Silkie thread!

[Sylvester017]

Oh ok , so mites are very hard to see it could be lice that you have seen, either way they will make your chickens very ill. They have a tendency to suck the life out of them, cause anemia and play havoc with the immune system. Check just below the vent for egg sacks, like these.



You need to pay particular attention to the vent area, under the wings and behind the neck when dusting. It's also important to re-apply in 10 days, and clean the coop out from top to bottom. Sprinkle dust in the clean nest boxes and add some dust to the dust bath area.

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I love the wonderful advice and references that FancyChookLady posts - always a great help!
In our case for lice/mite health maintenance we don't use powders - our climate is very hot here in SoCal so I use an organice OMRI Poultry Protector liquid spray for parasite maintenance. The reason I use the liquid spray other than it being organic is because chickens are prone to respiratory issues so dusts and powders can be an irritant. In fact we had a couple Leghorns that would sneeze for an hour straight after taking ordinary dust baths. We certainly didn't want to add pesticide powders, DE, baking soda, or powdered vitamins to their coops or feed to keep the flying powders down so we tried the Poultry Protector per very thorough label instructions for both the coop and on the chickens. Our hens have been parasite free for 3 years. We had 9 and 12 week old juveniles ordered and shipped to us that were crawling with lice and we immediately treated with the Poultry Protector while they were in quarantine and it works wonders - no flying pesticide powders or dusts around them. We treat at roost time to give the Poultry Protector time to do it's magic on the chickens before they wake up in the morning for their dawn dust baths. This is a routine on coop and chickens we do about once a month during very hot weather and maybe once every two months during cooler seasons. I once had to clean a broken soft-shell egg in a nestbox crawling with ants. A couple short spurts of the Protector on the ants/broken egg and it immobilized them from crawling up my arm during the clean-up and I didn't have to breath flying pesticide powder in the air.

 

[Suzierd]

This years babies almost grown up.
Silver Partridge Pullet

Partridge Frizzle Pullet

White Roo

White Pullet

Black Sizzle Pullet

White Sizzle Pullet ...I think.

White Smooth Sizzle Pullet ...I think

Their all so cute! Love those sizzles

 

[Fancychooklady]

I love the wonderful advice and references that FancyChookLady posts - always a great help!
In our case for lice/mite health maintenance we don't use powders - our climate is very hot here in SoCal so I use an organice OMRI Poultry Protector liquid spray for parasite maintenance.  The reason I use the liquid spray other than it being organic is because chickens are prone to respiratory issues so dusts and powders can be an irritant.  In fact we had a couple Leghorns that would sneeze for an hour straight after taking ordinary dust baths.  We certainly didn't want to add pesticide powders, DE, baking soda, or powdered vitamins to their coops or feed to keep the flying powders down so we tried the Poultry Protector per very thorough label instructions for both the coop and on the chickens.  Our hens have been parasite free for 3 years.  We had 9 and 12 week old juveniles ordered and shipped to us that were crawling with lice and we immediately treated with the Poultry Protector while they were in quarantine and it works wonders - no flying pesticide powders or dusts around them.  We treat at roost time to give the Poultry Protector time to do it's magic on the chickens before they wake up in the morning for their dawn dust baths.  This is a routine on coop and chickens we do about once a month during very hot weather and maybe once every two months during cooler seasons.  I once had to clean a broken soft-shell egg in a nestbox crawling with ants.  A couple short spurts of the Protector on the ants/broken egg and it immobilized them from crawling up my arm during the clean-up and I didn't have to breath flying pesticide powder in the air.

Not to mention how irritating it is to us humans. I don't use powder anymore . I discovered that the common poultry dust here ' pestine ' contains rotenone.
Some studies suggest that it can cause Parkinson's disease. I have told my local produce stores and it will be interesting to see if they do the research.
People have been using rotenone as a general garden pesticide here for years.
There are many alternatives to powder on the market.

 

[katzbantams]

I love the wonderful advice and references that FancyChookLady posts - always a great help!
In our case for lice/mite health maintenance we don't use powders - our climate is very hot here in SoCal so I use an organice OMRI Poultry Protector liquid spray for parasite maintenance. The reason I use the liquid spray other than it being organic is because chickens are prone to respiratory issues so dusts and powders can be an irritant. In fact we had a couple Leghorns that would sneeze for an hour straight after taking ordinary dust baths. We certainly didn't want to add pesticide powders, DE, baking soda, or powdered vitamins to their coops or feed to keep the flying powders down so we tried the Poultry Protector per very thorough label instructions for both the coop and on the chickens. Our hens have been parasite free for 3 years. We had 9 and 12 week old juveniles ordered and shipped to us that were crawling with lice and we immediately treated with the Poultry Protector while they were in quarantine and it works wonders - no flying pesticide powders or dusts around them. We treat at roost time to give the Poultry Protector time to do it's magic on the chickens before they wake up in the morning for their dawn dust baths. This is a routine on coop and chickens we do about once a month during very hot weather and maybe once every two months during cooler seasons. I once had to clean a broken soft-shell egg in a nestbox crawling with ants. A couple short spurts of the Protector on the ants/broken egg and it immobilized them from crawling up my arm during the clean-up and I didn't have to breath flying pesticide powder in the air.

Always gives great help!

My baby d'uccle passed away last night. I feel horrible for that little baby.

I do have the poultry protector spray. Maybe i will spray the chickens, then when the chickens are out of the coup, i will put the dust around the coup.

Edited: I just did a quick cleaning of the two pens. The young chickies i swept out their pen. Sprayed poultry protector and then put alittle hay down. Now im keeping a close eye because i dont want any other babies to get sick.

Not to mention how irritating it is to us humans. I don't use powder anymore . I discovered that the common poultry dust here ' pestine ' contains rotenone.
Some studies suggest that it can cause Parkinson's disease. I have told my local produce stores and it will be interesting to see if they do the research.
People have been using rotenone as a general garden pesticide here for years.
There are many alternatives to powder on the market.

 

[sunshinehs]

Here's my pic for the day, it's proud momma, and we call her fluff and her 2 babies, they are doing very well 2 weeks old today

 

[sunshinehs]

Why can't I upload pics???

 

[Suzierd]

I agree Fancychooklady you do give great advice and are very valuable to this site. I just want to say Thank You for taking the time and being here I think you should have one of those educator badges. Does anybody know how we can all go nominate her?

 

[Uzair Ahmed]

I've got a Black silkie male from a black silkie parent pair and their parents were also black silkies. same as my white silkie hen from a white silkie pair and their parents were also white silkies. Now, if I cross these two Black silkie male with White silkie hen will I still get Buff, paint, partridge etc etc chicks or will I get BlackWhite mix coloured chicks?

 

[Half Moon Ranch]

Why can't I upload pics???

I've had trouble uploading them from my phone but no problems from a pc.
The times I tried from the phone, it acts like it's working but nothing shows up but the text.

 

[K Epp]

That happens to my phone too. It usually helps to power it off completely and then load them.