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Author: | SCox [ Sat Sep 21, 2013 4:44 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: Scaley Leg Mites |
Thats good 9 years is a good innings |
Author: | Dan63 [ Tue Nov 19, 2013 6:02 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: Scaley Leg Mites |
9 years is huge |
Author: | Doolan [ Tue Nov 19, 2013 6:15 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: Scaley Leg Mites |
A trooper...she raised so many babies....i gave her to a friend when I had to leave my last home and he kept me up to date and I visited her later in her life, she looked like a young girl....her name was Fanny... |
Author: | LOOLOO [ Wed Nov 20, 2013 7:34 am ] |
Post subject: | Re: Scaley Leg Mites |
Those sort of hens are rare but special LooLoo |
Author: | Anna-l [ Wed Nov 27, 2013 10:05 am ] |
Post subject: | Re: Scaley Leg Mites |
Just discovered these mites on my pekins I had no idea they had them until I had to catch 1 OMG now I have to treat them and following your advice so thanks. How often do I need to check them in the future? |
Author: | Doolan [ Wed Nov 27, 2013 12:30 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: Scaley Leg Mites |
Oh Anna...when my girls first got them I felt like a leper, but it is just part of the process...i just grabbed them each night from their roost when they were sleepy and doused their little feet in Pest oil for three days...then vege/coconut oil for three more days but remember to wash roosts with hot soapy water, dry and rub pest oil in to roosts well at least every week till the mites look like they have gone..i do the roosts each time i clean out pen cos only takes two minutes. Do spread garden lime on their ground tht they scratch around.....if your Pekin doesnt roost then thats ok...change bedding regularly and always sprinkle with Pestene powder, under the hay or straw. it may not ever come back if you do the lime (not builders lime) on soil every couple months. Xxxx Ps. I use pestene powder on the whole hen every couple months too. |
Author: | LOOLOO [ Wed Nov 27, 2013 6:38 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: Scaley Leg Mites |
Excellent reply summed up perfectly LooLoo |
Author: | Lucy [ Fri Nov 29, 2013 4:14 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: Scaley Leg Mites |
Those mites can be stubborn to get rid off thats for sure |
Author: | Cordelia [ Sat Nov 30, 2013 7:45 am ] |
Post subject: | Re: Scaley Leg Mites |
If you treat them 2 or 3 times and not just 1 time they will all die |
Author: | Doolan [ Sat Nov 30, 2013 7:48 am ] |
Post subject: | Re: Scaley Leg Mites |
I think the key is to do daily till they all die...my first outbreak scared me silly so i rubbed their feet for two weeks, possibly over kill..this last time one week did the trick...tgey seem to appreciate it xx |
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