Re: [Grass-Fed-Eggs] Digest for grass-fed-eggs@googlegroups.com - 9 Messages in 3 Topics

[Anne Pushkal]

If it's scaly leg mites you can try dipping their legs up to the feathers in vegetable oil once a week.  An old glass coffee pot or sherbet tub filled with oil works nicely for this, and the lid keeps it clean between treatments.. The oil smothers the mites and conditions the scaly skin, and soothes. 

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• Euthanasia [4 Updates]
• Strange disorder [2 Updates]

 Digest for grass-f...@googlegroups.com - 7 Messages in 2 Topics

Anne Pushkal <apus...@gmail.com> May 26 10:27AM -0400  

We use an upside- down traffic cone to still the bird. Nail the cone to the
fence (you may have to trim the point of the cone first to get the opening
big enough for head and a bit of neck to come through). Then proceed as in
method 2, with bucket below if you don't want blood on the ground.
Make sure your knife is very sharp. Inhumane to use a dull one.
I never could do the wringing- my arms don't seem to be strong enough to
provide the force necessar to do it quickly and cleanly.
The point is to get your nerve up and know what you need to do so there is
no suffering involved.


 

jim adams <thetravel...@gmail.com> May 26 02:31PM -0400  

hi Kelly ... for rows of seeds, we cut a 2 - 4 inch wide strip out of the
cardboard and hay and plant in the middle of that open strip. You can just
drag your fingers down the middle of the strip to a depth of 1/2 inch or
so. After you've dropped seeds in, mound 1/2 inch- 3/4 inch of dirt over
them, water and wait.
 
enjoy, jim
 


 

Kelly Phillipson <kellyph...@gmail.com> May 26 07:38PM -0700  

Great, thanks Jim!
 
On Sat, May 26, 2012 at 11:31 AM, jim adams


 

 Euthanasia

DollLady <zend...@hotmail.com> May 26 05:12AM -0700  

I have not actually tried this, but have read about it. Another option
to break a chicken's neck, if you feel you aren't strong enough, is to
lay the chicken down on the floor with a broom handle across its neck,
and step on either side. This might work well for you since your
chicken can't move. Best of luck, let us know what you did.


 

Fiona MItchell <fmitch...@gmail.com> May 26 09:02AM -0400  

Thank you all. The deed is done. In fact, my 21-year-old son stepped up to the challenge (bless him) and broke the neck. I had fortified myself with a couple of glasses of wine in preparation, but just got to enjoy the wine!!
 
Fiona Mitchell
(914) 261-4986
 
On May 26, 2012, at 8:12 AM, DollLady wrote:
 


 

martin gutzmer <mrgu...@gmail.com> May 26 12:52PM -0700  

I had to lay three hens to rest today - predators got them!
One hen was still living - having part of her side eaten.
We talked quietly, then I put her down - with a 12 gauge to the head
at very close range - she did not suffer.
Hope this helps.
God Bless,
Martin
 


 

martin gutzmer <mrgu...@gmail.com> May 26 12:52PM -0700  

I had to lay three hens to rest today - predators got them!
One hen was still living - having part of her side eaten.
We talked quietly, then I put her down - with a 12 gauge to the head
at very close range - she did not suffer.
Hope this helps.
God Bless,
Martin
 


 

 Strange disorder

"gr8...@yahoo.com" <gr8...@yahoo.com> May 26 12:02AM -0700  

For the first time in years I have a problem I cannot resolve. I have
3 birds lame/limping, legs seem thick or scaled in some way. I have
cleaned, dusted, treated legs and no improvement. Any ideas as to
what this may be other than a possible mite issue...


 

"Marlene Johnson" <slate...@earthlink.net> May 26 08:20AM -0700  

what did you treat with? Sounds like scaly mites.
 
Marlene, Nevada, USA


 

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[jim adams]

for the thick and scaly legs:  Sounds like leg scale mites to me too.  What we use is a wide-mouth pint jar filled 3/4 full with mineral oil.  Holding the chicken  in your arms, dip 1 foot at a time in the mineral oil and hold it there for a few seconds.  I've found that doing something like this is a lot easier when i do it at night with my red light.  The chickens don't struggle when i pick them up or do something with them,  During daylight hours, they don't just struggle, they STRUGGLE, and it is both more difficult and messier.

leg scale mites are protected from dust and a lot of other pesticides because they are burrowed in under the leg scales.  It looks incredibly painful.  Mineral oil soaks back under the scales and suffocates the mites.  You mite have to treat them 2 or maybe 3 times to get them all.

good skill, jim