Today we found my daughters Bantam Leghorn cock dead. Last night, he looked like the picture above and we moved him inside. We believe it was from red mites. He has always been sensitive to mites, if that's possible. He would get them even when the others didn't and they were very hard to erradicate on him. We treated him for mites 6 days ago: dusted him with Sevin, treated with Revolution, changed his bedding and sprayed his coup with Sevin. He was holding his own this week and was eating and drinking. We were giving him Nutradrench. Yesterday, I retreated him as the second round for newly hatched mites. His poop was normal, but yesterday I purchased Ivermectin to give him as a last ditch effort.
Today, even though none of my other birds have mites, I will dust them all again.
We are pretty sad about the whole thing and all the effort we put out to save Hercules. If anyone has any words of wisdom, we would love to hear them. Could we have done a better job? Are some chickens more susceptible?
if all goes well I should be able to start collecting next week. Im expectShouts of outrage from hensemanation from the white hen any day now. Im hoping to get one more hen from the wild west sereama show at the end of feburary.
Welcome to the thread! I like your name! My dad's name is Robert and my oldest son's name is Jordan. Plus, we are Wheel of Time geeks, too! My 3 sons and I have read all of them. I plan on buying them for my Kindle and reading them again. Loved them!
Welcome to the thread! I like your name! My dad's name is Robert and my oldest son's name is Jordan. Plus, we are Wheel of Time geeks, too! My 3 sons and I have read all of them. I plan on buying them for my Kindle and reading them again. Loved them!
Welcome to the thread! I like your name! My dad's name is Robert and my oldest son's name is Jordan. Plus, we are Wheel of Time geeks, too! My 3 sons and I have read all of them. I plan on buying them for my Kindle and reading them again. Loved them!
So sorry for your loss. I recommend sending him to Davis, too. If you decide to do that and won't be mailing him until Monday, soap his feathers up with soapy water before bagging & refrigerating.
Today we found my daughters Bantam Leghorn cock dead. Last night, he looked like the picture above and we moved him inside. We believe it was from red mites. He has always been sensitive to mites, if that's possible. He would get them even when yhe others didn't and they were very hard to erradicate on him. We treated him for mites 6 days ago: dusted him with Sevin, treated with Revolution, changed his bedding and sprayed his coup with Sevin. He was holding his own this week and was eating and drinking. We were giving him Nutradrench. Yesterday, I retreated him as the second round for newly hatched mites. His poop was normal, but yesterday I purchased Ivermectin to give him as a last ditch effort.
Today, even though none of my other birds have mites, I will dust them all again.
We are pretty sad about the whole thing and all the effort we put out to save Hercules. If anyone has any words of wisdom, we would love to hear them. Could we have done a better job? Are some chickens more susceptible?
