Okay, I have sand as bedding in the coop, run, and nestboxes. My flock of fourteen range in age from nine months to five years of age and are a mixed bag when it comes to breed. Lots of Brahmas, Cochins, EEers, etc., so some with feathered feet, some not. I use Grandpa’s Feeders, but also keep chow in rubber bowls, so DO have lots of mice. No rats. There are Common House and Carolina wrens who’ve figured out that I leave treats in a bucket conveniently located inside the run (they come in thru the 2” by 4” fencing).
I spend a lot of time with my girls. They like to sit on my lap or under my chair. They only free range when I am with them as we have every predator known to man in my hundred-acre woods. My nearly-five year old blue Cochin has ear mites. She’s extremely timid, so I’ve been putting off treating her with the dog and cat ear mite oil. Now, I’ve noticed that my nine-month old Salmon Faverolles Pullet has tiny brownish mites on her tail area. She has so many mites that I could actually SEE them and they crawled on me when I examined her feathers. The body mites are new within a short period of time as her feathers up until the last few days have been cleaned and preened. Now they look scraggly. No one has any egg deposits. No one has any bald spots. I’ve not seen any evidence of mites on the roosts.
I have a permethrin spray that is 0.5% concentration that I bought to spray on the clothes I wear in the woods while I’m working (we are a hardwood timber farm). Can I use that undiluted on the roosts, the sides of the nestboxes, and the rest of the wood inside the coop and run?
I have ivermectin sheep drench that I can either use topically on the birds or add to their water. Which method is best? And at what concentration? My smallest girls are a nine-month old Barnevelder and two Salmon Faverolles. My largest is the blue Cochin and the Brahma babes. I plan on spraying the roosts today as the weather is sunny and in the 40s. The next few days will be cold and wet.
Suggestions and info are welcome!
I spend a lot of time with my girls. They like to sit on my lap or under my chair. They only free range when I am with them as we have every predator known to man in my hundred-acre woods. My nearly-five year old blue Cochin has ear mites. She’s extremely timid, so I’ve been putting off treating her with the dog and cat ear mite oil. Now, I’ve noticed that my nine-month old Salmon Faverolles Pullet has tiny brownish mites on her tail area. She has so many mites that I could actually SEE them and they crawled on me when I examined her feathers. The body mites are new within a short period of time as her feathers up until the last few days have been cleaned and preened. Now they look scraggly. No one has any egg deposits. No one has any bald spots. I’ve not seen any evidence of mites on the roosts.
I have a permethrin spray that is 0.5% concentration that I bought to spray on the clothes I wear in the woods while I’m working (we are a hardwood timber farm). Can I use that undiluted on the roosts, the sides of the nestboxes, and the rest of the wood inside the coop and run?
I have ivermectin sheep drench that I can either use topically on the birds or add to their water. Which method is best? And at what concentration? My smallest girls are a nine-month old Barnevelder and two Salmon Faverolles. My largest is the blue Cochin and the Brahma babes. I plan on spraying the roosts today as the weather is sunny and in the 40s. The next few days will be cold and wet.
Suggestions and info are welcome!
please let me know how the outcome is.
