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The Eglu Go is a very popular and easy clean coop and run, ideal keeping three hens
With 18 hens, we get through Allen and Page Organic Layers Pellets by the bucket load and it’s well worth feeding them organic as the eggs taste fantastic!
Do you regularly dust your hens? Once Hen Mites have set it, its too late so, we regularly use Red Mite Powder to keep the mite at bay.
We recommend you regularly worm your chickens with Flubenvet especially if they are enclosed in a fixed run.
Unfortunately, chickens can attract flies in the summer time, so we recommend you use Red Top Fly Trap to prevent any problems
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Twitter question: To dust or not to dust, Battery Hens
Following on my from “Battery Hen Spa Day” post, I recieved the following twitter question from Val Darroch (
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Spa day for Ex Battery Hens!
Well, it was time for our Ex Battery Hens to suffer their regular red mite dusting regime again. With 18 hens it’s never a 2 minute job. So donning the old clothes (I get as much a dusting as they do) I set off down the garden to sort them out. First I took their coop apart and gave it a thorough clean and dusting. This meant any lurking beasties hopefully were cleaned out too. So far we haven’t seen any sign of red mites and I’d like to keep it that way too, nasty little critters. Ok hutch cleaned … Continue reading
Hens, Scaly Mite and Vaseline
It’s now nearly four weeks since we rehomed our latest hens and Liz is still treating them for Scaly Mite. Every morning Liz cleans their feet and legs in warm water and uses a little Swarfega to remove the previous days vaseline. Liz then liberally coats all the scales with a fresh layer of vaseline. This is to suffocate any scaly mite still left under the raised scales.
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Tagged Battery Hens, Chickens, Dusting, Hen Mites, Lice, Poultry, Powder, Rehoming, Scaly Mite
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