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[Chickielady]

Congrates to Heather !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
So reassuring to hear!!!!
And Fantastic hatching & brooder room Tamara !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

It is beautiful!!
You need to take care of that man !!!

CR:: You are a wonderful person & great neighbor & friend, and glad Michelle is on the mend.
Have you heard anything about her recooperation needs ?
Like a month of bed rest or ?

Impy::::::::: Congrates on yet another award !!!

I expected JB to be back by now, too...has Broody been around ?
I have yet to go back more than a few pages.
We HAVE to get a plucker SOOOOON, have way too many cockerals and it is getting spendy to feed them and they need to go to freezer camp.
OK, I am off to search out aplucker or parts.

 

[Chickielady]

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My typing is challenged as I have Pyper the dog in my lap trying to lick the crumbs off my fingers as I type and then lay her chin on the space bar.

I have also wondered about using Dog/cat flea/lice spray on the chickies or using a form of Advantage.

You'd think that cat or dog Advantage (which is Imitacloprid and not Ivermectin) would be more appropriate for chickens than a bovine wormer because of body size and skin thickness, although it looks as if it's toxic to Japanese Quail which puts up a red flag for other gallinaceous birds. Unfortunately the Ivermectin artical at Wikipedia stinks , so I'll have to google around and figure out the dog wormer which uses it.

One thing I notice from reading both Wiki articles is that there's a totally ass-backwards risk assessment; Imitacloprid has a relatively small margine between the effective and lethal doses in most animals, whereas Ivermectin is extremely safe except in a cluster of herd dog breeds and some reptiles.

When my brain is not sucking fumes I'll try to chase down a higher level of info, but Wikipedia does hold its attractions when I'm so sleep deprived that I've got trailing rainbows across my visual field for any moving target (which since I don't touch-type is a bit of a nuisance).

There are BYCers all over the planet raving about Eprinex...and have used it with fantastic results, so next time that is the route I go, especially the no egg waite AND ease of application verses the Ivermectin injectible...yuk, or Ivermectin soluble drops in the mouth..what a hassel that is...counting drops in a wiggling hens mouth, especially when you have so many birds !
NOTE: I always do the Wazine treatment first, suppose to relieve a good portion of the parasite load first, then a few days later do the Ivermectrin or Eprinex.

 

[Stumpfarmer]

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No surgery until Wednesday. Last info I got they have her in traction and the pain is being reduced with meds. Seems one of the reasons they are holding off is that this is not a real common type injury and they want to have as many on board as they can.

There's a whole lot of wait and see in treating broken pelves; a friend of ours spent seven weeks in Harborview (at least partly because he had no insurance and lived alone with no local family and therefore could not be released to home care) on a day-to-day wait for surgery and was finally released when there was sufficient healing that no surgery was needed. There's been some advancement in plate-and-screw technology since that (about 20 years ago) so they may be more aggressive now than they were then, I hope: it sounds like she's vitally needed by everyone around her!

 

[Stumpfarmer]

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You'd think that cat or dog Advantage (which is Imitacloprid and not Ivermectin) would be more appropriate for chickens than a bovine wormer because of body size and skin thickness, although it looks as if it's toxic to Japanese Quail which puts up a red flag for other gallinaceous birds. Unfortunately the Ivermectin artical at Wikipedia stinks , so I'll have to google around and figure out the dog wormer which uses it.

One thing I notice from reading both Wiki articles is that there's a totally ass-backwards risk assessment; Imitacloprid has a relatively small margine between the effective and lethal doses in most animals, whereas Ivermectin is extremely safe except in a cluster of herd dog breeds and some reptiles.

When my brain is not sucking fumes I'll try to chase down a higher level of info, but Wikipedia does hold its attractions when I'm so sleep deprived that I've got trailing rainbows across my visual field for any moving target (which since I don't touch-type is a bit of a nuisance).

There are BYCers all over the planet raving about Eprinex...and have used it with fantastic results, so next time that is the route I go, especially the no egg waite AND ease of application verses the Ivermectin injectible...yuk, or Ivermectin soluble drops in the mouth..what a hassel that is...counting drops in a wiggling hens mouth, especially when you have so many birds !
NOTE: I always do the Wazine treatment first, suppose to relieve a good portion of the parasite load first, then a few days later do the Ivermectrin or Eprinex.

Yeah, I need to look into Eprinex; I'll swipe my sister's Jeffer's catalog when she's not ticked off at me/I'm not ticked off at me.

I've got to get the chicken run finished and the coop at least finished on the inside and tarped so I can worm the chooks and then put them in a clean place. I'm a firm believer in clean ground as the best pest control, but it gets tricky to manage when you have limited access to labor.

 

[4cats3kids1hubby2many]

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You'd think that cat or dog Advantage (which is Imitacloprid and not Ivermectin) would be more appropriate for chickens than a bovine wormer because of body size and skin thickness, although it looks as if it's toxic to Japanese Quail which puts up a red flag for other gallinaceous birds. Unfortunately the Ivermectin artical at Wikipedia stinks , so I'll have to google around and figure out the dog wormer which uses it.

One thing I notice from reading both Wiki articles is that there's a totally ass-backwards risk assessment; Imitacloprid has a relatively small margine between the effective and lethal doses in most animals, whereas Ivermectin is extremely safe except in a cluster of herd dog breeds and some reptiles.

When my brain is not sucking fumes I'll try to chase down a higher level of info, but Wikipedia does hold its attractions when I'm so sleep deprived that I've got trailing rainbows across my visual field for any moving target (which since I don't touch-type is a bit of a nuisance).

There are BYCers all over the planet raving about Eprinex...and have used it with fantastic results, so next time that is the route I go, especially the no egg waite AND ease of application verses the Ivermectin injectible...yuk, or Ivermectin soluble drops in the mouth..what a hassel that is...counting drops in a wiggling hens mouth, especially when you have so many birds !
NOTE: I always do the Wazine treatment first, suppose to relieve a good portion of the parasite load first, then a few days later do the Ivermectrin or Eprinex.

I have done quite a bit of reading/research too. This is the route I am taking. Did the Wazine a week ago. I am now ordering the Eprinex. How many times a year do you do? I was going to do just in spring or maybe spring/fall type prophylacticly.

 

[Cloverleaf Farm]

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Yup now don't go and ruin that reputation. I have worked hard to get people to believe it.

Actually, we all know the truth...No matter how hard you try to hide it....
....You are a WONDERFUL KIND PERSON......

You can't hide it any longer.....LOL.

x2!!

 

[Chicken Rustler]

Yes it will be a loss having Michelle out of commission for several months. We ( me, her mom and stepdad, cousin and aunt) are all preparing to take on her duties as well as take care of her. Her dad and sister have been with her at H V and her mom is going up wed or thurs. Which ever is best for Michelle. I told em early on that the first person going up needs to take her cell charger. That is her life line. Well since her dad lives near Vancouver he stopped in on his way by. I told her mom that the next thing she will need is her laptop and cord! Her cousin said well I don't know if they will let her have that. WHAT ????? They better have VERY good reason for that.

 

[herbandteas]

You are allowed a lap top in the hospital. DH had his each time he went in for chemo. He has been at UW and St joes in tacoma both allowed it so I am sure harborview will too.

 

[TheReidHomestead]

I have not used the Eprinex before, I have used the Ivermectin Pour On for cattle, which is a different product. I will also use the Eprinex next time because it seems to have a lot of benefits. I just searched and found this thread on dosage for Eprinex:

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=96773&p=1

Basically it says 1/4 cc for bantams and 1/2 cc for large fowl. You treat them once, on the bare skin at the back of the neck, topically. Then two weeks later, you do it again. That's it.

Also, you need to make sure that when you apply it, it hits the bare skin. If it lands on fluff, the fluff sucks it up real quick and that doesn't get into their system. It is definently a two person job. One to hold the chicken, one to draw up the meds in a syringe, find a bare skin, and drop the drops on it. Always hold the needle parallel to the birds skin, in case it jumps it won't get accidently stuck.

 

[pettec63]

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Congratulations! I am so happy that you got great news. Now relax and enjoy!

Yeaaaaa! That is AWESOME !! congratulations!! Great news!!!!