Re: Chicken Lice?

a_l_p <hay_hell_pea@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
news:eslsg2$49i$1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx:

Notes I was given along with a small quantity of
Ivermectin:

Scaly leg and other parasites, internal and external, in
poultry Dosage 0.1 ml / kg
Examples of weight:
Polish hen 1.5 kg
Medium breed 2 ? 3 kg
Heavy breed, e.g. Orpington 4 ? 5 kg
Withholding period 7 days before using eggs or meat for
human consumption. Eggs can be safely fed to dogs.
How to administer: Suck up required amount for one bird
into syringe. DO NOT use a needle to administer the
liquid. Squirt the liquid onto the skin on the neck of the
fowl up above the shoulders, where she cannot reach it when
grooming herself.It is easiest to do this at night when the
birds are roosting in their house. A headband-light is
good since it leaves your hands free.

thank you!!!
we've had an outbreak of scaly leg, & it's too cold to toss
the birds outside for an hour while i spray the barn (it's -10
to -30F with the windchills this week).
i've been gooping everyone, including the ones that look
normal, with petroleum jelly, but it's frustrating & doesn't
seem, to me anyway, that it solves the problem.
since we have something like 18 dozen eggs in the fridge,
losing a weeks worth to the dogs will not be any loss really
(& the dogs can use the extra protein for the cold, i'm sure,
especially the Mal, who hates being indoors).
one question though, will i need to redose with the
Ivermectin in 10 days or a month, or should one dose take care
of it? usually we start getting warmer weather by April & the
chooks won't mind being out while i do a good scrub down of
the barn (& i'll probably just replace all the roosts).
lee
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