HI There! SORRY THIS IS SO LONG !
I am BRAND new to this forum ! New to chickens .. We have had our hens & 1 rooster about a year now with no real issues! This past week we have had 6 of our 13 losing feather looking not great. I found they had lice ! We are have issues with small birds getting in there large pen & eating their feed. We also have an area for them to free range in our yard. It's open but not to the whole yard because of our Corgi ! I treated them with DE which did not work .. I'm in Canada & I could not buy a mite/lice dusting powder .. You have to have a farming license to buy it here. We went across the boarder & got GARDSTAR GARDEN & POULTRY DUST it seems to be working for the lice!
WHEN DO I REPEAT IT ?
WE CLEAN EVERTHING ! 3x over ..
NOW I have 6 that are wheezing in their chest, funny breathing .. sticky mucus on their beaks ..
AT MY TSC I was given NEOMYCIN 325 water soluble powder.. I am using a 5 gallon water ..
It reads 40gram per 225L of water .. My math is crap but my husband & I figured
3.3365 gram per 5 gallons
40g x 18.93L divided by 225
IS THIS CORRECT ?? I have been reading higher dosages ?? I do a fresh change each day, our 3rd day is today!
We have stopped eating the eggs.
How long after can we start eating them again?
I think I see an improvement ! I did also use Vet RX first day before I have the antibiotics ..
THANK YOU ! A little overwhelmed!
PS we keep a very clean coop ! We have construction grade sand to roll in .. I have 2 young boy 10 & 13 who love their chickens very much !
I am BRAND new to this forum ! New to chickens .. We have had our hens & 1 rooster about a year now with no real issues! This past week we have had 6 of our 13 losing feather looking not great. I found they had lice ! We are have issues with small birds getting in there large pen & eating their feed. We also have an area for them to free range in our yard. It's open but not to the whole yard because of our Corgi ! I treated them with DE which did not work .. I'm in Canada & I could not buy a mite/lice dusting powder .. You have to have a farming license to buy it here. We went across the boarder & got GARDSTAR GARDEN & POULTRY DUST it seems to be working for the lice!
WHEN DO I REPEAT IT ?
WE CLEAN EVERTHING ! 3x over ..
NOW I have 6 that are wheezing in their chest, funny breathing .. sticky mucus on their beaks ..
AT MY TSC I was given NEOMYCIN 325 water soluble powder.. I am using a 5 gallon water ..
It reads 40gram per 225L of water .. My math is crap but my husband & I figured
3.3365 gram per 5 gallons
40g x 18.93L divided by 225
IS THIS CORRECT ?? I have been reading higher dosages ?? I do a fresh change each day, our 3rd day is today!
We have stopped eating the eggs.
How long after can we start eating them again?
I think I see an improvement ! I did also use Vet RX first day before I have the antibiotics ..
THANK YOU ! A little overwhelmed!
PS we keep a very clean coop ! We have construction grade sand to roll in .. I have 2 young boy 10 & 13 who love their chickens very much !