Poultry in Urbania

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Comment by Kelly Ronayne on July 26, 2010 at 11:18pm

You can get rid of lice by oiling the roosting poles with Neem oil and having a diatomaceous dust bath for your chookies - 1kg bag of diatomaceous earth + a bucket of sand in a high-sided container so they can't throw all the dust out. More on diatomaceous earth from aunty Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diatomaceous_earth#Pest_control

Comment by Janette Williams on July 26, 2010 at 1:47pm

We had mites last summer- not sure how/why... but we got them none the less, so I sprinkled a little pestene around the clean coop and we havent had them since. I know its a poison but frankly I wasnt going to leave my poor girls crawling in the mites. I have heard about flyspray too, havent tried it though... interested to hear about any other natural treatments anyone can come up with as Im not keen on a repeat of a mite outbreak!

Comment by Matthew on July 26, 2010 at 1:37pm

Two chickens free to a good home.

We are moving to another property, still in Glen Eden (Auckland), which is not suitable for chickens. Rocky (Bared Plymouth Rock) and Blacky (Lanshans) are coming up to two years old this spring. Only Rocky is laying at the moment. Both are in good health.

If you are able to take them you can phone me on ph 523 3962,
mob: 021 072 5875, or email: matthew_prockter@nzgt.co.nz

Thank you

Matt

Comment by Jenny Freewalker on July 26, 2010 at 6:34am

Neem oil in dilution seems to help. l am not sure of the proprtions or how often but will find out and let you know.

Comment by George Aorangi Stanley on July 24, 2010 at 5:15pm

PGG et al. sell something called Pestene, which is a white powder with a similar active ingreidient to Deris Dust, and frankly is darnright dangerous + poison! Its use is restricted/banned in many countries.
I have been forced to use it once... But ime sure there are better ways (Please someone, a better way) like planting feverfiew around the coop (again can someone confirm this)
I was advised that a short term soln was to use flyspray, so maybee thats what they mean...
You never know, this could be another _good_ use for glyphosphate!

I am sure that there a others here with much much more experience, so again this is an aparently... apparently the mites build up over time anyway, so when you see a big infestation, its not nesc. neglect, its just what hapens if your constantly doing _something_... like any rapid growth population they explode into outbreak in days.
If cou can stop mites travelling along the perch(es) then thats a good start.

Comment by Sylvia Frean on July 24, 2010 at 12:49pm

Can anyone let me know if and what they spray inside their coop to get rid of pests/mites? I've never sprayed anything and have kept chickens for over ten years but recently browsing a chicken book the authors suggested it was cruel not to keep the coop mite free and suggested regular spraying.

Comment by George Aorangi Stanley on July 22, 2010 at 1:40pm

I have a whole bunch of chicken stuff to sell as Market gardens and chickens don't go to well together when you don't live on the farm... makes me sad as these guys have been my loyal companions for a year now hand raised them and every thing

i have some chicken wire about a 100 m
and a coop really nice design my partner made it and it is easily slotted together as we were moveing alot ad need to have a good coop so works well if you are renting
i have in this order as they have formed family groups
1 orpington rooster he is big and black and gorgeous but needs some ladys
Three bantums (black) 1 shaver (red) one barrook(speckle ) and their main man I black rooster bantums are at point of lay and red is and excellent layer.
three orpington girls point of lay and their devoted dude
stella@quicksilver.net.nz
I'm in christchurch

all poultry will be sold above pot prices as my girls cried someone will eat them which wouldn't be so good now would it!

Comment by anthea timmer on July 5, 2010 at 8:55pm

I bought mine off trade me but when i went to pick them up the place was disgusting and the birds not in good shape.I am more savey and would check them out first.Have feed them up well now so are much more healthy.
Comfrey is a wonder plant for them.

Comment by Karen Kent on July 3, 2010 at 6:00pm

I got my brown shavers from Drury pet supplies and am really happy with them. they are fat and friendly and lay every day.

Comment by Vicki Hill on July 3, 2010 at 4:36pm

Just in case you're interested in adopting ex-battery hens you can sign up for emails from http://chickenrescue.net.nz where people and post notices when they are looking for or wanting to rehome chooks, often for free. We were originally going to get purebred chooks because they're 'prettier' but after adopting our ex-batt and now having to give away our surplus eggs OVER WINTER I would go ex-batts again in a heartbeat. Our 2yr and 5yr old boys love them too - they're incredibly affectionate (if chooks can be) and are happy for the boys to pick them up and pat them. Not at all what I expected - I'm definitely an advocate for adopting ex-batt hens!

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