Guest Posted December 31, 2008 Share Posted December 31, 2008 how did he know? what do they look like and can they be seen with the naked eye? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ardene5 Posted December 31, 2008 Share Posted December 31, 2008 Hi Does this liquid have a name as I might ask our vet for some as we have one ex battery who is in permanent molt? Thank you Best wishes for the New Year. Ian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowy Posted December 31, 2008 Share Posted December 31, 2008 There is quite a bit writen about noromectin in the chicken clinic section! Glad you girls will be sorted Laura. You could feed some of the eggs back to the hens (cooked of course), the extra protein will help with feather regrowth! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christian Posted December 31, 2008 Share Posted December 31, 2008 Sounds like he knows his stuff A well trained vet Feather mites aren't easy to diagnose, so glad that he spotted it. I would keep hold of that vet Hope it sorts out the problem and they are fully feathered soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandyhas3chucks Posted December 31, 2008 Share Posted December 31, 2008 i thought about a usb microscope. cost abot £40 from Maplin, for just this sort of thing, & dogs. it is hand held & has 200 x magnification. think I might get one now! any thoughts folk s Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ain't Nobody Here Posted December 31, 2008 Share Posted December 31, 2008 and when mum said "oh erm they live in an Eglu" he put his thumbs up and went "oohh brilliant. What colour?" . That's the kind of vet we could all do with . Glad the problem's been diagnosed . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
helenmb Posted December 31, 2008 Share Posted December 31, 2008 You are so lucky to have a vet that knows anything about chickens. When I took one of mine in recently the vet suggested we had one killed to do an autopsy on her to find out what was wrong with them I just told her that would she suggest the same idea to someone who had dogs or cats (I think not)? Thankfully because of this forum and lots of books (one in particular which is great and very cheap Teach Yourself - Keeping Poultry) I told her what medication I needed for them. Thankfully I was right about their respitory infection and Baytril and it cleared up. Good advice and have book marked this thread in case I need it in the future. Thanks for posting it Laura. Also good to know vets like Eglus as well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ardene5 Posted January 3, 2009 Share Posted January 3, 2009 i thought about a usb microscope. cost abot £40 from Maplin, for just this sort of thing, & dogs. it is hand held & has 200 x magnification. think I might get one now! any thoughts folk s Hi Everyone We went to Maplin yesterday and were shown a usb microscope but the cost was almost £90. Are there 2 different sizes of these microscopes? Thank you. Best regards fo 2009. Ian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted January 3, 2009 Share Posted January 3, 2009 You would actually have to know what you were looking for to gain any benefit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gamebird Posted January 3, 2009 Share Posted January 3, 2009 Noromectin is made by Norbrook Pharmaceuticals and contains ivermectin as does Xeno 200 which is often recommended on this forum for the treatment of lice, mites etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandyhas3chucks Posted January 3, 2009 Share Posted January 3, 2009 i thought about a usb microscope. cost abot £40 from Maplin, for just this sort of thing, & dogs. it is hand held & has 200 x magnification. think I might get one now! any thoughts folk s Hi Everyone We went to Maplin yesterday and were shown a usb microscope but the cost was almost £90. Are there 2 different sizes of these microscopes? Thank you. Best regards fo 2009. Ian yes look on there website, there are 2 lower models one at £5.99 if it moves it's a louse! Also somone sent a brilliantr link to a saite with just that on it, saved it somewhere will look when time Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
