Visitation hours are over!!

[TheTwoRoos]

Yes,400 is a huge investment!If nothing works and there ain’t any improvement atleast in the next week,you may have to cull and start over completely.Maybe an expert like @casportpony may know?

 

[Sneebsey]

Have you wormed them and checked for lice, Ragna? I'd use Ivermectin for this, since it will kill both lice and worms. I use a pour on for cattle; depending on the size of the bird you'd use between 2 and 7 drops from an eye-dropper or pipette between the shoulders; these two look small, so I'd say three should be enough. Hopefully parasites are the cause of the illness of the birds, as they are easier to deal with than contagious disease.

They both do look pale, and with illness it is always best to treat the entire flock rather than just the sick bird; if one has it, then usually everyone does.

 

[Ragna]

Have you wormed them and checked for lice, Ragna? I'd use Ivermectin for this, since it will kill both lice and worms. I use a pour on for cattle; depending on the size of the bird you'd use between 2 and 7 drops from an eye-dropper or pipette between the shoulders; these two look small, so I'd say three should be enough. Hopefully parasites are the cause of the illness of the birds, as they are easier to deal with than contagious disease.

They both do look pale, and with illness it is always best to treat the entire flock rather than just the sick bird; if one has it, then usually everyone does.

The orange one has lice I'm treating her for, I'm giving her medication and garlic which is supposed to help with worms. I can't afford any expensive chemicals for worms. She's already on 3 antibiotics and pain medicine given by the doctor.

 

[Ragna]

Have you wormed them and checked for lice, Ragna? I'd use Ivermectin for this, since it will kill both lice and worms. I use a pour on for cattle; depending on the size of the bird you'd use between 2 and 7 drops from an eye-dropper or pipette between the shoulders; these two look small, so I'd say three should be enough. Hopefully parasites are the cause of the illness of the birds, as they are easier to deal with than contagious disease.

They both do look pale, and with illness it is always best to treat the entire flock rather than just the sick bird; if one has it, then usually everyone does.

The orange one you guys are saying is sick has been generally separated at best as I could do but when I'm not looking and trying to clean or give the sick one medicine they mad dash into the cage or basically do EVERYTHING they can possibly do to get back together which is cute but it's also very very frustrating because I'm obviously trying to keep them separate. Again they were raised together so if there is an illness they both have been exposed to it regardless. I just got them a couple of weeks ago. And I've noticed a lot of chickens I see at the shop are sick when I take a closer look. They're raised in bad conditions is what I assume. But the orange one is eating properly. she was laying funny last night but I passed it off as the chair just being slanted because it is. She's eating and drinking properly. She's got energy and runs around so I don't think she's sick

 

[Sneebsey]

If one has lice, they all do. To treat just lice alone you can use permethrin or pyrethrum spray; I have used dog flea spray in the past, which can be purchased fairly inexpensively. Check for mites too, as the treatment for those would be different as they do not live on the bird.

I would definitely worm them; there are some fairly inexpensive wormers on the market and you can incorporate many of them into the feed and water you give them.

 

[casportpony]

I just spent 400 dollars yesterday on the vet

What did the vet say?

 

[Ragna]

If one has lice, they all do. To treat just lice alone you can use permethrin or pyrethrum spray; I have used dog flea spray in the past, which can be purchased fairly inexpensively. Check for mites too, as the treatment for those would be different as they do not live on the bird.

I would definitely worm them; there are some fairly inexpensive wormers on the market and you can incorporate many of them into the feed and water you give them.

Where do mites live? how can I spot them since I can't seem to ever find them. Even the lice hide very well sometimes but I know they are there since I have seen them and they peck their feathers occasionally. I'm treating them for lice

 

[casportpony]

Where do mites live? how can I spot them since I can't seem to ever find them. Even the lice hide very well sometimes but I know they are there since I have seen them and they peck their feathers occasionally. I'm treating them for lice

What are you treating the lice with?

 

[Ragna]

What are you treating the lice with?

some organic spray that works very well but... It's not what I want it to be. It kills when it comes into contact in a few seconds right? but if I soak the bird I need to rub it in manually but I saw a few babies hiding in her wings I wasn't able to really kill.... I really feel like a stronger method like harder chemicals will do the trick but I've mostly been able to keep them... managed so it's not infesting them but I've been able to fight them off to keep them minimal....I'm very overwhelmed right now since I spent my whole day at the vet yesterday and am nursing her back to health with a lot of effort and procedures.

 

[Sneebsey]

With mites, you have to treat the coop, spraying or fogging insecticide to ensure every surface is coated. Mites live off the bird, inside the nooks and crannies of the coop, only coming onto the bird at night to feed on their blood. Lice live directly on the bird, so you need to treat the bird with an insecticide appropriate for direct application to skin; flea spray with permethrin is ideal. Many of the products available for use on poultry are of questionable worth, which is why I am suggesting seemingly odd products for use on larger mammals; they are usually more efficient at dealing with the issue without harming the birds, but are not licensed for use in poultry, hence cannot be sold as such.