Michigan Thread - all are welcome!

[aart]

Anyone grow meal worms for their chickens? I just got started. My wife thinks they are creepy.

No but I was thinking about it. Do you have more info and pics on how you go about doing it?

Had a 'farm' for a couple years...hard to get production to exceed consumption...but it's pretty fascinating. There was a huge thread about growing them, with several very knowledgeable people participating...couldn't find it quickly, but here's some others:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/search/57213820/?q=mealworm+farming&t=post&o=date&c[title_only]=1

 

[SillyChicken]

A customer came in yesterday, looking for treatment for lice...on his snake!
I had no idea how to help him. So many treatments for so many different animals.

Here, we are focused on poultry. Please share the treatments that have worked in caring for your feathered flock. Thank you.

Have them get no pest strips, cut a 1/2 inch section of the strip and put in a plastic container with holes punched in it. Set it in with the snake.

 

[Sue Gremlin]

What wormer and regime do you
But maybe I'm fooling myself, wish I knew how to do fecals.

I live near you and do this kind of stuff, I'd be happy to help if you want! You can mail me poo or drop it off anytime. Just PM me if you want.

 

[SillyChicken]

great on the wazine... that's what I've been using... lol!

The infested hen is still alive but also very bloated, not sure if also egg bound. Going to work on her tonight. Right now shes in a kennel in the garage, resting.

All my eggs in the bators - just a few days out from hatching, found them both unplugged. plugged back in and will check for life tonight. UGH I'm about ready to give up!

 

[ijon]

No but I was thinking about it. Do you have more info and pics on how you go about doing it?

I have them in a plastic tub. You put in oatmeal for them. Then use carrots and potatoes for their liquid.

 

[SillyChicken]

My plan is to get the other coop set up, give the birds a water bath with pyrethrin in it to really get good coverage on the birds. Then clean and spray down the coop. I will either dust, dip or spray the birds and coop every 7 days for 3 treatments. Thanks for the help guys.

Pyrethrins come from chrysanthemum... maybe I'll plant some of those around too! lol!

 

[aart]

The infested hen is still alive but also very bloated, not sure if also egg bound. Going to work on her tonight. Right now shes in a kennel in the garage, resting.

I've found that compromised birds have more infestation.....belly bloat(ascites) may indicate organ failure or disease.

All my eggs in the bators - just a few days out from hatching, found them both unplugged. plugged back in and will check for life tonight. UGH I'm about ready to give up!

 

[Folly's place]

Fenbendazole is okay for chickens with no egg withdrawal, and covers more than just roundworms. Piprazine is Wazine, no longer approved, and less effective anyway.
Roundworms aren't a likely cause of ascites though.
Mary

 

[Sue Gremlin]

Fenbendazole is my dewormer of choice. Depending on the dose, it will kill pretty much everything, including tapeworms.

 

[wcbpolish]

Anyone grow meal worms for their chickens? I just got started. My wife thinks they are creepy.

I don't grow them, but my chickens LOVE them! I would be interested too

I raise them but I don't feed them to the chickens. I also raise dubia (a type of tropical roach) and I know that they are used as chicken feed by some. Why do I have them... I sell them to folks who feed them to reptiles. I keep meaning to amp up production, but I never get around to it. Easy to raise. I don't raise mine in the conventional way... but I also don't maximize output.