What did you do with your flock today?

[Nicks_Chicks]

I just put a chick under a broody. Hoping for the best in the morning...

 

[PopoMyers]

Oh, what a day! Decided enough is enough. Unscrewed the panels and windows off the coop and found a gazillion mites. First I took my heat gun to them, then bought some permethrin to spray everything. Death to all mites!!!!! What the heat gun didn't fry, the spray.killed the ones in the wood joints. When I treated and put the panels back on, I made sure they didn't touch the frame they are screwed into.
I feel so bad that Onyx has been feeding these mini vampires. She probably hasn't finished molting because of anemia? She hasn't laid any eggs yet, since she was under the weather last month. All the girls are on 19% feed now. I have hopes that now she'll fully recover. Should I give her a higher protein feed to boost her blood? I have 30% game raiser.

 

[PopoMyers]

I just put a chick under a broody. Hoping for the best in the morning...

Only one?

 

[Nicks_Chicks]

Only one?

I also put one egg that has pipped under her.

 

[ValerieJ]

Oh, what a day! Decided enough is enough. Unscrewed the panels and windows off the coop and found a gazillion mites. First I took my heat gun to them, then bought some permethrin to spray everything. Death to all mites!!!!! What the heat gun didn't fry, the spray.killed the ones in the wood joints. When I treated and put the panels back on, I made sure they didn't touch the frame they are screwed into.
I feel so bad that Onyx has been feeding these mini vampires. She probably hasn't finished molting because of anemia? She hasn't laid any eggs yet, since she was under the weather last month. All the girls are on 19% feed now. I have hopes that now she'll fully recover. Should I give her a higher protein feed to boost her blood? I have 30% game raiser.

I think you have taken care of the mites, and the 19% feed is good. She'll probably start getting through this molt now. Did you spray her for mites as well?

 

[ValerieJ]

I also put one egg that has pipped under her.

Hoping for the best!!!

 

[PopoMyers]

I think you have taken care of the mites, and the 19% feed is good. She'll probably start getting through this molt now. Did you spray her for mites as well?

No, they weren't on her. Should I spray her and the rest if the hens as well? I only have red mites, thankfully not NFM.

 

[Nicks_Chicks]

I think you have taken care of the mites, and the 19% feed is good. She'll probably start getting through this molt now. Did you spray her for mites as well?

She didn't accept it, but it was okay. I found the chick snuggling with two ameraucananas that I had put in there recently. They were about 2 months old.

 

[ValerieJ]

No, they weren't on her. Should I spray her and the rest if the hens as well? I only have red mites, thankfully not NFM.

Oh, I don't know. I haven't had to deal with mites. But the red ones are the ones that live in the coop and just come out and bite the chickens at night, right? If so, I'd say you got 'em!

 

[ValerieJ]

She didn't accept it, but it was okay. I found the chick snuggling with two ameraucananas that I had put in there recently. They were about 2 months old.

How about the egg that pipped?