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[chickadoodles]

SCG, was it frontline you used on your chickens a while back for mites? I saw some on a couple of mine and they need something. But I cannot use a powder or dust.

 

[Cynthia12]

SCG, was it frontline you used on your chickens a while back for mites? I saw some on a couple of mine and they need something. But I cannot use a powder or dust.

I personally..ahem, butting in here..use the stuff you buy for indoor birds..you get from the pet shop. I have used it for this past year now. It works great! I just put a spritz on the vent area, under the wing area, back of neck area, on the side of the thigh areas, and on the front of the neck area..they can't get away after that!


So easy, and so cheap..and it works..and I eat the eggs..no waiting.

 

[chickadoodles]

I personally..ahem, butting in here..use the stuff you buy for indoor birds..you get from the pet shop. I have used it for this past year now. It works great! I just put a spritz on the vent area, under the wing area, back of neck area, on the side of the thigh areas, and on the front of the neck area..they can't get away after that!


So easy, and so cheap..and it works..and I eat the eggs..no waiting.

Thank you so much Cynthia! I will pick some up...

 

[dsqard]

Cynthia I got a Plymouth Rock from the feed store earlier this year along with some more SLW to be turkey tutors. It is the PR that likes to roost with the turkeys. Silly hen. I actually got two PR's but one died on me. Sudden chicken death was all I could figure out on that one. Ever since the other PR died the one still alive is kind of a loner so she hangs out with the turkeys at night.

 

[superchemicalgirl]

SCG, was it frontline you used on your chickens a while back for mites? I saw some on a couple of mine and they need something. But I cannot use a powder or dust.

I am loving all the photos. Thank you for sharing.

Yes, I used Frontline. The spray above looks like it contains pyrethrins, which some mites can be resistant to. I tried Frontline Plus, just 'cause, not really expecting it to work. But it did. I used the full-strength Frontline Plus (which has the growth regulator [GR] plus a killer) and I have no mites now, after 1 treatment. But I had tried the pyrethrin powder and ivermectin on the mites multiple times and got no where.
The Frontline Plus I used was for dogs. All the dog concentrations are the same based upon weight - but the volume is what's different. I used 1 drop on the back of the neck, one under each wing, and 1-2 below vent. That's 5 drops per bird (applied on the skin). One ml of fluid is about 20 drops, give or take. So multiply the number of chickens you have by 5 to get the number of drops you need, then divide by 20 to find out the number of mls you need, then figure out what "size" dog you have.

I needed about 15 ml to treat my flock of about 60 birds. So I bought the large dog ones, which are 4 mls each. I ended up using 4 of them. I did waste a bit in the beginning before I figured out exactly how I was going to do it all.

Some people use the Frontline spray, but it's a much less potent concentration of fipronil and doesn't contain the GR S-methoprene. I think the addition of the GR is what made me not have to do more than 1 treatment so I'll be sticking with the Frontline Plus.

I was going to do a second treatment, but I had mono... but learned something good with it - one treatment works.

Just for full disclosure I did clean the entire coop and did some bombs with the GR in them, as well.

 

[Wisher1000]

Gonna sneak in here with a picture I took during the depth of our West Coast Snow.

Okay... Three favorites...

Linda, I've been meaning to ask you, is your homemade filter keeping the duck pond clean? It looks clean in the last pic but it's hard to tell. Do you get a lot of sediment? Have you had to do a complete clean out since you built it?

 

[Arielle]

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SCG, was it frontline you used on your chickens a while back for mites? I saw some on a couple of mine and they need something. But I cannot use a powder or dust.

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Another option is powdered sulfur . . perhaps put into their dust bath material. Long timeer, all her life chicken keeper said her mom sed powdered sulfur to contain the bugs. FIgured it was worth a try as we eat the meat and eggs . . . on line.

Cynthia I got a Plymouth Rock from the feed store earlier this year along with some more SLW to be turkey tutors. It is the PR that likes to roost with the turkeys. Silly hen. I actually got two PR's but one died on me. Sudden chicken death was all I could figure out on that one. Ever since the other PR died the one still alive is kind of a loner so she hangs out with the turkeys at night.

I have one turkey tudor from 2 summers ago that still tries to visit with her friends . . . . but they don't seem to recognize her and peck her until she is out of the turkey coop. Poor girl.

Quote: Ahhhh, I've been wondering the same thing . . . . .

 

[insanity]

By large I meant really large like the Great Danes, Mastiffs etc. Most of them seem to live less than 10 years. I have a Lab now that is in his teens. I got a Lab because the Great Danes have such short lives.

Those are the breeds I think of to as Large. When I got Echo my mastiff the breeder told me to expect 10-12 good years with her.14 if I was lucky. She is just about 2 done growing up and starting to fill out. She will be close to 200lbs when fully grown at 3. They take a long time to mature, you have to watch for so many issues, I don't think I will get another after Echo. Next time I'll go with a easier breed maybe even a small dog.

 

[scottcaddy]

Quote: Ankle bitters have a their place in the scheme of life, but not on a place that keeps large livestock and poultry. JMHO

Scott

 

[insanity]

I don't have large livestock but i can see how a small dog could get stepped on or kicked. But what does a small dog have to do with poultry? I train all breeds of dog to the same standard. Toy is a size not how they should be treated. Not trying to start anything realy wondering. Is there a danger I didn't think of?