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Originally Posted by dawg53
I'd forget the DE and use sevin dust.****Permetherin is the active ingredient in sevin dust. On the hens that look bald with redness I take a nylon filled with sevin and dust them individually. I have someone helping and doing a full clean out today and spraying the permetherin top to bottom and in every crevise. I had my son take my brother-in-law's loader and scrape out the pen as best as he could, that is going to get sprayed too.
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Originally Posted by pips&peeps
If you are loosing that many birds, why would you not send one in for a necropsy? It seems to me you have lost more in birds than what a necropsy would cost you.****Both my husband and myself are disabled and rely on family to get by and the egg money supliments our funds. So money is really an issue.
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Originally Posted by FireTigeris
What's the discoloring dirt at the vent?****She was laying by the food and water and it looked like maybe she may have been sitting in some of the water mess with the pellet dust.
Is your coop the type where you could look for stools?****Yes, no blood or parasites noticable. Most stools look normal. A couple of splats but nothing out of the ordinary.
Check your Agricultural extension office for free necropsy -**** I have emailed, them waiting on a response. The problem would be, even if they did I live 3 hours away from them. Not really accessible for me to get a hen to them but maybe they give me an educated guess.
Heat + Mites could be dropping them...**** That is what I'm leaning towards. We are expecting more heat this weekend.
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Originally Posted by SteffyK
I am so glad you posted...Sorry for your losses... I am finding dead chickens too. ****Sorry to hear your having the same problem.
I started out with 40, and in the last week I have found at least 1 dead a day. These are all apparently healthy birds. I have started a Solumet regimen for 3 days (morning waters) and electrolytes too in their afternoon/evening waters. I am hoping this will help, at the very least it won't hurt!****Can't hurt to try that. Good luck to you as well.
Thank you again everyone.
Originally Posted by dawg53
I'd forget the DE and use sevin dust.****Permetherin is the active ingredient in sevin dust. On the hens that look bald with redness I take a nylon filled with sevin and dust them individually. I have someone helping and doing a full clean out today and spraying the permetherin top to bottom and in every crevise. I had my son take my brother-in-law's loader and scrape out the pen as best as he could, that is going to get sprayed too.
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Originally Posted by pips&peeps
If you are loosing that many birds, why would you not send one in for a necropsy? It seems to me you have lost more in birds than what a necropsy would cost you.****Both my husband and myself are disabled and rely on family to get by and the egg money supliments our funds. So money is really an issue.
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Originally Posted by FireTigeris
What's the discoloring dirt at the vent?****She was laying by the food and water and it looked like maybe she may have been sitting in some of the water mess with the pellet dust.
Is your coop the type where you could look for stools?****Yes, no blood or parasites noticable. Most stools look normal. A couple of splats but nothing out of the ordinary.
Check your Agricultural extension office for free necropsy -**** I have emailed, them waiting on a response. The problem would be, even if they did I live 3 hours away from them. Not really accessible for me to get a hen to them but maybe they give me an educated guess.
Heat + Mites could be dropping them...**** That is what I'm leaning towards. We are expecting more heat this weekend.
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Originally Posted by SteffyK
I am so glad you posted...Sorry for your losses... I am finding dead chickens too. ****Sorry to hear your having the same problem.
I started out with 40, and in the last week I have found at least 1 dead a day. These are all apparently healthy birds. I have started a Solumet regimen for 3 days (morning waters) and electrolytes too in their afternoon/evening waters. I am hoping this will help, at the very least it won't hurt!****Can't hurt to try that. Good luck to you as well.
Thank you again everyone.
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