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

[Leahs Mom]

I publish under anonymous too. Those little tests are hard to read!! I'm wondering if publishing under anonymous would have any impact on the decision of a potential sonsor.

It doesn't matter if you publish under anonymous. It asks EVERYONE to type in the little "capcha" deal. It just verifies that you're not a computerized hack post and keeps the blog from getting inundated with "junk posts". They know it's a real person with the typing of the code.

 

[just me]

Bee, thank you for your post about killing chickens. Although I agree with you, I am not one that can do the killing. I have always felt that God put all these animals her for us, for clothing, food and enjoyment. What I don't like is after the first day of hunting season all the wounded deer we have roaming around. Now with all the coyotes we have, the deer shouldn't have to suffer long.
I wanted to ask with your hoop coop, how low do your temps get in the winter and is it very windy? I know chickens keep toasty warm and the wild feathered birds survive well but they hunker down someplace. Does this work well? It certainly would be a lot easier than the house style coops. I have read where you.ve taken measures with hay/straw to "cozy" things up. Just wondering if you like this better? Thanks.

Some "hunters" around here will let them walk around wounded too. DH has spent many a night "tracking" a wounded deer. Not many, because DH usually doesn't take a shot if he's not pretty sure it's a kill shot. But man, when you miss the spot, but still hit the deer, it can be a LONG night!! He doesn't like to leave them out there. They usually "run for water".

 

[aoxa]

 Some "hunters" around here will let them walk around wounded too.  DH has spent many a night "tracking" a wounded deer.  Not many, because DH usually doesn't take a shot if he's not pretty sure it's a kill shot.  But man, when you miss the spot, but still hit the deer, it can be a LONG night!!  He doesn't like to leave them out there.  They usually "run for water".

My cousin uses a bow, and wounded a buck that got away. He felt really bad about it, and could not locate the poor thing. I'm sure losing those really expensive arrows didn't help his frustration either.

 

[just me]

My cousin uses a bow, and wounded a buck that got away. He felt really bad about it, and could not locate the poor thing. I'm sure losing those really expensive arrows didn't help his frustration either.

I'm sure it's very frustrating. I didn't mean to imply that "all" of the wounded deer walking around weren't pursued. It's just that around here, there are so many, I can't see where a lot of them were just "shot at" and left alone. Also, if you watch the buzzards fly, you can find a "pile' of dead deer. The ones that were just hunted for sport, not food. Those are the hunters I was talking about.

Sorry if I offended, didn't mean to!!

 

[Leahs Mom]

Regarding ash in the dusting area...

Does anyone use it outside? I know that adding water to ash creates lye so I was wondering about what happens if it rains on the ash? I'm guessing it probably just soaks through into the ground and that it's not an issue but wondering... Also wondering if, after it gets rained on, it may lose its effectiveness on lice and mites.

Thoughts?

 

[thedragonlady]

I'm asking because my son has a recurring "boil" on the back of his neck, just below the hairline. It gets smaller during winter months, but really flames up during the summer. He went to the doc last year, hoping to get it lanced but they wouldn't. It looks like a big, nasty pimple!! Before he moved out, I would occassionally put a wet bathcloth with some epsom salts on it. He never liked that, and I don't think he does that now. Just wondering if the emu oil would help!! Couldn't hurt to try!!

Try taping a big gauze pad covered in raw honey on that boil. Honey has been used for centuries to disinfect and draw infection from wounds. Leave the pad on for 3 days, clean with ACV, andreplace it. Things should come to a head.

 

[aaggjg]

I keep meaning to ask this question and I keep forgetting. So as I am sitting down here having coffee with the chickens I thought I'd ask while I'm thinking about it!!!

I have a pullet probably about 25 weeks old. I have noticed for awhile that she often stands on one leg. Due to all of the foot posts on this thread I of course thought something was wrong with her feet. Well upon inspection nothing looks out of sorts. No sore no raised scales nothing. She walks on the foot she runs but often she holds this leg up. Has anybody seen this behavior before??? Should I be looking for something else amiss??

 

[aoxa]

 I'm sure it's very frustrating.  I didn't mean to imply that "all" of the wounded deer walking around weren't pursued.  It's just that around here, there are so many, I can't see where a lot of them were just "shot at" and left alone.  Also, if you watch the buzzards fly, you can find a "pile' of dead deer.  The ones that were just hunted for sport, not food.  Those are the hunters I was talking about.

Sorry if I offended, didn't mean to!!

You didn't offend at all, and I completely agree. I don't appreciate hunting for sport. If you are going to hunt, at least eat your kill.

Regarding ash in the dusting area...

Does anyone use it outside?  I know that adding water to ash creates lye so I was wondering about what happens if it rains on the ash?  I'm guessing it probably just soaks through into the ground and that it's not an issue but wondering...  Also wondering if, after it gets rained on, it may lose its effectiveness on lice and mites.

Thoughts?

 

Good question!

 

[Mumsy]

Regarding ash in the dusting area...

Does anyone use it outside? I know that adding water to ash creates lye so I was wondering about what happens if it rains on the ash? I'm guessing it probably just soaks through into the ground and that it's not an issue but wondering... Also wondering if, after it gets rained on, it may lose its effectiveness on lice and mites.

Thoughts?

I clean out my stove and dust Johnny outside the barn while I hold him over his dust bath. I dug up a spot there in the fenced paddock and raked out the rocks and roots. Then I made a simple leanto with a couple sheets of corrugated metal over it to keep rain off it. After I dust him, I dump out the ash into the bath hole. After a couple weeks of doing this for his mite control, the dust bath is almost all ash now. He loves it. Here in the PNW we get a lot of rain but his ash bath stays dry. I don't have room in my barn for anything else. A benifit to this covered dust bath is how he uses it as his duck and cover when a predator bird flys over while hes in the paddock during dirty weather.
Another reason I keep the dust bath outside the barn is to keep that ash dust from coating everything inside the barn. I wear a mask when I dust him because breathing that stuff on a regular basis is irritating to say the least. It doesn't bother him but I have trouble breathing if it's all over the barn.

 

[aoxa]

I keep meaning to ask this question and I keep forgetting. So as I am sitting down here having coffee with the chickens I thought I'd ask while I'm thinking about it!!!
I have a pullet probably about 25 weeks old. I have noticed for awhile that she often stands on one leg. Due to all of the foot posts on this thread I of course thought something was wrong with her feet. Well upon inspection nothing looks out of sorts. No sore no raised scales nothing. She walks on the foot she runs but often she holds this leg up. Has anybody seen this behavior before??? Should I be looking for something else amiss??

I see a lot of birds holding a foot up this time of year. They play flamingo and switch feet to warm the other one.. That's my guess..

However, she could have bumblefoot. Worth checking