What did you do in the garden today?

[WthrLady]

There was a post on here where they used ether. (Starter fluid)! It looked like they just fall asleep. My husband got all the necessary items. You can put it on a tag hold them and cover their nares. Or put soaked rags with it in tote place bird in and they fall asleep. Permanently. I haven't done this but wanted to be ready when the time comes. I had a sweet girl I thought would go eventually and didn't want her to suffer. She ended up dying in my arms two weeks ago peacefully and unexpectedly at that time. You maybe can look up "ether" in search bar?

That's how I do it. And I already texted her about it.

 

[WthrLady]

Gretna!

Branched Oak Lake

 

[chickengr]

<sigh>. We have 4 chickens segregated due to tapeworms . Apparently from earthworms, according to farm vet (several farm vets) business that does not treat chickens. Tapeworms are species specific, and require an intermediary host (like earthworms, flies, grasshopper, etc). Asked if they can ID the tapeworm (so we know which intermediary vector like worm or fly) but they cannot do that, and said most likely earthworms. So now we will address the wet area that the chickens dig around and we’ve put off addressing. Chickens are receiving meds, a tapeworm med for horses at a small dose, and require 2 treatments followed by 2 week egg withdrawal. With the price of eggs, I’d rather treat and keep, plus all 4 chickens look healthy and are laying eggs. In a solid bottom dog crate now, once they get 2nd dose next week, we will put them in a separate pen.

I use dog tapeworm pills, just double dose (1 pill for 10 kg of body weight for dogs and 5 kg of body weight for chickens). chickens digest much faster that's why they need double dose. repeat after 2 weeks. 1 week egg withdrawal is plenty unless eggs are for babies and toddlers.

 

[chickengr]

Last year I didn't add red pepper powder to the fermented feed for a couple winter months. In March I started adding an piles of round worms were under the roost
Previously I had seen only one worm out of a rooster.
I wormed everyone and didn't see any worms, but I didn't have a fecal run.
So red pepper seems to be a preventative for round worms and maybe a treatment.
Your milage may vary

I guess you are talking about hot pepper powder. it helps to expel worms. as well as garlic. pumpkin seeds help with tapeworms.

 

[MotherofOrpies]

There was a post on here where they used ether. (Starter fluid)! It looked like they just fall asleep. My husband got all the necessary items. You can put it on a tag hold them and cover their nares. Or put soaked rags with it in tote place bird in and they fall asleep. Permanently. I haven't done this but wanted to be ready when the time comes. I had a sweet girl I thought would go eventually and didn't want her to suffer. She ended up dying in my arms two weeks ago peacefully and unexpectedly at that time. You maybe can look up "ether" in search bar?

I just read the thread, NO starter fluid, please, someone said they tried it, the chicken was still alive after 30 minutes and suffering obviously they suffocate, NOT a good way to go

 

[chickengr]

Been a long time. Hope the gardens are all doing well. I'm just starting to plan this year's vegetable garden. The garden is under of blanket of snow at the moment. Only things really worth carrying about it there are the garlic and asparagus, both of which are still dormant for the winter.

Anybody else deciding to cut back on plant varieties this year? I really think I am going to focus heavily on tomatoes, peppers and cucumbers. I just might dedicate over 400 square feet just to those. And I'm thinking of going with one variety of tomato, one of cucumber, one of sweet pepper, and probably two hot peppers (jalapeno for salsa and chipotles and something else for other stuff like spicing up tomato sauce, pickles, relished, etc.). Marigolds are something else I want to mix in even more this year along with some other flowers perhaps. I'll definitely plant onions, potatoes, carrots, zuchinni/ summer squash and herbs. That really might be all though... In a 1000+ square foot garden that currently has 12 raised beds!

It . Seems crazy to be so simple this year, but I need to limit the amount of work on the garden. My job will be busy in the Spring and Summer and DW is busy with an infant these days in addition to our two school aged kids. Less variety will be simpler to manage and should produce more of the things we like most. Seems like a win win.

welcome back and congrats on the baby! boy or girl? if I remember well you already have 1 boy and 1 girl.

 

[igorsMistress]

I see. I don't know if we have arabian lilacs here.

I ordered from Etsy. I have seen them around in people’s landscape, but never found them to buy locally despite checking several nurseries. I needed fast shade and I wasn’t disappointed with it.

 

[Molpet]

I guess you are talking about hot pepper powder. it helps to expel worms. as well as garlic. pumpkin seeds help with tapeworms.

Yes

 

[igorsMistress]

I guess you are talking about hot pepper powder. it helps to expel worms. as well as garlic. pumpkin seeds help with tapeworms.

The science doesn’t back this up.

https://bitchinchickens.com/2021/01/11/myth-buster-pumpkin-as-chicken-dewormer/

Whoever has worms in their flock, get their poop tested and find out what kind of worms they have; wormers don’t work on all types of worms and you may need a different medication. The vet we take our dogs to doesn’t see chickens, but she will send a fecal sample for testing for me. If your flock doesn’t have worms, don’t treat them just because. Please.

 

[igorsMistress]

I just read the thread, NO starter fluid, please, someone said they tried it, the chicken was still alive after 30 minutes and suffering obviously they suffocate, NOT a good way to go

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