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Thank you, sacramento and Fancychooklady! Really appreciate the help!
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Got the new birds home and have them quarantined. I gave them all a bath using Dawn like I do for my other silkies and as I was blow drying I noticed lice or mites on their heads. There is a build up of eggs or something around the feather shafts. I have put in a sand bath for them, lathered Vaseline around their legs and now trying to find out about what treatments are available, looks like a few people have recommended Ivomectin and Permethrin. I see TSC has this (of course my local store is closed for the night) but online it just shows for livestock. Is there a poultry kind you have to buy or just use the livestock kind and use a lot less? Also, what does DE stand for and could that be an option? One bird is fullly grown and the other is probably 8-10 weeks. The other two birds that came with these two don't seem to have them (yet). So glad I set up a quarantine, now just to figure out what I can do to help treat the problem. Wish we had a poultry vet to consult with, there is only one in the state I live in and it is 3-4 hours away.
 
Did you spray it right on them and work it in? Looks like it can also be used to treat their bedding, do you just spray it on after you take their food and water out?
 
Sonoran Silkies said:
Many breeders do not sell eggs or chicks. A few do. And you are right, breeders will not sell their best birds. But if you let them know that you are looking for birds to show, you should be able to get some nice ones. I'd suggest joining the American Silkie Bantam Club and connecting with breeders in your area; there are a lot of good breeders in the New England area, as well as a lot of shows. If you can attend some of the shows, that will also help you connect with breeders. Good Luck!
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Thank you for the reply. Will keep an eye out. I do know of a few breeders in CT that kill it at the shows.
 
jajeanpierre said:
Neither of mine like to snuggle--I wish they did. I just can't stand the feather quality--it feels so awful to touch. If you so much as look at them, their feathers fall out or break. Will you breed your frazzle Cochin? How will you protect her from getting hurt? I would think a saddle will also damage the frazzle--maybe not yours, but I think it would damage my frazzle. I have the frazzle cockerel and a Silkie cockerel (that I have not had the heart to slaughter....yet) that I would like to mix in with the flock of Silkies, Polish and the frazzle, but I am worried that the frazzle pullet will be badly hurt if the cockerels try to breed her. Of the four hatchery bantam Cochin frizzles I bought, I expected half would be normal feathered and half frizzled. Instead I got three frazzles and only one frizzle (that my #($& mini Dachshund killed). The frizzle was a fabulous little cockerel, very docile. You could play with him like a little doll. Mine have some sort of skin thing going on and have since they were little chicks. It almost looks like folliculitis. I've read reference to skin problems with frazzles, but can't find anything other than hearsay. Below are pictures of the skin issues on the foot and under the tail. The third picture is the underside of the tail. He's lying wrapped up on his belly with the tail pulled up--the tip of the tail is at the top left, the vent, which you can't see, is at the bottom right. The skin is inflamed in a narrow stripe down the outside of the leg. I didn't notice it on the feet at first, because it was hidden in the feathers. I had thought it might have been a sensitivity to the pine shavings and have recently put them on hay. I've bathed them a few times in a flea shampoo and that seemed to improve things, but they don't show any signs of parasites, just inflamed skin where it is bare--the tip of their tail/oil gland, their butt, their keel bone. I almost think it is a skin infection, deep in the tissues. I've also dusted them in DE. Anyone have any thoughts on this? It is only the Cochins that have this skin thing. The other birds (Silkies, Polish and bantam Plymouth Rock) raised with them since day-olds from the hatchery have never had anything. The last picture is my little frazzle Cochin pullet. I would appreciate any help anyone can give. Thanks.
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That's strange looking no idea what it could be. Doesn't look like scally leg mites. I would post this in the emergency area and see what they say.
 
I'd slather coconut oil on it. Skin looks irritated, and coconut oil helps me when I get skin irritation (which is frequently).

If it was mites, it would smother them as well. It won't hurt - so why not try? Best oil there is...
 
so, my rooster is currently in the LF pen. he's been trying to win over my RIR cross all morning LOL. she's like, uhhhh WHY are you dancing like that in front of me?? she just keeps going about his business like, what is the matter with you? are you feeling ok? LOL
 

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