Chickens In Ya Window

[scflock]

I'm glad I'm not the only one hoping to hatch before spring again. I just sold the last few chicks and my wife asked me how long it will be before we have chicks in the brooder in the garage again.   She is very patient with me.

What kind of stat did you get?

DE. I spread it in the nest boxes from time to time. May not fix it on the legs now, but it will kill all the crawlies in the nestbox and anywhere you spread it. We have wiped out whole ant colonies with it.

Your doing it right! 

i was suspicious yesterday, so I picked up a bag of DE at TS. On closer inspection today, a few of them are bad enough that immediate treatment is needed

 

[Ravynscroft]

i was suspicious yesterday, so I picked up a bag of DE at TS. On closer inspection today, a few of them are bad enough that immediate treatment is needed

DE has never worked for me... coat the legs with vaseline every day for a few days and either neem oil spray or permethrin dust on roosts, nest boxes and coops...

 

[WVduckchick]

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Not yet, but I'm checking the boxes every day.
Im doing coop chores today, and it looks like my d'Uccle have a case of leg mites
I've never had this before, but I've read about it, so guess I will be cleaning and disinfecting the coop, then trying to round these little speed demons up to treat their legs...

How did you find the mites to begin with?

 

[Ravynscroft]

I'm still waiting on those free-loading lavenders to give me some eggs.  Good grief, they are almost 26 weeks old!  The comets spoiled me with eggs at 17 weeks, I guess.  I did learn for sure though, that my 2 silkies are female.  After moving the lavenders last weekend, I'm still getting the eggs from the silkies.  I had been wondering if I might be getting a lavender egg, but nope, they are silkie eggs for sure. 

Comets are bred for quicker laying and higher production, lol... LO's are heavy layers so slower to start...

My BCM were 26 weeks before they started, and the Ams are 23 right now. I Wound up with 23 pullets from my BCM hatches, so I'm good there, but I'm dying to start throwing Ams in the incubator

Think my Am's were somewhere between 26-28 weeks before they started...

Hahahaha!!!!! I can't wait to see how this new thermostat is going to work for me.... Then my LG won't be a death trap amymore!!! yeah my silkie is still free loading.... and so are 2 of my EE and Alsteirer pullets.....but it is cooling off here so that probably why...I hope.

Not the cooling part, but the shorter day of light is what affects them... they need at least 14 (or 16?) hours of light per day to produce an egg...

 

[rossfam06]

I'm glad I'm not the only one hoping to hatch before spring again. I just sold the last few chicks and my wife asked me how long it will be before we have chicks in the brooder in the garage again.   She is very patient with me.

What kind of stat did you get?

DE. I spread it in the nest boxes from time to time. May not fix it on the legs now, but it will kill all the crawlies in the nestbox and anywhere you spread it. We have wiped out whole ant colonies with it.

Your doing it right! 

I got the incukit.....from incubator warehouse. It comes with a fan and it's preset. I like so far. Very steady.

Comets are bred for quicker laying and higher production, lol... LO's are heavy layers so slower to start...
Think my Am's were somewhere between 26-28 weeks before they started...
Not the cooling part, but the shorter day of light is what affects them... they need at least 14 (or 16?) hours of light per day to produce an egg...

Oh yeah duh!!!! Hahahhaa!!!!

 

[napdognewfie]

Ross would the incukit you got fit a small refigerator? Is everything actually there that you need?

 

[rossfam06]

Ross would the incukit you got fit a small refigerator? Is everything actually there that you need?

No its the smaller one for a desk top incubator. The next size up is for the mini fridge size. It was 150 I think. Mine was only 50 with shipping. Yes. Everything came with it that I needed. So I just had to add some extra holes for mounting and then I covered the fan with hardware cloth to avoid what happened to Amy chick!!! Hahahahahaha!!!

 

[napdognewfie]

Hmmm. I have this mini fridge. Hmmmm. That's a pretty reasonable price too. Hmmmmmm.

 

[rossfam06]

Hmmm. I have this mini fridge. Hmmmm. That's a pretty reasonable price too. Hmmmmmm.

Yep....Gachooks swears by ut. Her hatches are oser to 90% in her LG since she swapped. So I will let you know.

 

[scflock]

How did you find the mites to begin with?

They were scratching a lot. One quick look at their legs you could see it on a few. After rounding them up, the two oldest were really bad. I'm ashamed of myself, I should have never let that happen. I guess the feathered legs compound the problem, but my silkies and BCMs don't have it. I bet it came in with my original pair. Those were the two worst.
Chasing 13 d'uccle down in the middle of the day is not fun...
The inside of the coop was stripped and sprayed, aired out, then I put a dusting of DE under the bedding, put new bedding in, then dusted it and mixed it in. I have Sevin dust, but was afraid to use it in the coop