Show off your Delawares! *PIC HEAVY*

[speckledhen]

Good thing Isaac is such an easygoing guy, being handled so much lately. He was outside, but behind a fence so he couldn't be molested, so at least he got to stretch his legs.

 

[Cetawin]

I have to see pics of Petunia's baby now. Bet it is a cute little bugger too.

Isaac is such a good boy...and stuck with such wenches! Tell him I will buy him all nice womenz or stew em and get him more womenz until he has a group that appreciates his studliness.

 

[Laney]

Another day on the farm. Just got back from the Vet with my goat Toro. He's been ill for a while, had an itchy scaley rash on his legs. I assumed it was lice or mites and injected him with Ivomectin 2 weeks ago. He only got worse. So assuming it might be a staph infection or resistant mites etc I was off to the vet today.

Turns out he has Northern Fowl Mites, and my whole farm is infested most likely. The reason it didn't work is that you need to keep repeating the dosage for this particular mite AND I need to treat the whole farm. That's right ever single animal, chicken, and goat. (thank goodness the ducks and geese are housed separately). Then I have the lovely choice of using sevin on the entire barn and coop, or mucking it out completely, scraping the floors and laying down lime. Now I muck the coop on a regular basis, no problem there, but the barn is a LOT bigger job, and has a dirt floor.

You can protect your birds from a lot of things, but the bluebirds, and sparrows, and starlings etc are still going to visit and leave their little presents!!!

Do you know how expensive enough Ivomectin to treat all those goats and chickens for 4 weeks is???? OMG!!!!!!

Laney

 

[speckledhen]

Laney, I'm so sorry! It's always something, isn't it? Oh, btw, your pkg was at the P.O. this morning before 11 a.m. Let me know when it arrives!

 

[kathyinmo]

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You have to treat the chickens for 4 weeks? I thought Ivermectin was a one time (pour on type) thing that you do, and not repeat. NO????

Oh, I am so sorry you have all that work ahead of you.

If I were closer, I would come over and help you! Someone else I was talking to has a similar problem, and it is just driving her crazy. She said she thinks they were being brought in on some hay they purchase. The hay is stored where there are alot of birds around.

 

[Cetawin]

Laney...talk to that vet again...giving ivermectin to the birds for four weeks is not a good idea. even when giving them a worming dosage, it is work once then again in 10 days. That stuff is for cattle and such...you may harm your birds overdoing.

I am so sorry you are going through this.

 

[speckledhen]

Yeah, I don't think it's a good idea to treat them like that. Did he say do it every day or every week?

 

[Laney]

He said to put one to two drops of it on their combs each week, once a week. As if I was putting frontline on the dog, but just a drop or two....

Laney

 

[speckledhen]

Hmm, well, I've never heard of treating every week, but never had Northern Fowl Mites, either, so I'm not equipped enough to tell you he's wrong.

 

[kathyinmo]

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Hmmm, I've never heard of that before ... on their combs. I wonder if that is something new that they do then.