Our CHICKENS have MITES! OFF-GRID homestead

[@timothysmith3697]

DE is your friend with chickens. Dust the roosting bars, boxes, coop floor etc. every 3 - 6 months usually good, definitely wear a mask when dusting. Seems you change the litter out fairly often, so re-dust just as you did. Momma here doesn't change out litter in winter, lets it build up and help insulate coop. Ours off ground like yours. Love the two of you and your channel. Everyone stay safe out there.

[@janets6474]

I have been using First Saturday Lime. I spread it fairly heavy on the coop floor, around the windows, in the laying areas and perches every two weeks. I also spread it around the outside of my coop once a month. I found my Rooster with a few mites. At that point in time, I wasn't doing it every two weeks. I then cleaned the coop and put down fresh Lime. A week later, we went through each bird, preparing to use elector psp. There weren't any mites or lice! Even my rooster with the lice had none. I use a sand base in my coop with shavings. I also pick out the poop every day. This eliminates tiny livestock and, by removing feces, helps keep worms, parasites, or bacteria from reinfecting. While everyone can't employ all the same methods, they have worked very well for me and have resulted in a very healthy flock. 😊

[@Gary-h4j]

When catching chickens the best way is to catch at night when they are roosting, they won’t even move

[@paulawilliams7030]

catching chickens is quite amusing to watch! Good job guys!!!

[@Greensmoothie-d6r]

We laid a tarp first in the coop before bedding. Sand box (kiddie pool) for dusting.

[@larryharrison734]

What you need is a long stiff wire with a hook on the end. Just catch the leg with the hook. We have caught many with this technique.

[@8ArkFerMe]

I also line the bottom of my Coop with plexiglass Sheets. that would keep any kind of wood from rotting and it made it easier to clean when I had to finally change the sand to fresh sand. The only drawback to sand is you cannot place any kind of water or food dishes on top of the sand because little worms will gather underneath it from the moisture

[@bamabilly7816]

Demetrius earth in a plastic little pool with pine shavings and a little dirt throw some food in the pool the chickens will get in there and scratch around and the Demetrius earth will kill the lice throw some on coop flour and ya will be good to go.

[@FredolinSewald]

You need a 5 foot length of heavy wire and put hooks on each end and catch the chickens above the knuckles or the drumsticks

[@Thom1973]

Good day Cass at timestamp 5:58 I agree with what Matt said and you 2 are doing the right thing by trying it first to see if it is something that is going to work for you before shelling out that much money and find out that it didnt work and you just wasted the money

[@cscott6629]

We use the litter method and clean out every couple weeks.. we add diatomaceous earth to the litter.. we use a small kiddie pool with sabd and diatomaceous earth for dust bath.. no problems yet.. Everyone has their own wsys.. what works for your birds and you.

[@sanddollar-ray9125]

Lean something every day God Bless

[@donovanfoto3263]

Chickens are HIGHLY TRAINABLE. Use that to your advantage, in the future. Train your chickens to come to a bell or light, (or both). Makes catching them so much easier. Or catch them as they come out of the coop. I once taught a chicken to attack toes. It was very funny watching my wife (ex-wife) and her friends in a panic because they all used open toes sandals. They are NOT STUPID. That is why they are HIGHLY TRAINABLE, they are SMART. They just have a 'SPECIAL' way of thinking. 😮

[@pjp1409]

I have had chickens for over 30 years. I have always used pine shavings and clean out the coop shavings every 3 months and have never had a problem. That is what has worked for me, but I'm sure you can try different ways to find what works best for you. Good luck. I also live in Tennessee.

[@beckypennington79]

Thanks for the videos guys, we really appreciate it. I'm glad to see you're using protection. It's funny because Matt and your one chicken were both gingers cute. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year❤❤

[@mobiltec]

Brings back old memories. I raised ring neck phesants commercially. Never had less than 5000 live birds on hand. I ran 4 incubators full time. 1200 egg capacity each. So kinda been there and done that guys. Keep your birds healthy and they will produce.

[@sc-dw6gt]

yes, as others have said, catching them actually IS the easiest job---catch chickens at evening and/or ALSO get a chicken hook instead of chasing around with the crazy net! Also, instead of spray, if you want to use diatomaceous earth (which, BTW, also kills bees and other beneficials stone dead), you can just mix it with some dry soil and either directly dust them with it or put it in a separate "dusting" tray for them. Chores are already hard enough, don't make it harder than it needs to be!

[@michaelwhitewolf10]

Chicken chasers there is no cure for chicken lice they all have them and they self clean when they molt!😊

[@carpman_here8133]

That net needs a fish! Lol

[@basedamericafirst1983]

I was hearing Yakety Sax. LOL

[@robertweeks1761]

Mix diatomaceous earth with the bedding it kills mites

[@efremespinoza4421]

I’m drinking my coffee and enjoying the channel from Los Angeles ❤❤

[@JS-px3et]

When I had chickens (no more, thanks to the coyotes and foxes), I had a dust bath for them. Filled a shallow container with mixture of dry dirt, wood ash and a little diatomaceous earth. Never had an issue with bird lice. Your only expense would be the DE (thanks to that new wood burner).

[@deborahnicholson8859]

A rubber mat would help cleaning out their house and then you could pick it up carry it to compost pile.Less dust U

[@bobo-si3kw]

For years I always had a dirt floor in the chicken, duck, goose and peacock pen, it is so easy to clean, just get my shovel and turn over the soil everyday.

[@christieadams8502]

Just a trick that I do for a stye beginning to come up. You take a gold ring or anything gold and you rub on it. Everytime I have done this the stye goes away. I'm not sure why it works, but it does for me.

[@JS-px3et]

I was always told to rub it in 1 direction 9x with a gold ring. Yepp, does work.

[@nsrfreak]

Very late at night here in Sunbury Australia. Always love a new post ✌️

[@FlipandTheBlueMule]

If your chickens have them SO WILL the goats... and you need to deal with the Goats very soon🙏🙏

[@cookingwithdalene1093]

Dump fire ash,from your mini wood stove,they will dust themselves!

[@davidasimkosr4641]

Never raised chickens but clean coop is number 1 but wear a dust mask. And spray I guess the lice control... Lots of hard work.....

[@huntershaus140]

Catching chickens is never a Fun Job Good Job!!!

[@deborahnicholson8859]

That roost rooster will fog you😊

[@terrycole9427]

Vinegar will get rid of the mites

[@meaganrobey3371]

how to build an off-grid chicken water heater, I thought it might help

[@stephenmartin1480]

And your dog has fleas too ! 😅

[@CRYSTALSHIPSS]

Weird I just watched a video how some birds get rid of lice by bathing in a red ants nest. Apparently they eat the lice and don't harm the birds. Also I was hoping for an update on how you were enjoying your new wood stove.

[@TheUpHillMachine]

When is it the best time to watch the videos.? The day you post it? Or a few days later?

[@gilliangallentine1025]

I use wood ash and diatomaceous earth (food grade) in their dust bath. Mites and other bugs don't like this and consequently leave my ladies alone.

[@8ArkFerMe]

When I had chickens, I had used dry play sand instead of litter then every morning I would scoop out the poop with a litter scoop. the Coop stayed very very clean this way

[@NarienderGrewal]

All animals live in NOW ...human runs to past n future illusion ....wake up peoples ...❤❤❤❤❤love alive life

[@carmenortiz4446]

Oregano in their water helps with parasites.

[@patthornton1212]

behind the seine=work

[@hdjohnk]

✌️❤️🍻

[@wanderingfore2290]

$160 to treat the lice possiblely. Free range chicken at the store sounds good about right now.

[@deborahnicholson8859]

You need to put antibiotic on your nose.

[@mikejones-vd3fg]

lol

[@RaeFaeM]

Hey Matt and Cass, 💡 Maybe consider a mobile coop and rotational grazing with chickens versus static run. Especially if you already have infrastructure like electric netting. Justin Rhodes is known for his mobile coops and various designs. Quote below from one of his resources 👇 👀 Chicken coops are the worst: HUGE, high maintenance (you have to clean out chicken doo doo) and expensive. The #1 mistake I see people making with raising chickens is a static, poop collecting coop. If folks just simply put their coop on wheels and have 1" wire mesh for the floor (so poop can fall through) life would be so much better." 🐓💩