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Eliminating Lice (or Mites) on Chickens Using Permethrin You will need to catch each bird, powder them all over, and put them in the freshly cleaned and sprayed coop Tip:hold the birds upside down by their legs Make sure to get around their vents very well Be careful when getting their heads Even if you only found parasites on one bird you should treat them all
Caring for Pigeons in an Aviary or Indoors - BackYard Chickens Part of the aviary needs to be covered, to keep out rain snow and provide shade on hot days Part of the aviary should be open to the air, and have a wire mesh roof Pigeons tend to be more cold-hardy than chickens; after all, unlike the pigeon, the ancestor of the chicken is a tropical bird
House Pet Quail - BackYard Chickens Coturnix are probably the most domesticated of quail, but they are still quail They are small prey animals, and will react as such If you want a bird that you can really make friends with, I would suggest a parrot or a chicken Even those you will need to spend a lot of time with and learn how to interact with them to get the best results
Got empty wire spools? Heres an idea! - BackYard Chickens This last picture shows the door open We drilled a hole to put a nail in to hold the door up When you open the door, take the nail that is holding it closed, put it in the drilled hole, and ta-da!
Simple DIY Pigeon Loft - BackYard Chickens This is the first pigeon loft I have built I have a small store-built loft for my pair of Birmingham Rollers, Cher Ami and Commando, but as I am expecting eggs and want to get some Homers I decided I needed to expand
Mite bites on me - are they in my house? - BackYard Chickens I had a lot of bites last spring of course the mind starts think the worse things possible I will have to fumigate the house type stuff ohh gosh going to cost thousands Then I started to do research I also keep hand cleaner with the alcohol by where I keep chickens Anytime I collect eggs, new straw in nesting boxes, etc
A Simple and Effective Coop Plan for 50 standard-sized chickens 2 sq ft per bird is enough more sq ft per bird is a bonus He did say theyd only be in the coop at night yeah, if they are only in at night, you can get by with less square foot per bird You also, however, have to take into account if it is really bad weather out, and they are stuck in - but even then, it would probably only be for a day or two
QUARANTINING CHICKENS: HOW TO, AND WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW A garage or basement is a good place to quarantine a sick bird as long as it is not by the chicken coop A large dog crate or rabbit hutch makes a good quarantine enclosure I used a rabbit hutch, and lined the bottom with pieces of cardboard to make cleaning easy Every other day I just took the old cardboard out and replaced it with fresh stuff
Blue jays killing baby birds - BackYard Chickens Same thing, nest in a bush, easy to look into 4 eggs Hatched A week later, before they feathered GONE We couldn't figure out what in the world was getting all the baby birds Well- I finally figured it out We have a bluebird house in the backyard, and I saw a blue jay carrying something large across the yard and drop it
Egg Binding: Symptoms, Treatment and Prevention Egg Binding refers to a very serious condition in any female bird that has an egg stuck in the oviduct that she is unable to pass This can be a life-threatening issue and can cause serious damage to internal tissue, infection, bleeding, and can lead to prolapse and even death Quick action needs to be taken when you find an egg-bound hen