grannys gone and done it

[lindalouly]

If you wait til dark and go out to the coop and swipe the roost with a clean paper towel.. If it come back blood specked you have red mites. Aart told me that trick.

 

[shell shocked]

hi yer linda you sound did you enjoy that ape pic our kerry still works it to her fella about it

 

[lindalouly]

hi yer linda you sound       did you enjoy that ape pic our kerry still works it to her fella about it                          

I did. Thought that was hilarious!! I'm good. All the boys went to school today. That is something to celebrate

 

[Wishing4Wings]

One of the chocolate babies. Check out those wings!

Looks like lockdown to me!

Ragnar was tidbitting for me!

Anyone know what kind of bug this is? They came out when I flipped up Lagertha's curtain.

Do the bugs have little thin snouts? For some reason they look like weevils, but I really can't see them well. Look at the eggs under Lagertha. You'll see mites crawling on the eggs if she got them.


What breed is the chocolate baby? Is it silkied?

 

[shell shocked]

I did. Thought that was hilarious!! I'm good. All the boys went to school today. That is something to celebrate

good i am made up for you that things are starting to come good for you i take it your
nipper is back on his feet again

 

[lindalouly]

good i am made up for you that things are starting to come good for you i take it your 
nipper is back on his feet again                  

Yes!! Indeed

 

[campingshaws]

One of the chocolate babies. Check out those wings! Looks like lockdown to me! Ragnar was tidbitting for me! Anyone know what kind of bug this is? They came out when I flipped up Lagertha's curtain.

Do the bugs have little thin snouts? For some reason they look like weevils, but I really can't see them well. Look at the eggs under Lagertha. You'll see mites crawling on the eggs if she got them. What breed is the chocolate baby? Is it silkied?

The last time I posted the bugs we all decided they weren't mites. I sevined the crap out of the tractor and let it sit awhile before I put them in. But there they are, living in the crevices of her nest. Choco chick is most likely EE (EE hen under amerecauna x HRIR roo). I saw the RIR breeding hens today, but I don't think he was four weeks ago. Edit: not silkied. I don't have anything with those genes, though KYTinpusher has educated me on the wooly honas, which carry a silky gene. Some of the GFF imports are like that and I LOVE them.

 

[lindalouly]

Do the bugs have little thin snouts?  For some reason they look like weevils, but I really can't see them well.  Look at the eggs under Lagertha. You'll see mites crawling on the eggs if she got them.


What breed is the chocolate baby?  Is it silkied? 

Those could have came from the hay maybe. Had to google weevils. Icky!!

 

[Sally Sunshine]

I could go on about how "breed standards" end up destroying the lines....look at the American line German shepherds now and all the problems with hip dyslexia and such since the breed standard seems to cater to the slopey bum. Sigh.

Course the hardcore breeder people would have an apolexy with my flock. They're all feed store specials, and honestly they all do just fine.

Just my uneducated two cents.

Quote: ummmm why wouldnt you? a few questions thats all!

I would never on purpose sell chicks for snake food. They are supposed to be RIR but I think they are production reds. sexed females 6 of them .

hmmmmm I may or may not think about that. Having had snakes they need to eat too. but chicks are much cuter than mice

Quote:
not so much

Sgt Schultz in a moomoo

hurts the head

Quote: what are we liking granny dear?

Gd chased chickens. Caught one by the flag feather. Her mom & me laughed til we cried. Here she is with her curly sue pig tails today. Oh yeah we had to come in because she was playing in mud puddle.

oh my sweetness!!!! how cute!!!

One of the chocolate babies. Check out those wings!

Looks like lockdown to me!

Ragnar was tidbitting for me!

Anyone know what kind of bug this is? They came out when I flipped up Lagertha's curtain.

lol def lockdown!!! love the chickie!!!

hi every one hope you are all sound

@Akrnaf2 I don't know if I can. They're like grains of sand and very fast.



I tried to enhance it.

Common Lice and Mites of Poultry:post #27130
Controlling Mites in Your Poultry Flock click HERE

one of those has images

 

[Wishing4Wings]

I had red mites in the pen in the garage. It has a wooden frame around the base to keep shavings in, vinyl floor and wire sides. Eggs hatched out a year after chicks were gone and the whole thing had been taken apart and sprayed with orange oil mite killer and coated with DE. Ha. Took it apart again and sprayed everything with strong bleach water. Cage was empty for a year, and mites hatched out again!

I got flea spray with permethrin. That's the only thing that killed them off.


If you think they are mites, check the hen around her vent. It will be hard to see on her dark skin. Maybe a flashlight? Will she bite you?