Treating with Ivermectin - BackYard Chickens Keeping in mind that ivermectin is a product mainly used to treat cattle and is off label for chickens, I hope you know that ivermectin's primary purpose is a wormer, it's secondary benefit is that it kills mites, but not chicken lice Chicken lice do not suck blood Cattle lice which are a different type of lice suck blood from cattle If you're dealing with external parasites, you'll still
Coccidiosis How To Treat It - BackYard Chickens Coccidiosis How To Treat It Picture by animallover1654 What is Coccidiosis? Coccidia are a microscopic parasitic organism that infect poultry when ingested by the chicken The parasites found in the ground or bird feces attaches
Cold Weather Poultry Housing and Care - BackYard Chickens Part 3: poultry and breed selection I will only cover poultry types that I have personally overwintered Chickens: In General: TINY COMBS AND WATTLES! It makes a huge difference There are some temperatures, some climates, where no matter how good your care, those big combs and wattles will freeze! The best combs for cold climates are pea and
TREATING SCALY LEG MITES (SLM) - BackYard Chickens My Crevecoeur hens' feet infected severely with SLM - What are Scaly Leg Mites? Scaly leg mites are a type of external parasite that can cause discomfort and pain to your chickens or other poultry by burrowing under the scales on their legs and feet This causes the scales to become crusty and lift instead of staying flat and smooth The mites dig tiny tunnels under the skin and eat tissue
Getting Started Showing Poultry in 4H and FFA Hello! I am a 4H and FFA member in Iowa! I was in fifth grade when I first started showing poultry And while I did some research I was mostly clueless about what I was walking into! I didn't know what to do when the judge approached me in Showmanship What was the judge looking for in in a production poultry class? So, will explain a little bit about what my county fair poultry show looked
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