Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

[BDutch]

I guestimate there are 80% less mites than there were after three treatments.

If you want to monitor the infestation, you can make/use rolls made from white ribbed paper (from biscuits or something similar). Cut pieces of 8x8 cm / 10x10 cm roll it up and put an elastic band arond them. Attach them underneath the roosts with a tie wrap (2x) or a piece of thin rope.

Red mites like these rolls as hiding place during the day. If you see any mites kill them, count them and take the rolls home to put them in the microwave for 20-30 seconds to kill what you didn’t see, any stage of the mite.

No mite catches means you are almost there. Good luck!

 

[BDutch]

Ooh and please talk/app to the allotment people to ask if they, or anyone they know might assist you. Especially as a backup if you are not feeling well.

Hope your health is improving!

I had good news today. My shoulder is healing just fine. Surgery is not needed.

 

[ManueB]

I read your post about the lice. Your friend who tells you it kills red mite doesn't understand the first thing about mites and needlessly ruined the egg laying of the chicken.

The chickens don't have lice. The problem is red mite. Red mite don't live on the chicken, they live in the coop and feed on the chickens overnight and return to their hiding places and lay eggs. Get the coop clear of mites and the problem is sorted.

It is really important that chicken keepers understand this. One can dose the chicken with as many chemicals as one pleases and it won't deal with the problem. It's why people burn their coops and not the chickens.
Products like Ivermectin for example will kill mites but in order to do so the mite must feed off the chicken. It's the mite feeding off the chicken that's the problem, not that they may run around the coop at night.

Yes, of course. The product I mentioned only keeps the chicken it's applied on mite free, it doesn't deal with the infestation. It works by contact, not ingestion, and remains on the feathers for months. In this case it was used to help a few chickens who were very unwell because the time it took to deal with the mites in the coop was long enough to be the straw that broke the camel's back (very glad to learn this interesting expression. We say the water drop that makes the vase leak which isn't as imaginative). Anyway, I think of it as an exceptional measure in a case of emergency. Better if you can do without.

On the topic of security for for tools etc...
Every shed on the allotments where I am gets broken into on a regular basis. Having a padlock on the shed suggests to the theives that there is something of value in the shed and increases the chances of it getting broken into. Many peaple just leave their sheds open. The thieves are not interested in hand tools (unless they'revery shiny). We've had feed stolen in the past. The field isn't in some remote country village. It's surrounded by a number of housing estates and every generation of young it seems do the rounds from time to time hoping to find something they can sell.

Chicken feed was stolen, or human feed ?
It seems that most of what you carry would be of no interest to young thief trying to sell stuff ?

Ooh and please talk/app to the allotment people to ask if they, or anyone they know might assist you. Especially as a backup if you are not feeling well.

That wasn't a big success at the first try . I seem to remember C.was the most reliable of the lot which wouldn't say much about the others.

Hope your health is improving!

I had good news today. My shoulder is healing just fine. Surgery is not needed.

That's wonderful! I'm very happy for you !

 

[Molpet]

That wasn't a big success at the first try . I seem to remember C.was the most reliable of the lot which wouldn't say much about the others.

Wasn't the Russian people (?) That helped out before?

 

[BDutch]

That's wonderful! I'm very happy for you !

Yes, this is great news. Unfortunately I have sadder news from my flock.
Black is ill. In shock or hurt without any wound I could spot.
More info in my thread (link in my subscription)

 

[Ladies-Eight]

I had good news today. My shoulder is healing just fine. Surgery is not needed.

That is great!

 

[Ladies-Eight]

Ex Batts good morning one and all!

Tea is ready.

Temperature is in the 70s sunny.

Have a great day!

Lost one of my RIRs yesterday and have no reason why.

 

[BDutch]

Ex Batts good morning one and all!

Tea is ready.

Temperature is in the 70s sunny.

Have a great day!

Lost one of my RIRs yesterday and have no reason why.

Sorry for your loss.
Did you find her death or did she vanish without a clue?

 

[fluffycrow]

Ex Batts good morning one and all!

Tea is ready.

Temperature is in the 70s sunny.

Have a great day!

Lost one of my RIRs yesterday and have no reason why.

So sorry for your loss

 

[Shadrach]

Ex Batts good morning one and all!

Tea is ready.

Temperature is in the 80s mostly cloudy.

Have a great day!

@Shadrach Maybe a container with a handle with a place to hang it inside the coop.

I've got a few tools under in the empty wooden coop but that's going soon.