The road less traveled...back to good health! They have lice, mites, scale mites, worms, anemia, gl

[FuzzyButtsFarm]

I'm not familiar with these stick tight fleas...are they on your birds? Have you tried the NuStock? Are you doing deep litter?

Stick tight fleas are more like a tick but about the size of a grain of sand. The only thing that classified them as a flea is the fact they can jump 2 ft. The females attach around the eyes the comb and wattles not in their feathers. You can not rub or scratch them off. You have to use a very fine pointed tweezers and pull them out. Which is not practical when you have one hundred birds. I have not tried NuStock. I quit using deep liter as it didn't work for me because Florida is all white sugar sand, think giant kitty litter box. I still use DE and will again after the stalls dry out, hopefully not to fast.

 

[FuzzyButtsFarm]

This is what they look like.

 

[Beekissed]

Ragged Ann the day she arrived, covered with ashes...but you can still see the poor thing's feathering or lack thereof and how small and malnourished she is.





This is Raggedy Ann at one week...notice the one feather sticking out from the tail. This one feather always makes me laugh...that stubborn last feather that will NOT let go and give up the ghost!

This is Raggedy Ann at week 2 of her reconditioning...still can see the one, raggedy old feather sticking out like a tattered flag.

Take note of the scales on this third picture and see that grey coloring on the front of the leg? That is the old scales beginning the sloughing and raising up into that hard ridge that will eventually just fall off and show new, shiny scales underneath.

You can also start to see more filling out of the chest and thigh and a little extra brightness of the eye, as well as smoother, healthier feathering coming on. She is still a little pale around the eyes, beak and legs but she is coming along, don't you think?

 

[Beekissed]

This is what they look like.

Wow!!! I'd definitely be trying some wood ashes and NuStock on those birds....that looks bad, huh? Are they digging at them?

 

[bruceh]

really looking good bee. i had them birds written off. i am glad for you and the birds. great job and a

 

[FuzzyButtsFarm]

No they don't dig at them. They just shake their heads a lot, but they can become anemic and it can kill young chicks. This is not my picture but one posted in another thread. Catching 100 chickens and putting NuStock on them would be physically impossible for me as I am 63 and disabled.

 

[real_redhead]

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OMG I thought you were going to say you feed the pumpkin cheesecake to the chickens...then I read further (I was thinking I would love that cheesecake!) YUM YUM hope it was good! haha my girls love pumpkin as much as I do!!

 

[Beekissed]

Yes...I can see where that would be impossible! The reason I asked about the deep litter is because their are nematodes in deep litter that eat the eggs of parasites and kind of keeps them in check, so was wondering if this is something that would help.

I wish we lived closer...I'd come over and help you NS each and every one of them chooks! I hate parasites!!!

Maybe some deep and fine wood ashes in all the dusting spots, sulfur powder in the feed or garlic juice in the water? Worth a shot....

 

[real_redhead]

Bee, Raggedy Ann is looking GREAT!! Glad to see you are back and I am enjoying this thread! You gave me some great advice one time and I always enjoyed your post and advice!!!

 

[Beekissed]

I think seeing her pics all together on one page really brings home to me how much she has changed in just 2 short weeks....I'm a little impressed myself. Not so much with anything that I have done but with just what good, healthy living can do for an animal. Everything that was done was just stuff that is a normal part of husbandry routines at my place....wood ashes, probiotics from ACV and FF, clean environment and soils, free range, sunshine and fresh air...and the all wonderful NuStock.

Can't beat natural living to bring a creature around, be it animal or human!