San Diego Chicken meetup and Chat thread

[perchie.girl]

How do you know if there's a mild case of scaly leg?

One of my older hens has slightly raised scales on her legs, that are brittle at the tips, but they don't look at all like pictures on google of scaly leg. Are a chicken's legs supposed to be smooth as a baby's behind and supple as a yogini? If so, we're in trouble.

My girls get to free range in the evening, and we have wild birds in and out of our yard. There's no limping or discoloration, but I'm new to chickens and don't know what to worry about. Aaargh!

Off to look at cute pictures of chicks in ponchos. Makes everything better.

If one has it eventually the rest will get it.....

 

[WhiteMountainsRanch]

Use Seven and Ivermectin on any new birds I bring in.

I use ivermectin on my own birds once a year in the fall when they are molting, it will get rid of all mites, lice, etc that is blood sucking.

 

[WhiteMountainsRanch]

Does anyone raise meat chickens on here? I'd rather hatch them out than buy from a hatchery, does anyone have any eggs for decently-fast growing meat chickens? Thanks!!

Hey Desirae, I think I am the only one that does meat birds and I don't have any eggs. The problem with a meatbird flock is that it costs you more to feed the layers than it would be to just buy cornish chicks from the hatchery.

 

[igotchickens]

Hey Desirae, I think I am the only one that does meat birds and I don't have any eggs. The problem with a meatbird flock is that it costs you more to feed the layers than it would be to just buy cornish chicks from the hatchery.

Well maybe I'll try the Cornish X after the summer when it's not so darn hot out here

 

[perchie.girl]

SCORE..... Hee hee...

Went to breakfast at the Omelet Factory in Santee asked the waitress if they had some empty egg flats they were not needing. She comes up with A stack of Thirty.... So I will not be worrying about where to put the egsies once my Wellies start laying.


Any day now I am guessing.....

deb

 

[Aumlet]

If one has it eventually the rest will get it.....

So if I keep an eye on things, and her leg looks the same and no else has any issues, I can probably conclude it was my over-active imagination.

If things start looking more raised or other chickens start having similar changes, I can pat myself on the back for appropriate paranoia and treat for scaly leg.

Thank you! It's hard sometimes, being new to chickens. I'm not always sure what it what.

ETA - I think I'm just going to go ahead and act like it is scaly mite. The treatment seems straightforward enough, so I might as well.

 

[LavendarFeather]

Just wanted to chime in on ivermectin. It's not a bad thing to invest in, if you have dogs. Long before I got any chickens, I got involved in dog rescue. It's been about 15 years now. Ivermectin is awesome for both demodectic and sarcoptic mange in dogs. It is much less toxic than prior mange treatments for dogs, and it also kills internal parasites. Plus, it is the main ingredient in heart worm preventative, and really cheap. For about $40 you can get enough to last you the rest of your life for pretty much and number of dogs and chickens. You need little syringes to measure it (without the needles, we give it orally). A few cautions though. Collies and a few similar breeds can have a reaction to ivermectin. And dogs shouldn't be treated with heart worm preventative unless they've had a recent heartworm test and it came up negative. This is an off-label use, so do your own research--I'm not going to suggest specific doses or anything like that. Just wanted to say that it's definitely worth checking into.

 

[perchie.girl]

Just wanted to chime in on ivermectin. It's not a bad thing to invest in, if you have dogs. Long before I got any chickens, I got involved in dog rescue. It's been about 15 years now. Ivermectin is awesome for both demodectic and sarcoptic mange in dogs. It is much less toxic than prior mange treatments for dogs, and it also kills internal parasites. Plus, it is the main ingredient in heart worm preventative, and really cheap. For about $40 you can get enough to last you the rest of your life for pretty much and number of dogs and chickens. You need little syringes to measure it (without the needles, we give it orally). A few cautions though. Collies and a few similar breeds can have a reaction to ivermectin. And dogs shouldn't be treated with heart worm preventative unless they've had a recent heartworm test and it came up negative. This is an off-label use, so do your own research--I'm not going to suggest specific doses or anything like that. Just wanted to say that it's definitely worth checking into.

X2 Lavendar One other thing to add Cats have a different physiology than dogs. For instance you can give a dog an aspirin but you cannot give one to a cat. Read up on off lable use for each and every one of your animals.

deb

 

[Phage]

x3 .
Ivermectin has also been used to almost completely eliminate river blindness in parts of Africa.
Kudos to Merck who has donated millions of doses and saved the sight of so many people.

 

[aaajjss1]

I have baby Pekin ducks if anyone is interested pm me