"Louisiana "La-yers" Peeps"

[kuntrygirl]

Twins born a little while ago. Sorry for the bad pics. It's dark outside.

Lamb # 2 has that was born a couple days ago is being bottle fed. New mama has upset me because she does not want it to suck. She is partially rejecting it. She is still trying to get the lamb to walk and it already knows how to walk. The lamb tries to suck and she lets it suck for about 5 seconds and turns away. I thought this year would be different but I'm back to bottle feeding. We will be building a milk stand to secure the mama so that the baby can suck her milk. My bottle fed lambs are not as big as the lambs that suck the mama.

 

[LemonMeringue]

Who all's goin to LSUA today?

Jeff

We went yesterday. Enjoyed seeing all the tiny bantams. It was nice to have a 1/2 break, with the family, from the rat race!

 

[CackedNut]

I haven't yet this year but they're coming an article for LSU Ag said

red mites raid the south every spring fast and hard ...good job that you noticed and caught it and treated thoroughly and fast..great chicken mama! I hope they skip us

but article I read said be ready, doh until all the meaties are processed

we don't use anything chemical here with them on the grounds so I'm in for a fight if they show up beforehand. Already getting my butt kicked by fire ants lol . ..

I've got to get better educated about them. I prefer not to use chemicals, but I had declared a state of emergency, so out came the big guns! Now, I will start to learns and see how I can prevent and be better prepared for them in the future. Me yesterday...

...done!

 

[CackedNut]

Twins born a little while ago. Sorry for the bad pics. It's dark outside.





Lamb # 2 has that was born a couple days ago is being bottle fed. New mama has upset me because she does not want it to suck. She is partially rejecting it. She is still trying to get the lamb to walk and it already knows how to walk. The lamb tries to suck and she lets it suck for about 5 seconds and turns away.

I thought this year would be different but I'm back to bottle feeding.

We will be building a milk stand to secure the mama so that the baby can suck her milk. My bottle fed lambs are not as big as the lambs that suck the mama.

Good luck! I know you needed ONE more thing added to your day. I saw a blip that you were processing yesterday, but haven't had a second to go over to that thread and look at your yummies.
Congrats on the twins. Hope things settle down a little bit with less meaties.
I'll be waiting to hear...

 

[CackedNut]

We went yesterday. Enjoyed seeing all the tiny bantams. It was nice to have a 1/2 break, with the family, from the rat race!

Sounds like it was fun. Did you get to meet any layers?

 

[foreverlearning]

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Sevin makes a natural one (green bottle) that works great as a preventive that I use on my flock. There is also wood ash and DE for preventive. If this is going to be a big problem this year then I suggest to bring them all out. The problem is that once there is an infestation you generally need a chemical to get rid of them. I have a process to get rid of them with mayo but I only do it on new birds (won't work in coop, only on bird) but it requires a lot of handling and it takes 3-4 hours per bird to complete.

 

[LemonMeringue]

Sounds like it was fun. Did you get to meet any layers?

Sure didn't.

 

[MicheleC]

From my Blue Copper Maran Roo, and Dominique Hen. Has some leg feathering, any takers?

 

[CackedNut]

Sevin makes a natural one (green bottle) that works great as a preventive that I use on my flock. There is also wood ash and DE for preventive. If this is going to be a big problem this year then I suggest to bring them all out. The problem is that once there is an infestation you generally need a chemical to get rid of them. I have a process to get rid of them with mayo but I only do it on new birds (won't work in coop, only on bird) but it requires a lot of handling and it takes 3-4 hours per bird to complete.

Thanks! I have DE, but will look for the natural Sevin. I need to set up some sort of "dust bath" station for them. Their run is sand, but they don't usually bathe in it. They like to bathe in the stalls in the shavings and broken down stuff. Of course they don't like the brand new completely CLEAN shavings!

 

[CackedNut]

From my Blue Copper Maran Roo, and Dominique Hen. Has some leg feathering, any takers?

What a pretty bird!!!

Sadly, I may have to move into a subdivision for a while (still figuring things out) and it will be hard enough to "sneak" in 13 chickens with a coop and run!