Cochin Thread!!!

[PrestonC]

Are there certain colors of cochins that will stay cooler in Central TX??? Don't want to get something that is not going to make it out here!

 

[lilcrow]

agreed ivermectin is my first choice for anything parasitic in poultry...

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if her face is cracking and scaly, she needs immediate help. natural methods are NOT fast, if they work at all, but more for maintenance at best IMO. the pet bird sprays are next to useless in my experience, if that's what you're referring to.

you're better off giving her a good soap and water bath, making sure she's soaked, suds'd and rinsed well, followed with a second rinse of vinegar water (1c to about 3-4 gallons of water). the vinegar water helps the feathers fluff back when they dry. otherwise they'll be clumpy. THEN treat with ivermectin to kill anything that didn't get washed off... that will also help clean and fluff her butt some too, so you can trim the worst of the dirty feathers.

Agreed, a bath will get the bulk of them off of her. You can also use flea shampoo for dogs. I'm going to guess when you pick her up, she feel "light," or underweight. This due to the mites bleeding her to death. Please don't waste time of this, it really is critical.

 

[makluvsanimals]

ok thanks for the help

 

[Scifisarah]

I hatched 8 bantam cochin chicks from a mottled cock and blue mottled hen - 4 mottled and 4 blue mottled, with 2 males and 2 females for each color. Wow, I wish genetics and hatches were always this predictable. Next time I will surely end up with 7 cockerals and 1 pullet.

 

[CyndiChick]

I hatched 8 bantam cochin chicks from a mottled cock and blue mottled hen - 4 mottled and 4 blue mottled, with 2 males and 2 females for each color. Wow, I wish genetics and hatches were always this predictable. Next time I will surely end up with 7 cockerals and 1 pullet.

Nice! I bought 14 chicks once and got 11 roos lol

 

[makluvsanimals]

anyone else have any ideas on how to help my little black bantam cochin

 

[Scifisarah]

anyone else have any ideas on how to help my little black bantam cochin

I think the advice you have been given is the best course of action. Do both of the following:

1: Bath - You can use two buckets, one for soaping and one for rinsing, or two sides of a kitchen sink. The sprayer does come in handy for rinsing.

2: Either Ivermectin or Frontline, although I only use 2-3 drops for my bantam cochins. Just keep in mind it must contact their skin. If it just goes on their feathers, it will not be very affective.

 

[Crooked-Creek]

Someone once told me that Vaseline will smother mites when applied to scaly leg's. I feel an over the counter medication is more suitable in this case. The Vaseline might help put moisture back in your chickens skin. Good Luck!!!

 

[makluvsanimals]

ok thanks
ill try that
crooked creek
and scifisarah i will try to do that

 

[cochins1088]

anyone else have any ideas on how to help my little black bantam cochin

I use permethrin which is a poultry dust and I've had great success with it. It costs about $5 and it goes a long ways.

In fact, just yesterday I found a sultan hen with a bad infestation. It was the worst that I've seen in years. There were literally 1000s that were visible and they were crawling up my arms as I dusted, but sure enough, later that night I checked and there was nothing left alive. Remember that if you use the dust, you need to do it 3 times because it will only kill the live mites/lice, not their un-hatched eggs.


Here's what I use: