Topic of the Week - Lice and Mites - Prevention and Treatments

[Raggedyroad]

Which ivermectin do you want to use?

Oh jeez, sorry! I'm sick today and trying to save a sick rooster as well. It's the pour on for cattle. 5mg per ml.

The main rooster is pretty weak and I don't know if this will do him in but I Don't know what else to try to save him. He weighs 6.3 lbs. I bathed him and blew out his feathers. He has drank some but not as much as I'd like of the electrolyte/mineral water I mixed for him. I tried giving him fresh scrambled egg but he only picks at it and he normally loves it. He's pooping straight up colored water too.

 

[casportpony]

Oh jeez, sorry! I'm sick today and trying to save a sick rooster as well. It's the pour on for cattle. 5mg per ml.

The main rooster is pretty weak and I don't know if this will do him in but I Don't know what else to try to save him. He weighs 6.3 lbs. I bathed him and blew out his feathers. He has drank some but not as much as I'd like of the electrolyte/mineral water I mixed for him. I tried giving him fresh scrambled egg but he only picks at it and he normally loves it. He's pooping straight up colored water too.

You could try 0.6 ml topically. Are there still bugs on him?

 

[Raggedyroad]

You could try 0.6 ml topically. Are there still bugs on him?

I'm not 100% certain. I bathed him as well as I could. I tried to make sure all areas were well rinsed and covered with water

 

[casportpony]

I'm not 100% certain. I bathed him as well as I could. I tried to make sure all areas were well rinsed and covered with water

In the future, best not to bathe when close to the edge. Is he all warm and dry now?

 

[Raggedyroad]

He's dry but hubby won't let me bring him in because of the mites. And it is chilly outside. I was planning to put him in the shed which I think is a bad idea for him and for the bedding that's stored in there. I might just reintroduce the mites after we've sprayed them.

 

[Raggedyroad]

In the future, best not to bathe when close to the edge. Is he all warm and dry now?

 

[casportpony]

He's dry but hubby won't let me bring him in because of the mites. And it is chilly outside. I was planning to put him in the shed which I think is a bad idea for him and for the bedding that's stored in there. I might just reintroduce the mites after we've sprayed them.

Do you have a safe heat source for the shed?

 

[Folly's place]

How about the garage? Bring him in to a source of electricity and use a blow dryer to warm him up. Wet chickens are cold chickens! Mary

 

[RoostersAreAwesome]

Update on my chickens: I have been using a permethrin spray and the mites are nearly gone. It has taken quite a while, though.

 

[Linda V]

I am still battling those horrible brown mites. The little beggars are back after 2 months mite free. At least I thought we were. In the beginning (late spring) I sprayed with permethrin and then again 2 weeks later and all the chickens vents as well. 6 weeks later we noticed them again so we purchased predatory mites. That seems to be working quite well until the cold wet weather hit. We are knee deep in the little monsters again.

I want to put Ivermectin on my roosters but have no idea how much. I had a chart for this on my old computer that pooped out on me a couple months ago and now I can't access all of valuable chicken information I had saved. Some of the roosters will be culled once they are full grown for the stew pot though. Will they be safe to eat?

Also, has anyone ever used a product called elector? At least I think that's what the name is. It's applied in the same manner as Permethrin and is supposed to work like gangbusters on mites and only one application is needed. It's expensive but if it will do the job once and for all then I'm in.