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Hi! I am new to raising chickens and still working out the best ways to keep external and internal parasites from affecting my flock. Previously to now, all I'd been doing is cleaning the coop regularly and applying a liberal dusting of sevin each time. But apparently that was not enough! Doing a regular chicken inspection, I found poultry lice on one of my birds. The infestation has probably just started, but in any case I'll be cleaning the coop and dusting all the birds tonight. It's probably going to take me a few hours to get it all done, not to mention that I'll have to do it all again next week.
So I was wondering, what are the routines you more experienced poultry keepers have? I've heard that people use Wazine to worm chickens every 6 months and maybe use ivormectin drops on the backs of their necks to keep the external creepies off for the same amount of time? I don't really have an established worming and de-bugging process yet, but I would like to set one up now and am curious about what's been working for all of you! Can you tell me what you do, and if you use wormers/chemicals, how you use them? I would be very interested to know and would really appreciate the info! Thank you!
(Oh, and if it matters, my flock is free range.)
So I was wondering, what are the routines you more experienced poultry keepers have? I've heard that people use Wazine to worm chickens every 6 months and maybe use ivormectin drops on the backs of their necks to keep the external creepies off for the same amount of time? I don't really have an established worming and de-bugging process yet, but I would like to set one up now and am curious about what's been working for all of you! Can you tell me what you do, and if you use wormers/chemicals, how you use them? I would be very interested to know and would really appreciate the info! Thank you!
(Oh, and if it matters, my flock is free range.)
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