Red Laced Cornish X and project talk (pics p. 8)

[SteveH]

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You used Ivomec and repeating next week ?

 

[KatyTheChickenLady]

10 days is what I have always been told, what do you do?

 

[SteveH]

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I give my dogs the injectable once monthly , orally , and it controls everything . I've never used the pour-on on anything before .

I read on here 7 to 10 days , according to who's opinion . On cattle , I see it claimed to control some external parasites for 28 days , internal parasites like round worms for 14 days . Since I dusted both chickens and everything in the coop with Sevin , and used Wazine in the water in Jan , I figured one follow up with Ivomec was sufficient ; maybe I should hit them again in 10 days .

After finding one with a severe infestation of mites , I've found none on the others , but figure they must surely have them ; so dusted all , burnt nest material , and dusted the whole place and everything in it . Plus , I think I recently saw nits/eggs on the feather bases of three birds that have wintered hard and lost weight .

 

[KatyTheChickenLady]

I had a local hatchery tell me to dose again in 7-10 days to get the eggs that hatched. Made sense to me. I forget sometimes. That citric acid spray works really good in between and in the coops.

 

[SteveH]

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I need to do some more research I guess . Although I forgot to go back with the Sevin as soon as I should have , basicly the Ivomec this time is the follow up for any new ones hatching ..................................... but I suppose hitting them again is the smartest thing to do .

 

[KatyTheChickenLady]

I don't know steve, honestly I don't feel confident in the answers I get about the stuff. really I'm just guessing too.

 

[SteveH]

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Yeah, the trouble with useing anything off label is that you do not have reliable research to guide you; and ethicly a veterinarian can't advise you to even use it, let alone dosages or frequencies of treatment. Now on my dogs, Heartguard chewables have been in use for a long time; and a vet admitted to me " Oddly enough, the injectable works just as well orally as the Heartguard ". [ And of course its much cheaper.

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[SteveH]

As usual, I took some terrible pics, but posting them anyway. LOL I had trouble even finding the birds in the viewer insude the coop tonight.

My two Dark Cornish cockerals lost a tremendous amount of weight since I got them in Dec., and I really hate to see that on birds that are still growing. On the other hand they are thickening up in bone and their shanks are starting to get that thick, Cornish look. This is the youngest, at approaching 8 months. His head has always lacked the size of the other, but I like his over-all type and feather more. They have to wade through a huge mud puddle to get to and from the coop, so are pretty dirty. [ Actually I'm kinda glad the snow drifts are being reduced to mud puddles

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While its awful dark, this next pic shows that heart shaped body the Cornish are famous for.

And just for kicks, my 9 and 1/2 month old CX, who I caught doing his job on a poor little Ameraucana pullet right in the middle of that mud puddle today.

 

[pepper48_98]

Steve, looking good. I am having to deal with the same thing here. Glad to see the snow melt but my pens are a mess. Last Tues. it we had a -22 low here and yesterday it was in the 70's. It is a wonder that I don't have a bunch of sick birds but they all seem to be well and happy, even in the mud.

 

[KatyTheChickenLady]

steve, those DC look good!