Michigan Thread - all are welcome!

[RaZ]

Does anyone worm their chickens and with what and how often

I use safeguard for goats in their water and 2 weeks later ivermectin pour on for cattle topically on their back between their wings, twice a year. According to my vet( who checks for worms) it works.

I do the same with pore on for cattle but more often the 2 times.
I also use wizene in their water.

Is this for preventative measures? Or is there an actual need for the medications?
I think I'm missing something?

 

[fuzzybutt love]

I will be thinking about the amputee as well; sounds like you did a great job on it and it was the right thing to do. (Roosters crow hens deliver)

Thanks for all the well wishes on my job. It won't be easy-i will have to get good with large machinery- but it is a Godsend. Direct hire and great pay! If for any reason i don't hack it there i want to get into veterinary work. Loosing my girl drove home the point that i had been worrying about. Most vets don't know how to work with outside birds. Had we run an x ray or a fecal, he would have known the risk and we could have done a conscious surgery. Heck if he'd brought up the breathing tube... i forgot that they are used for surgery. Anyway it should have been me doing it, not a stranger. Someday... but for now i build and dream and plan!

 

[Trefoil]

Is this for preventative measures? Or is there an actual need for the medications?
I think I'm missing something?

The only way to tell if you need to take measures is to have a sample checked. (stool) Right or wrong, I assume if one has internal parasites the rest do as well.

 

[aart]

...... It won't be easy-i will have to get good with large machinery-.....

What will you be doing?

 

[uchytil]

Does anyone worm their chickens and with what and how often

Thanks Kimmie

Not us. If we suspected problems we would probably do a fecal sample. I wish I still had my wits about me and kept my microscope. I used to be pretty good at that sort of thing. Now, I'd take fecal samples to my Vet, if worms were found then I'd do a treatment.

 

[snowflake]

Does anyone worm their chickens and with what and how often

Thanks Kimmie

I also use Ivermec, on the back but you can have a stool sample done at the vet for $25-$30 and it will tell you if you need to worm or not


Mindylee how is your DH? recovered from the accident I hope?


Thanks Amy good advice on the ventilation I may try putting a fan out this spring as the up and down weather and snow melt may cause more then normal humidity

 

[HollyDuckFarmer]

Pumpkins and squash. Crack them and feed them to your flocks. Feed the squash to your flocks people. And DE Food grade dust your coops.

I typed a long post last night, but it ain't here today. Trying to remember everything now. Thank you @raz for keeping us apprised. Congrats @fuzzybutt love Your new coop will be terrific.

Winter sowers: I'm losing my mind! Come on 40'F !!!!!! This is maybe 80% of my vegetables.

Today's Tally:
47 California Wonder Sweet Green Peppers
23 Pepperoncini Peppers
An unknown # of Serrano peppers since I foolishly forgot to label that pakt.
Stopped counting at 100 Rutgers and Cherry Tomatoes
25 Eggplant Seedlings (which btw, I read last night are sought after for use in flower gardens for their Hibiscus-like flowers... Anyone do this already and do you have pics to share please?)
7 Rosemary
8 Parsley
Dill Not doing so hot indoors
19 Lavender
Sage Just a ton, those grow very oddly. Kinky and curly seedlings.
Salvia Bonfire Another disappointing germination so far

Plus the Perrennials outside. Yikes!

-And- Farmer's Almanac has told me to begin planting my radishes outside already. Problem is garden is still under 3' of snow. Can't imagine that those seeds want to be sown in snow! What to do with the old Radish Crop? RaZ? Anyone? Please!

Edited to Add: the 20oz H2O bottles for some reason do not do so well with sprouting, unlike the milk jugs and Kefir jugs. But seedlings transplanted in them do fine. Also, the toilet paper roll pots are nasty, I will never do that again. Fuzzy white mold city while damp, then dry like the desert. Again, poor germination. It is simple to drop those tp pots into say, a cut down yogurt container, however, what is the point of the extra step? I can not see the point myself. Just more work.

 

[tori8780]

Anyone have Cayuga ducklings available? We are in Grand Rapids but can travel a bit. Thanks!

 

[gladahmae]

Winter sowers: I'm losing my mind! Come on 40'F !!!!!! This is maybe 80% of my vegetables.


Edited to Add: the 20oz H2O bottles for some reason do not do so well with sprouting, unlike the milk jugs and Kefir jugs. But seedlings transplanted in them do fine. Also, the toilet paper roll pots are nasty, I will never do that again. Fuzzy white mold city while damp, then dry like the desert. Again, poor germination. It is simple to drop those tp pots into say, a cut down yogurt container, however, what is the point of the extra step? I can not see the point myself. Just more work.

Yeah, I do WS'ing because it's LESS work, not MORE!! I'm going to get my containers sown today. This time I really mean it!

 

[Brennigan]

Winter sowers: I'm losing my mind! Come on 40'F !!!!!! This is maybe 80% of my vegetables.

Plus the Perrennials outside. Yikes!

-And- Farmer's Almanac has told me to begin planting my radishes outside already. Problem is garden is still under 3' of snow. Can't imagine that those seeds want to be sown in snow!

SERIOUSLY! We have raised garden beds, and the corner poles are just now sticking out. I'm thinking of shoveling off the beds just so that sections will de-thaw quicker. SO MANY INDOORS, though! Not only that, but the transplanting process -- yikes!

I threw out my Farmer's Almanac for 2014 at the beginning of March. Not worth diddly squat right now!