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Annika
True Blue Farmgirl

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Annika

USA
5602 Posts
Posted - Mar 16 2010 :  7:42:20 PM  Show Profile
My pet rooster Rex has been pecking at himself a lot lately...What is the best all round cure for bugs and itchy chickens?

Annika
Farmgirl & sister #13
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prariehawk
True Blue Farmgirl

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Cindy

2914 Posts
Posted - Mar 16 2010 :  9:58:47 PM  Show Profile
Is he picking at his feathers or is it mainly his legs? If it's his legs, it could be Giardia. Hope he feels better soon--poor 'roo.
cindy
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MaryLD
True Blue Farmgirl

861 Posts

Mary
New Braunfels TX
USA
861 Posts
Posted - Mar 17 2010 :  08:48:52 AM  Show Profile
Try dusting with food grade diatomaeous earth, or sprinking some where they scratch.
Mary LD

Haflingers- You can't have just one!
( I'm just one short of a drill team!)
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1badmamawolf
True Blue Farmgirl

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Teresa
"Bent Fence Farms" Ca
USA
2199 Posts
Posted - Mar 17 2010 :  09:24:05 AM  Show Profile
I have always put a pile of woodstove ash out for my chickens, they love to bathe in it and it kills all the little bugs they may get, and its non-toxic.

"Treat the earth well, it was not given to you by your parents, it was loaned to you by your children"
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Moodene
True Blue Farmgirl

353 Posts

Nadine
Devers Texas
USA
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Posted - Mar 17 2010 :  09:27:04 AM  Show Profile  Click to see Moodene's MSN Messenger address  Send Moodene a Yahoo! Message
Don't use sevin dust like some people do..ick..I use food grade DE in the nestboxes and in a special dusting box in the henhouse for that..

Love me like I am. farmgirl #801
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Annika
True Blue Farmgirl

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Annika

USA
5602 Posts
Posted - Mar 17 2010 :  09:29:06 AM  Show Profile
thanks ladies, I now have some idea what to do.

Annika
Farmgirl & sister #13
Palouse Prairie Girls Chapter
http://palouseprairiegirls.blogspot.com/
http://prairiegirlsjournal.blogspot.com/

Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication. ~Leonardo DaVinci
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