I use Neem for mite control, but thought this interesting. As usual, I have questions.
https://www.researchgate.net/public..._experimentally_infected_with_Eimeria_tenella
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20503590/
My first question is - info regarding coccidiosis itself. Information always indicates that keets are x amt of wks old before contracting it. Yet when Mixed's little one was doing poorly after hatch last yr, she tried corid. Whether it worked or was a coincidence- the little guy lives today.
So after mine started dropping this time, I came to the conclusion that I had nothing to lose -and the deaths stopped. So either the time line of contracting coccidiosis is in error, or corid somehow has another benefit that stops watery stools & death?
I was looking for best way to protect goonies from everything. Not having issues, just being me & trying to be prepared. It never seems advisable to treat for internal parasites unless there's evidence of them, yet if one uses ivermectin for ectoparasites, the bird is getting tx for both.
Mites: a lot of ppl being told that the annoying gnats zooming around animals are mites or lice. My understanding is neither have wings nor the ability to fly and those annoying clouds swirling in the air remain gnats.
I did put the vanilla air fresheners back out this year. I won't say there are zero flies, but considerably less. I even hung one on our doors because they were waiting for a chance to get in, and near the keets, bc buffalo gnats were swarming around them when outside. "have been known to kill poultry and other birds when their populations get high. The toxins from their bites can kill the birds, or they can be so numerous they can suffocate them."(U of I/Ill. Ext. Ctr) Again, nothing is 100% but it sure seems to deter them.
Next up - botflies. I thought these preyed on wounds, but someone asked about finding a closed bump on a young healthy chick. The person squeezed the exudate from it, leaving a hole on the chick's back-now, of ourse, open. The response was that it was d/t a botfly.
This is inline w/what I thought: https://www.fresheggsdaily.blog/2018/05/prevent-flystrike-in-your-chickens-and.html#:~:text=Flystrike refers to the deadly,skin tissue of the host.
According ttomy state website, the only botfly we have is deer botfly, no screwflies, and apparently a new blowfly from Va.to add to our collection. Does that mean I can relax a little about sending keets off to the coop?
https://www.researchgate.net/public..._experimentally_infected_with_Eimeria_tenella
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20503590/
My first question is - info regarding coccidiosis itself. Information always indicates that keets are x amt of wks old before contracting it. Yet when Mixed's little one was doing poorly after hatch last yr, she tried corid. Whether it worked or was a coincidence- the little guy lives today.
So after mine started dropping this time, I came to the conclusion that I had nothing to lose -and the deaths stopped. So either the time line of contracting coccidiosis is in error, or corid somehow has another benefit that stops watery stools & death?
I was looking for best way to protect goonies from everything. Not having issues, just being me & trying to be prepared. It never seems advisable to treat for internal parasites unless there's evidence of them, yet if one uses ivermectin for ectoparasites, the bird is getting tx for both.
Mites: a lot of ppl being told that the annoying gnats zooming around animals are mites or lice. My understanding is neither have wings nor the ability to fly and those annoying clouds swirling in the air remain gnats.
I did put the vanilla air fresheners back out this year. I won't say there are zero flies, but considerably less. I even hung one on our doors because they were waiting for a chance to get in, and near the keets, bc buffalo gnats were swarming around them when outside. "have been known to kill poultry and other birds when their populations get high. The toxins from their bites can kill the birds, or they can be so numerous they can suffocate them."(U of I/Ill. Ext. Ctr) Again, nothing is 100% but it sure seems to deter them.
Next up - botflies. I thought these preyed on wounds, but someone asked about finding a closed bump on a young healthy chick. The person squeezed the exudate from it, leaving a hole on the chick's back-now, of ourse, open. The response was that it was d/t a botfly.
This is inline w/what I thought: https://www.fresheggsdaily.blog/2018/05/prevent-flystrike-in-your-chickens-and.html#:~:text=Flystrike refers to the deadly,skin tissue of the host.
According ttomy state website, the only botfly we have is deer botfly, no screwflies, and apparently a new blowfly from Va.to add to our collection. Does that mean I can relax a little about sending keets off to the coop?
