Insecticides

[chicknmania]

That's interesting. I will get a fecal done then, if I can get one. Now she has diarrhea. I'm sure it's Marek's, mainly because we've had some other cases, BUT I had a bantam hen die about two weeks ago and I thought she had worms or parasites...I dewormed her but didn't get a chance to do much else for her before she died.

Good luck with your problem, we had terrible issues with Capillary worms last spring... a year ago...we finally got a negative reading on fecals after months of battling them. I'd be interested to learn what your test results are. I've been giving Yin Yang vitamin concentrates twice a day with anemia in mind...but now she's totally off her food. Still drinking well though. I started her on Hypericum yesterday. I don't know why they hate that stuff, but they do.

 

[Folly's place]

If your flock has Marek's disease, the birds will be immune suppressed and have more serious problems with any other disease or parasite. Nothing will fix the Marek's, but trying to keep other issues under control will help. Mary

 

[chicknmania]

If your flock has Marek's disease, the birds will be immune suppressed and have more serious problems with any other disease or parasite. Nothing will fix the Marek's, but trying to keep other issues under control will help. Mary

That is not necessarily true. they may turn out to all be carriers, but they won't necessarily have immunosuppression problems.

 

[chickengeorgeto]

You should first decide whether your hen is infested with lice or mites. Then if she has mites the species of the mites is important to craft a effective treatment. While killing the mites with a pesticide that you pour on her skin is effective, don't forget about the most common way lice and mites re-infest your birds is bird to bird contact. Delouse and de-mite all of your birds at one time and don't forget that using an insecticide to treat the premise that the birds live in is not as hard on your poultry as pouring insecticide onto the birds body.

Permethrin is a common insecticide that is safe when used properly. In fact there is currently no egg withdrawal period in the USA if you use Permethrin.

 

[Bigsmoke]

sure

 

[chicknmania]

You should first decide whether your hen is infested with lice or mites. Then if she has mites the species of the mites is important to craft a effective treatment. While killing the mites with a pesticide that you pour on her skin is effective, don't forget about the most common way lice and mites re-infest your birds is bird to bird contact. Delouse and de-mite all of your birds at one time and don't forget that using an insecticide to treat the premise that the birds live in is not as hard on your poultry as pouring insecticide onto the birds body.

Permethrin is a common insecticide that is safe when used properly. In fact there is currently no egg withdrawal period in the USA if you use Permethrin.

We have a big free range flock so that is pretty much impossible to do individual birds. they do have a bath to which we add ingredients periodically to kill external parasites, including Insectrin, wood ash, and Sulfur powder. I don't think we have a serious lice problem at present. Sick birds in hospital pens are going to be more likely to get infested, if for no other reason than that they can't or don't want to dust bathe. Anyway, I am sure at this point that YinYang has Marek's...happily, she seems to be recovering with the use of HP, and supplements.

 

[chicknmania]

And no, I don't think she has mites. They should be easier to see, especially since she is white with white skin. And I haven't seen any on her at all. That's why it was hard to see the lice, with her being white.