Ok, I’ve kidnapped three chickens I’ve been treating and re-located them to my barn, isolated from my flocks. 2/3 have really nasty leg mite infestations, and all have probable reproductive problems. 1 sapinglitis, 2 with ascites. None are laying. I have been giving them Baytril and their conditions are improving. Lice problems are now under control. I want to treat them with pour on ivermectin for the leg mites, as I don’t have running water/electricity up here to deal with soggy chickens from soaking/oiling. Today is day 5 of the Baytril for the last one to get it, the others have been off it for over a week, and 3 days respectively.
I complicated it further this morning by tossing one of my cockerels from my flock in with them. Their housing is inadequate for the number of boys I have in there, and he was getting pecked and harassed mercilessly by my dominant cockerel (he was second most dominant in the flock and I want to keep him for breeding). I didn’t want to expose him to the SLM, but we’ve got an arctic outflow with strong winds, freezing temps, and he was trying desperately to escape with no where to go except behind me. He’s bleeding a bit on his comb and near his nostrils from the pecking, but nothing serious. I just couldn’t deal with the winds, freezing and fighting this morning before coffee!
So, can I treat the older girls with the ivermectin cattle pour on so soon after the Baytril? What dosage do I use? Should I hit my cockerel with it as well?
He’s to go in with the 7 other girls I’m going to “relocate” once I get more housing built out here. I assisted his hatch, he was my last successful egg, and is a real sweetie. I have 2 other boys in there that are slated for freezer camp soon, and two others that my dominant guy ignores (all the same age but different breeds, mostly similar in size)
I complicated it further this morning by tossing one of my cockerels from my flock in with them. Their housing is inadequate for the number of boys I have in there, and he was getting pecked and harassed mercilessly by my dominant cockerel (he was second most dominant in the flock and I want to keep him for breeding). I didn’t want to expose him to the SLM, but we’ve got an arctic outflow with strong winds, freezing temps, and he was trying desperately to escape with no where to go except behind me. He’s bleeding a bit on his comb and near his nostrils from the pecking, but nothing serious. I just couldn’t deal with the winds, freezing and fighting this morning before coffee!
So, can I treat the older girls with the ivermectin cattle pour on so soon after the Baytril? What dosage do I use? Should I hit my cockerel with it as well?
He’s to go in with the 7 other girls I’m going to “relocate” once I get more housing built out here. I assisted his hatch, he was my last successful egg, and is a real sweetie. I have 2 other boys in there that are slated for freezer camp soon, and two others that my dominant guy ignores (all the same age but different breeds, mostly similar in size)
How should I fix this” moment 
I do not want to deal with SLM in my Marans and him with their feathered feet and shanks.
