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[sillycmoy]

www.rockymountainchickenstock.com

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[Lilwanis]

I have a question. What do you use for worming and bug control? What do you do with eggs during the withdrawal period? My flock seems to be in good health, no worms, bugs, or symptoms, but I keep reading about a maintenance schedule for this. Any tips for me?

 

[thebirdguy]

I have a question. What do you use for worming and bug control? What do you do with eggs during the withdrawal period? My flock seems to be in good health, no worms, bugs, or symptoms, but I keep reading about a maintenance schedule for this. Any tips for me?

I keep things clean, animals uncrowded, and have never had a problem (knock on wood).

 

[Cynthia12]

I have a question. What do you use for worming and bug control? What do you do with eggs during the withdrawal period? My flock seems to be in good health, no worms, bugs, or symptoms, but I keep reading about a maintenance schedule for this. Any tips for me?

The only thing I do is Denagard as a preventive program, well, besides treating for mites a couple of times a year. Anyway, I had dealt with the upper respiratory problem, I don't want to do that again. I did worm this winter, but only because I saw one in a dropping and freaked. I guess you are supposed to anyway if you see them. They will always have critters. Inside and out, but you shouldn't see worms. I consider my coop and runs clean. They eat so many different things..slugs are really bad worm carriers. They transfer hosts to whoever eats them really bad.
Don't worry about worming if you don't see them, and your chickens are acting fine, look healthy. A lot of folks think it's wrong to treat for upper respiratory when they aren't sick, but a lot of folks do it. I'm one of them.

 

[RedIII]

ATTENTION my chicken friends! My house is off-limits for the next week or so, and with the exception of putting myself through a stringent deep cleaning to go to Chickenstock next week, I will not be visiting anyone, either. One of my broodies has a terrible respiratory thing going on. It almost sounds like asthma, in a weird way. I don't want this spreading to anyone else's birds. I've started giving her very mild amounts of infant vitamins in her water, along with a tiny pinch of electrolytes, so we'll see if she improves in that time.

 

[Chiko]

Cynthia look what I found today! Sindie AND Fanny Broody together AGAIN!

 

[La Casa de Pollo]

Lilwanis, I give mine cayenne pepper once a month or so, they have no heat receptors and is supposed to keep internal parasites gone. i love it. My grandparents used it, and swear by it, have read other people on here that use it...love it.

Your SBEL's look a lot like my girl that I kept! I hope she is still a girl! Eek! The boys combs were huge and bright red though, totally different, so crossing fingers. (eek!)

I am picking up a few more, Daloorashens has SBEL's at chickenstock, if you want to try more? Cyndiloo? Maybe you? My last hatch was a bust so I have none this time dang it.

ATTENTION my chicken friends! My house is off-limits for the next week or so, and with the exception of putting myself through a stringent deep cleaning to go to Chickenstock next week, I will not be visiting anyone, either. One of my broodies has a terrible respiratory thing going on. It almost sounds like asthma, in a weird way. I don't want this spreading to anyone else's birds. I've started giving her very mild amounts of infant vitamins in her water, along with a tiny pinch of electrolytes, so we'll see if she improves in that time.

Red, if you just put on fresh duds & wash hands real good after seeing your girls in the morning you should be good, also I lysol my shoes when I visit other people with chickens to be sure there are no critters on the bottoms. I will have some lysol in my car, figured I would do my shoes really good when we get there. I use separate shoes out in the chicken yard, but still, just to be safe They have some homeopathic stuff at IFA called VetRX, it is like a menthol type thing you can rub on their comb and nasal area to improve the congestion, I put some on the one that was sneezing over the winter and she was fine. It is like Vics Ithink, I liked it. Hope your girl gets better soon, poor baby.!

Chiko your broodies are adorable!

 

[pawtraitart]

ATTENTION my chicken friends! My house is off-limits for the next week or so, and with the exception of putting myself through a stringent deep cleaning to go to Chickenstock next week, I will not be visiting anyone, either. One of my broodies has a terrible respiratory thing going on. It almost sounds like asthma, in a weird way. I don't want this spreading to anyone else's birds. I've started giving her very mild amounts of infant vitamins in her water, along with a tiny pinch of electrolytes, so we'll see if she improves in that time.

Do you have any Oxine? A daily fine mist of non-activated Oxine is excellent for respiratory irritations. You can put it in her drinking water as well. It's very safe.

 

[La Casa de Pollo]

Do you have any Oxine? A daily fine mist of non-activated Oxine is excellent for respiratory irritations. You can put it in her drinking water as well. It's very safe.

I have seen lots of posts about oxine, i would love to get some, where do you find it? Do the feed stores have it?

 

[pawtraitart]

I have seen lots of posts about oxine, i would love to get some, where do you find it? Do the feed stores have it?

I bought mine online. A gallon lasts forever, so I don't remember where I got it. There are two applications for it.

1) Activated - for use on surfaces for complete disinfection. Birds need to be removed and kept away for awhile using it this way.
2) Inactivated - for use on the animal, in mist/fogger units, and in drinking water. This application is totally animal/people safe for direct contact. Follow dilution directions.

Oxine works regardless of organic material contamination so it;s better than bleach. It rapidly kills bacteria and viruses.