I did make that suggestionSomeone should start a first egg pool. Date and color.
I like that idea!
Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock
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I like that idea!
Tippy is not feeling well, noticed last night she was very quiet and not joining in the fray for scratch grain.
This morning she was still on the roost ledge her wings all drooping. And she looked unwell, her eyes rhuemy like Sophia’s were. Her breathing is ok.
I popped 1/2 an aspirin and some Tylenol into her and after Bert harassed her I put her in with Mr P and the silkies.
She is roosting on the wall of the babies pen at the moment.
I’ll keep an eye on her.
This morning she was still on the roost ledge her wings all drooping. And she looked unwell, her eyes rhuemy like Sophia’s were. Her breathing is ok.
I popped 1/2 an aspirin and some Tylenol into her and after Bert harassed her I put her in with Mr P and the silkies.
She is roosting on the wall of the babies pen at the moment.
I’ll keep an eye on her.
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TSC carries it. I bought the smallest package for around $30. It'll be plenty, if I'm measuring it out in drops, as it's 8+ fl. oz.
This info is from The Chicken Chick:
Ivermectin Pour on:
1 drop for tiny chickens
3 drops for bantams
4 drops for lightweight
5 drops for large
6 drops for heavy birds
Ivomec Pour-on 5mg
.1 ml/kg (2.2 lbs) body weight
Administer to the back of the neck. Repeat in 14 days.
DO NOT OVERDOSE.
She recommends doing it under a vet's supervision, but that's not an option for many/most of us.
I was aiming for 3 drops on Pip's neck, but it might have all ended up on her feathers. I'm monitoring her night time poop on the poop board to watch for worms, and feeling her keel bone to see if she feels like she's put on any weight.
I hadn't heard of Bredas before you mentioned them, but that doesn't necessarily mean they are not present in France - I'm not very aware of chicken breeds. Most of mine are backyard mixes.
@BDutch might know about them, being from the Netherlands.
In France Ivermectin isn't used for worming chickens anymore because of the high level of resistance. But resistance varies a lot between different countries and even regions, so that doesn't mean much for you.
I have roundworms in my flock but haven't found an easy way to get a fecal float. So I treat the whole flock once a year in spring with Flubendazole (which isn't available in the US) or Fenbendazole (the stuff in Panacur).
Although it's often said on BYC that the whole flock will have round worms because they have a direct cycle (meaning the chickens eat the worm out of their friend's chicken's poop
) I've noticed when I've treated the whole flock that only three or four chickens have a worm load heavy enough to find dead worms in their poop.If I identify an individual chicken that poops roundworms in between, I usually don't treat if I see only one worm but I will treat individually again if I see more, or if I feel the said chicken is a bit under the weather.
Some of my chickens with the heaviest worm load that I see (they also have tapeworms) are also the ones that seem the most healthy, so I don't treat them more than the yearly flock deworming. For tapeworms I treat individually with Praziquantel and only chicken who seem unwell.
If you have anyway of actually weighing Pip, I would really do that. It's very helpful to have a weight reference for your chickens. I think it takes a lot of experience to evaluate weight gain or loss using the keel bone ; I'm often surprised, especially when they molt.
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There is 5mg/ml and 10mg/ml strength for ivermectin.
Yours is 5mg/ml. The dose is 0.04ml/kg (200 micrograms/kilo is standard for all livestock)
Do you know the amt in your drops?
https://bitchinchickens.com/2019/04/29/ivermectin-for-parasite-control/
From what I have read the dose there is incorrect and you need to double check the strength you are using.
There is 5mg/ml and 10mg/ml strength for ivermectin.
Yours is 5mg/ml. The dose is 0.04ml/kg (200 micrograms/kilo is standard for all livestock)
Do you know the amt in your drops?
https://bitchinchickens.com/2019/04/29/ivermectin-for-parasite-control/
@ManueB ~ TY for your answers. 
Never heard of them in the Netherlands, while the city Breda is definitely Dutch. The site http://www.kippenencyclopedie.nl/php/index.php
doesn’t mention Breda either. So its not an official breed here.
@Sally PB Also, I just remembered that you started keeping bees. Just in case your hives are within bee fly's range to your coop : Ivermectin and bees don't mix well. While it certainly wouldn't cause issues with just one chicken, I would think twice about using it systematically on the flock.
Recently we had a case here where a professional bee keeper lost so many hives he had to quit and he obtained a financial compensation from the AG chamber because it was recognised Ivomec for the sheep was responsible for his losses.
Recently we had a case here where a professional bee keeper lost so many hives he had to quit and he obtained a financial compensation from the AG chamber because it was recognised Ivomec for the sheep was responsible for his losses.
They might go under a different name in Deutsch.
There is some information in french website on the breed that also calls them Kraaikop (sorry if I made a spelling mistake).
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