Thursday 12th December 2019

Creep crawlies
As can often be the case at this time of year, we are having to treat a few of our birds for lice!! A lack of dry places to dust bathe and damp, but not really cold weather, mean that the birds spend time inside and vent areas become nice warm places for lice to lay their eggs, My Buff here was especially covered because he is so well feathered that there are lots of places for the lice to hide!! The only real way of dealing with large numbers is chemically using Ivermectin.. it's easy to apply thankfully and usually pretty successful.
Now of course we are itching.. ugh!!!!
Relaxed at Home