The Middle Tennessee Thread

[alerievay]

Ok, I'm going to try some Ivermectin. I see I can buy it at Tractor Supply. I assume I could probably get it at the Davidson Co. Co-Op, too?

Anybody have a good set of instructions for doing it? I am seeing stuff all over the place online!

I'm still not entirely sure that's the issue with the soft-shelled eggs, though.

 

[Chrystal Dawn]

Thanks for the info. I need something that's not going to be so gross with all this rain. What do you guys find is best for the runs to keep them clean longer than 4 days. I have 5 small chickens in an 8 by 10 run and 2 in the other 8 by 10 run and I've tried straw and pine straw and neither stays clean long with all this rain.

 

[Cinny]

No, from everything I've heard it's the quickest way to have a mite problem.

I was told sand held in all kinds of bacteria and drew in mites.

 

[Chrystal Dawn]

I'm glad I asked first

 

[Chrystal Dawn]

Anyone know where I could get some standard cochin eggs for incubating? I got Dorothy off craigslist from an adorable lady in Springfield. I think her name was Hazel. If anyone knows who I'm talking about, please pass along her contact info. I would love to have some more of her birds.

 

[Goose and Fig]

Thanks for the info. I need something that's not going to be so gross with all this rain. What do you guys find is best for the runs to keep them clean longer than 4 days. I have 5 small chickens in an 8 by 10 run and 2 in the other 8 by 10 run and I've tried straw and pine straw and neither stays clean long with all this rain.

Farmers' Almanac is predicting another really wet winter. Oh, joy.

 

[DMRippy]

ivermectin!

do u use pour on and how much do u put on each chicken and is ok to use on a broody hen


thanks

I use 3-5 drops on the back of the neck...pour on is what I use.

 

[DMRippy]

 

No, from everything I've heard it's the quickest way to have a mite problem.

I was told sand held in all kinds of bacteria and drew in mites.

I use creek gravel. love it in my big pens.....not as great in my smaller pens. lasts lots longer than 4 days. you might need to turn it once a month and add some sand to keep it lose.

 

[Penny Hen]

I was told sand held in all kinds of bacteria and drew in mites.

Garden lime is the cure for bacteria. Their is even a product sold in the horse section of Tractor Supply called Sweet,,,, something, that is a special formula of lime and other things that specifically break down ammonia and curb bacterial growth.

Alternately you can dig a "moat" around the outside of the pen and fill it with course 2 inch gravel and sand. This is a French drain. It will divert rain water around your coop/pen. I am currently constructing one for my coop because I am on sloping ground of the bottom of a hill and a lot of the rain that fall uphill flows down and though the coop. But it would be the just about same no matter where I located it on my property so I am digging drains. I also plan to use the sand. I have found when using shavings or straw that one of the poop forks that I use for my horses works well in handling that type of bedding for chickens.

Their is a wonderful fir sawdust pellet that is being used with horses now that is the bomb for absorbing moisture and smell but I don't know if the chickens might eat it thinking it food.

I don't know about mites but garden lime discourages many insects. That was why here in the South that trees used to have their trunks painted with whitewash. I still remember seeing that is a little girl. It has all but disappeared now. I have been treating two very ancient hollow trees on my property with whitewash once a year right before Halloween (it makes them look spooky!) Not only have the visible insect populations in the trunk disappeared but they haven't dropped any large limbs since I have been treating them which used to be a regular thing. That may have been why chicken coops were originally whitewashed too besides the fact that most were too poor to paint. It gives the tree a slow calcium feed all year.

 

[Penny Hen]

I use 3-5 drops on the back of the neck...pour on is what I use.

That is the cattle pour on Ivomectrin?