Michigan

[RBahmer]

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X2 chickflick. I don't like to cook either but they seem to think I need to do it everyday lol. My sister is the cooker in our family. She loves it. Sometimes I think she's not all there either because her favorite thing to do is iron!!! She irons everything she can get her hands on. Even underware. Lol

Nope , yer sister aint all thar.

Lol

 

[chickflick]

Oh my. There's so much more fun things to do than cook and iron!! Life is way to short. Don't remember the last time I used my iron. It's in the closet with cob webs all over it!

 

[KrisRose]

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I have used Ivermectin a week to 2 weeks apart. This is to kill off the next hatch of eggs.
Also, could you keep him in till your visit is over? I bath my chickens in my main bathroom which is the warmest in the house. Once they are reasonable dry they can be put in a dog crate overnight.

 

[KrisRose]

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Mine too. Good place for it.

 

[RBahmer]

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Mine too. Good place for it.

Mine also. I believe on the top shelf of my bedroom closet. Out of sight , out of mind.

 

[KrisRose]

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I believe Taprock was asking for ideas to get rid of them. Do you have any suggestions?
They are probably lice she is seeing rather then mites since lice live on chickens were mites live in coop. I have a constant war with the little demons since the wild birds supply my chickens with them. In the summer I have started drowning the lice by putting chickens in bucket of warm water. Just a drop of dog shampoo which breaks the water tension and the devils fall to bottem of bucket.
I know, sounds like chicken soup

!!

 

[KrisRose]

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Mine too. Good place for it.

Mine also. I believe on the top shelf of my bedroom closet. Out of sight , out of mind.

Bet we could get margarita money for them at recycling center

!

 

[RBahmer]

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Mine also. I believe on the top shelf of my bedroom closet. Out of sight , out of mind.

Bet we could get margarita money for them at recycling center

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Sounds good to me lol

 

[Wynette]

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Seriously? What's more fun than a full day of cooking and ironing?

 

[taprock]

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I totally agree. I did dust them although I only found a few mites on one. I will recheck tomorrow (both a vent check and white paper check) before deciding if they go or not. I was not impressed with results from dusting in the past. Ivomectin has worked better but it's only been two weeks since I dosed everyone. I'm not so much concerned with spreading to the other animals as we are the only ones taking chickens but much more concerned over having someone bitten by a mite or being exposed to the chemicals from dusting. I called the poison center and was told that with what I used they are fine to be handled in 24 hours without giving them a bath. Does that sound right to you?

Here is my excitement for the day. I'm up to 9 eggs and one of my button quails has started laying!

KrisRose - these are Northern Fowl mites. I HATE the little things and have done everything imaginable to get rid of them. I think they are in the coop and on certain birds. They are hard to find except that they find me and bite me to pieces. And yes a dumb Starling brought them to my coop. They made a nest in the eaves that I didn't find until there were babies. I was too wimpy to kill them and have paid for it ever since. If it was warm out I would just bathe everyone.