| Show get rid of parasites on chickens in flock the hens have enough to bother with in the summer with the hot weather without having to fight lice and mites in addition the flock owner can do a great deal to help the tens bens get rid of these pests there are various remedies on the market which con can be used or a drug known as sodium fluoride can be bought at the drug store and can be put on the hens applying it t on the back head throat on the breast round around the vent between each thigh and the breast and on each wing ing this Is a rather tedious process although it will get all the lice within the last year and a half however tio it has bag been found that painting black leaf 40 on the perches will rid a lock flock of lice this Is easy and effective mites are a worse pest than lice ince these little bugs stay in the cracks and crevices around the nests droppings boards and perches during the day and get on the birds at night eight at which time they suck the hena bens blood these can best be ought fought by using a strong disinfectant on the nests roosts boosts and droppings boards it if these pests pest slice lice and mites are allowed to remain on the birds they will sap the chickens vitality and will hinder egg production considerably |
