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PS my son ended up eating a Trader Joe's entree' he had in the freezer. I was out of ice cream so had wavy potato chips 50% less fat. It is what it is! Waiting for bus today then, I'll have a hot dog combo at Sam's Club with friends.

Son's GF sent presents along for me. Have no idea what to get her. She sent me insulated pot holder mitts(guess he didn't say I hardly ever bake . But she got extra points because the design was all dogs and she also got me one of those dog- a- day desk calendars.

She sent along a Xmas card and was very sweet with her message. I'm going to keep her.
 
FlyingNunFarm said:
I know I’ve been commenting randomly but not talking chicken. Apryl asked so I’ll update... it’s not great.

The loss of Frannie then Clayton hit me hard. I was not expecting either but the guilt from Clayton was bad. I was still dealing with the mites in my laundry room when more birds took ill. In all honestly I’m not sure who I lost when. I had a limping Swedish Flower cockerel, a Swedish Flower cockerel who couldn’t walk and a Crested Cream Legbar not walking. The leg bar was full of mites that just like on Clayton I could not kill the mites. One cockerel just died. The other had something wrong with his leg. Over extension or slipped tendon... something not quite right. Rest and a brace didn’t help and at one point while trying to “help” I actually broke his leg. It snapped like dry kindling and he didn’t even notice. The leg was dead. So I culled. The Cream Legbar girl never got better. Wouldn’t/ couldn’t use her legs. In the end she was culled too and necropsied. Found a few worms and her gizzard walls were really thick. Nothing odd inside it but reeaally thick walled. I have no Deathlayers left. I lost the last one just the other day. All but this last one I just found already gone. This final male was once again covered in mites. Horror film skin crawling levels of mites. He received the “kitchen sink” treatment. Meaning throw everything including the kitchen sink at it. Ivermectin topically and orally. (Again all of about 3 worms expelled) Elector PSP and more then one dawn bath. (Bath first then PSP) I even sprinkled DE right on the mite colonies and around the area. I thought he was out of the woods, he was eating on his own, then found him dead. Looked like he laid down and went to sleep. He was fed mackerel, nutri drench, poultry cell, eggs... you name it if I thought he would eat it and get some strength back he was offered it. The mites seem to attack a weakened bird. If I really look for them I can find mites on other birds. But not the scabby encrusted colonies I found on Clayton the Legbar girl and the Deathlayer.

In good news Lila hatched a few more eggs. Silvia was being a broody monster so I gave her a few eggs from a friend. Ones that if they didn’t hatch it was no loss. Of course Lila jumped on the broody bandwagon so I split the eggs up between the girls. Lilas hatched and Silvias didn’t. She didn’t seem to mind. LOL I tried giving her one of Lilas and she looked at it and me “what do you want me to do with this?!?” She was done being broody just like that. A few days later Lila adopted. Someone had a single chick and I was asked if Lila would take it. She gladly clucked and sat on it. I also have six Silkies. Jointly started a breeding project with a friend. I have a brooder area in the coop so put them with a heat plate in there. They are a mix of all the Silkie feather types. Satin, Frizzle and regular Floof Silkie feathers.

I’ve been crocheting like crazy too. My niece asked for “hats from Aunt Kimberly” for her birthday and Christmas. (Which are days apart) That’s what she told me she wanted, her mom, and my mom (Grammy). “Hats from Aunt Kimberly.” So I made 3 matching hats for mom and the girls. A hat for their dad. A bunny hat for the new niece (4 months old now) and little baby mittens. I also made Minnie Mouse ears with bow for the birthday girl. And my most time consuming project, a Wonder Woman hat. It’s more like a wig. You actually crochet spiral curls to put on a hat base. Then of course the Wonder Woman crown. I’ll have to put some pictures up. I hope she like it. She about lives in a Wonder Woman dress I gave her and wears a superhero cape over almost everything else.

That’s all I can think of for now.

Hope everyone has a Happy Yule! Merry Christmas! Happy Hanukkah! Whatever you celebrate or even if you choose not to. Love you guys
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Nunny, I know how bad those bugs are and I have been there. Recently lost a cockerel to them. I had to clean and spray the coop, then do the same 10 days later. The birds all got powdered. Any time a bird looks off I check for bugs. Sorry for your losses!
 
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From my research permethrin is useless against them at this point. They have such a high resistance to it you’d kill the bird with permethrin before the bugs.

The Elector PSP does work but you have to treat the birds in the dark while they roost. That’s when the most bugs will be on the birds. With the temps at night I’m not keen on wetting everyone down. Tomorrow it’s only supposed to be 32* over night so that’s my plan on Christmas Eve. Other people go to midnight mass...I’m orchestrating a mass killing.

After that, but probably not till spring, I’m going to bomb the coop with oxalic acid. It’s used to kills mites but no one has ever tried to smoke a coop with it. The birds will need to be outside while it happens and until it settles.
 
FlyingNunFarm said:
I know I’ve been commenting randomly but not talking chicken. Apryl asked so I’ll update... it’s not great.

The loss of Frannie then Clayton hit me hard. I was not expecting either but the guilt from Clayton was bad. I was still dealing with the mites in my laundry room when more birds took ill. In all honestly I’m not sure who I lost when. I had a limping Swedish Flower cockerel, a Swedish Flower cockerel who couldn’t walk and a Crested Cream Legbar not walking. The leg bar was full of mites that just like on Clayton I could not kill the mites. One cockerel just died. The other had something wrong with his leg. Over extension or slipped tendon... something not quite right. Rest and a brace didn’t help and at one point while trying to “help” I actually broke his leg. It snapped like dry kindling and he didn’t even notice. The leg was dead. So I culled. The Cream Legbar girl never got better. Wouldn’t/ couldn’t use her legs. In the end she was culled too and necropsied. Found a few worms and her gizzard walls were really thick. Nothing odd inside it but reeaally thick walled. I have no Deathlayers left. I lost the last one just the other day. All but this last one I just found already gone. This final male was once again covered in mites. Horror film skin crawling levels of mites. He received the “kitchen sink” treatment. Meaning throw everything including the kitchen sink at it. Ivermectin topically and orally. (Again all of about 3 worms expelled) Elector PSP and more then one dawn bath. (Bath first then PSP) I even sprinkled DE right on the mite colonies and around the area. I thought he was out of the woods, he was eating on his own, then found him dead. Looked like he laid down and went to sleep. He was fed mackerel, nutri drench, poultry cell, eggs... you name it if I thought he would eat it and get some strength back he was offered it. The mites seem to attack a weakened bird. If I really look for them I can find mites on other birds. But not the scabby encrusted colonies I found on Clayton the Legbar girl and the Deathlayer.

In good news Lila hatched a few more eggs. Silvia was being a broody monster so I gave her a few eggs from a friend. Ones that if they didn’t hatch it was no loss. Of course Lila jumped on the broody bandwagon so I split the eggs up between the girls. Lilas hatched and Silvias didn’t. She didn’t seem to mind. LOL I tried giving her one of Lilas and she looked at it and me “what do you want me to do with this?!?” She was done being broody just like that. A few days later Lila adopted. Someone had a single chick and I was asked if Lila would take it. She gladly clucked and sat on it. I also have six Silkies. Jointly started a breeding project with a friend. I have a brooder area in the coop so put them with a heat plate in there. They are a mix of all the Silkie feather types. Satin, Frizzle and regular Floof Silkie feathers.

I’ve been crocheting like crazy too. My niece asked for “hats from Aunt Kimberly” for her birthday and Christmas. (Which are days apart) That’s what she told me she wanted, her mom, and my mom (Grammy). “Hats from Aunt Kimberly.” So I made 3 matching hats for mom and the girls. A hat for their dad. A bunny hat for the new niece (4 months old now) and little baby mittens. I also made Minnie Mouse ears with bow for the birthday girl. And my most time consuming project, a Wonder Woman hat. It’s more like a wig. You actually crochet spiral curls to put on a hat base. Then of course the Wonder Woman crown. I’ll have to put some pictures up. I hope she like it. She about lives in a Wonder Woman dress I gave her and wears a superhero cape over almost everything else.

That’s all I can think of for now.

Hope everyone has a Happy Yule! Merry Christmas! Happy Hanukkah! Whatever you celebrate or even if you choose not to. Love you guys
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:hugs I hope next year is better for you!
 
FlyingNunFarm said:
From my research permethrin is useless against them at this point. They have such a high resistance to it you’d kill the bird with permethrin before the bugs.

The Elector PSP does work but you have to treat the birds in the dark while they roost. That’s when the most bugs will be on the birds. With the temps at night I’m not keen on wetting everyone down. Tomorrow it’s only supposed to be 32* over night so that’s my plan on Christmas Eve. Other people go to midnight mass...I’m orchestrating a mass killing.

After that, but probably not till spring, I’m going to bomb the coop with oxalic acid. It’s used to kills mites but no one has ever tried to smoke a coop with it. The birds will need to be outside while it happens and until it settles.
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Spinosad persists in the coop for a couple of weeks out of the sun.

Get a garden variety of Spinosad and mix it into a spray for the coop. Spray it around and into the cracks every two weeks along with using elektor on the birds
 
drumstick diva said:
PS my son ended up eating a Trader Joe's entree' he had in the freezer. I was out of ice cream so had wavy potato chips 50% less fat. It is what it is! Waiting for bus today then, I'll have a hot dog combo at Sam's Club with friends.

Son's GF sent presents along for me. Have no idea what to get her. She sent me insulated pot holder mitts(guess he didn't say I hardly ever bake . But she got extra points because the design was all dogs and she also got me one of those dog- a- day desk calendars.

She sent along a Xmas card and was very sweet with her message. I'm going to keep her.
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Happy Holidays!
 

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