queen with the blue dot

Beautiful pictures!

Even with tending to the hive, I've only been stung on 2 occasions, and neither were when I was inside the hive. The first, I was adding the feeder and squished a bee by accident.(a few years ago) The 2nd was a bee flew into me and got caught in my hair. It was ticked off big time and I knew I was going to get stung. Then, I forgot about the pheremone and went outside later to collect eggs, and got stung again in the same spot. I went back inside and took a shower before going back out. They really don't want to sting you.

Cool bee photos! My hubby had to add a super on Friday, one of our hives was so busy! Caught to wild hived last spring, so this will be the first time (in Jue) that we'll take some honey. I'm so excited!

Yes, two years ago the late heavy rain/wind in June destroyed our olive crop here in Sonoma County. 90%+ crop loss! Wind pollinators...what do you do!?! Hopefully the orchard fruits will be fine! Frost danger is the issue right now!

I hope mine haven't filled theirs up yet! At least not until I can check on them and see what's going on!

 

[casportpony]

I'm in San Francisco and have two dearly loved Pekin ducks and need someone who might care for them from time to time. Anyone know of anyone who is super good and takes good care of dearly beloved quackery?

Diana Robinson

Call the vet office listed below and ask them if they can recommend someone:

Bay Area Bird Hospital
415-566-4359
2145 Taraval St.
San Francisco, CA 94116

-Kathy

 

[chrissyr]

Cool bee photos! My hubby had to add a super on Friday, one of our hives was so busy! Caught to wild hived last spring, so this will be the first time (in Jue) that we'll take some honey. I'm so excited!

Yes, two years ago the late heavy rain/wind in June destroyed our olive crop here in Sonoma County. 90%+ crop loss! Wind pollinators...what do you do!?! Hopefully the orchard fruits will be fine! Frost danger is the issue right now!

I may have to come up your way for some honey

Me too! I would SO love to have a hive or 2. My husband kept bees in jr high before he found out just how allergic he was. He seems to have grown out of it but i have no idea how to find the time to properly devote to anorher hobby.

Time does get stretched thin with all of these hobbies

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It's been a few years, so I'm not positive, but I believe it was 1/2 cc for adults, 1/4 cc for juveniles/bantams. It's added topically, so you have to part the feathers and add it to the skin between the wings.

Beautiful pictures!

Even with tending to the hive, I've only been stung on 2 occasions, and neither were when I was inside the hive. The first, I was adding the feeder and squished a bee by accident.(a few years ago) The 2nd was a bee flew into me and got caught in my hair. It was ticked off big time and I knew I was going to get stung. Then, I forgot about the pheremone and went outside later to collect eggs, and got stung again in the same spot. I went back inside and took a shower before going back out. They really don't want to sting you.

I hope mine haven't filled theirs up yet! At least not until I can check on them and see what's going on!

I knew stings sent out pheremones, but didn't realize how strong it would stay around. That is all interesting.
Even during these pics, only a couple actually went on our face screen. Most didn't care. We get bees with the orchards and will get thousands flocking to puddles. You can walk right through them with no worries. My argument with DH is that in Spring we already have them with the orchards. Someday I'll get him tested and see if he can be around them, right now Its just a dream.

 

[casportpony]

Quote:

Curiously, how much of what type did you give?

-Kathy

It's been a few years, so I'm not positive, but I believe it was 1/2 cc for adults, 1/4 cc for juveniles/bantams. It's added topically, so you have to part the feathers and add it to the skin between the wings.
Darn,... Guess I'll have to wing it.

-Kathy

 

[PetRock]

Darn,... Guess I'll have to wing it.

-Kathy

I've used Eprinex before and it was 1/2 cc for adult/large birds and 1/4 cc for younger/small birds.

 

[casportpony]

Quote: Since both of you use the same amount, how much would you say the birds you treated weighed? Ballpark guess is okay...

-Kathy

 

[donaquijote]

Kathy,

Thanks for sending the reminder to call the vet in San Francisco for duck sitting names!

Diana

Anyone else have any ideas?

 

[HighStreetCoop]

I would love to have bees! My great grandfather had hives and my second cousin let me come out a couple of times to see how things work.
But alas, that DH says no. He says he's "deathly allergic", but I told him we should test him before he scraps the whole idea. But he let's me have lots of chickens, ducks and quail so I can't complain. I just remember my great grandparents having honeycomb sitting on a jar on the counter and their amazing garden! there was 1/2 acre of just a zinnia garden alone! those things were huge!
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Me too! I would SO love to have a hive or 2. My husband kept bees in jr high before he found out just how allergic he was. He seems to have grown out of it but i have no idea how to find the time to properly devote to anorher hobby.

There is a local group that places hives for their honey business (Beekind.com). I'm thinking about looking into it.

 

[Sylvester017]

It's been a few years, so I'm not positive, but I believe it was 1/2 cc for adults, 1/4 cc for juveniles/bantams. It's added topically, so you have to part the feathers and add it to the skin between the wings.

Hi Happy Chooks, I use Ivermectin paste (in a tube for equines) for my chickens because I like to individually dose to make certain every chicken gets definite treatment rather than leaving it to chance that they will consume the right level dosage with feed or water methods. Been using it for 21/2 yrs. I read the dosage for topical application of the Ivermectin paste is on the skin under the wings at one drop dose for each pound of the chicken's weight. With a Q-tip I use 2 drops (one drop under each wing) for a 2-lb bird, 5 drops (2 under one wing and 3 under the other wing) for a 5-lb bird, etc. I always wonder if the amount on the Q-tip is correct but since my birds are still alive and we have no worms/lice/mites I have to assume I've been doing it correctly (I have fecal samples done for worms 1x/yr). The vet is happy that I'm using it. I dose my hens 3x/yr. The downside is that we don't eat eggs for 14 days. But what I do is boil the egg and feed it back to the flock (one cooked egg between 3 birds is ok). I don't use Ivermectin during broodiness, illness, molting, or stress weather extremes which means they usually get dosed while the weather is nice and they are laying again. It's a shame to lose some of the eggs for our pantry but it's not a total loss to boil a couple every few days to feed back to the hens for extra protein. Our birds are more pets than for utility anyway. Some people say the topical method is useless and others say it works so who knows? I can only say what condition my flock is in after using Ivermectin paste topically for almost 3 years. I would love to rotate the wormer brands so the flock doesn't develop resistance to one wormer but I haven't decided on what to change if anything.

Does anyone rotate their wormers? Or what do you like to do? No judgments here, just like to know what others do for their flock.

 

[RooJi]

Uummmm im watching my dog eat chicken food right now.... Is that safe? I know he really like nuts and seeds but i think this is going a little far on his part.
I would show you a picture but it wont let me on my phone