Re: scaly leg question

"Jill" <news@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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the floor is earth, so beyond scrubbing walls etc, dusting chicken ddt
about, & replacing the straw in the house with neurotic frequency
(which is actually fine, as i'm composting the pooey straw for my
garden) i'm not sure there's much else i can do. i've been checking
the roosts after dark/in the morning but not found any mites.

You are doing great -- keep treating the birds with the vaseline until
their legs recover and you have the new set up

the birds no like vaseline treatment <g>. (well, too bad!! actually, it's
not the vaseline, of course, it's being treated. now when they see my dh,
they run away screaming. i make him play "bad cop" <g>) all legs are good
bar two of them - i had suspected 3 so that's not bad. all bottom-lice have
gone from boggis & bunce, too. (i'm not sure anything survives this chicken
ddt - i'm a bit worried...)

Urm - Indian Game should make your ISA's puny <grin>
Are they bantams?

no, bigger than bantams & not so "decorative", & definitely bigger eggs,
about 55g-odd :-). (and definitely far too excitable). definitely
game-shaped like the cornish in your link (wide-set legs, etc). i have
looked at quite a few sites & not seen anything exactly like them, so i gave
up. they are probably 30-35cm (or perhaps 40cm?) tall (ground level to
head). they all have speckled gold-and-dark brown necks. most of them have
grey underfeathers & brownish-goldish feathers (quite dark), and one has the
same neck colours as the others but a powder-grey body. all have grey legs.
perhaps the person said "english". perhaps the person was just making
something up :-)
kylie


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