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post #11 of 22
3/30/08 at 7:28pm

Thanks Dawn

Laura- From  Columbia SC Just hanging out in Sanford NC 
       
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Laura- From  Columbia SC Just hanging out in Sanford NC 
       
If wishes were horses beggars would ride and if frogs had wings they wouldn't bump their butts.   Ann Taylor Bell - my mom
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post #12 of 22
3/30/08 at 7:32pm

Twigg, we put it IN their feed, so it must be food grade. I also use it IN the nests to keep out bugs and in the dust wallows and ON the birds, so I don't want them breathing it in. The silica in pool grade DE is 85%, but in Food Grade, it is about 1%.
When I have DE, the first thing I do when I open a bag of feed is put a cup or two in the bag and stir it around to kill any possible bugs that may be in there or that may crawl in there later.

 

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~A dog on its owner's property is a pet; A dog on someone else's property is a predator~

 

 

Living the Good Life in the North Georgia Mountains~ Cynthia

 

 

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post #13 of 22
3/30/08 at 8:33pm

Thank you Dawn ....

Real information, that is what I was asking for smile

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post #14 of 22
3/30/08 at 10:24pm
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Dawn, thank you very much hopefully i will find a dealer close so that i dont have to pay shipping. thank you again

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post #15 of 22
3/30/08 at 11:00pm

nccountrygirl, twigg and Jandfire,

You all are so welcome!

I put the DE page together because when I first joined here, I decided to look for food grade DE myself. I'd asked around at the local feed stores, Co-op, TSC...they all looked at me like I'd lost my mind!

I broke down and ordered from Freshwater Organics. A #50 bag was $64.00/shipping included, and that sounded like a great deal, at the time.

Speckled hen posted the Custom Milling link a short time later and I was able to find a fantastic deal through them. It just so happened that we have a dealer about 40 minutes south of us...a #50 bag now only costs us $20.00...can't beat that price with a stick! LOL

I'm so glad it could help y'all out!

Dawn

Happily homesteading in Sharp County Arkansas
...I heard them bikers talkin' 'bout ridin' Hawgs and checkin' out Chicks...
Food Grade DE
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Happily homesteading in Sharp County Arkansas
...I heard them bikers talkin' 'bout ridin' Hawgs and checkin' out Chicks...
Food Grade DE
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post #16 of 22
3/31/08 at 7:13am

If you are looking for local DE you should call all of your local feed stores and see if anyone will special order it for you ("Food Grade Chemical Codex Diatomaceous Earth")..... I found one store who was willing to do so. Cost me about $30 or so for a 50# bag, a whole lot less than ordering on line.

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www.MaineBackyardHarvest.com  Chicken and Garden Consulting
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post #17 of 22
3/31/08 at 3:16pm

Here is another source that I choose to use. I'm sure most folks are aware of this, but it works well for me and is worth ckecking out.

http://www.theholistichorse.com/index.php?page=details&id=331

  bigzio

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Calling all Wisconsinites....come and enjoy the days of Summer with us on the "Cheesehead" thread!  http:/ http://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=44015700

Annual Bash...A must Event  http://www.backyardchickens.com/t/734707/fourth-annual-bigzios-wi-cheesehead-chickenstock-thread

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post #18 of 22
5/16/08 at 6:50pm

I am trying to find some Food Grade Diatomaceous Earth here in san antonio, tx. Anyone form here and if so did you find any here or did you have to buy online?

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post #19 of 22
5/16/08 at 9:55pm

Dawn, would you mind sharing your source.  I live in west Tennessee and it might be worth the drive even with today's gas prices.  I haven't been able to find it around here.   Thanks, Carolyn

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post #20 of 22
5/17/08 at 2:59am

Hi and Welcome to BYC, Carolyn! frow

Here's the guy we get our food grade De from:

http://www.custommilling.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=20&Itemid=26

Charlie is a sweetheart of a man. He raises goats and sells feed and the DE from a booth at the Woodbury Flea Market (or atleast did the last time we saw him, back in the fall). If you don't want to drive this far, send me a PM or e-mail and I'll send you some of what I have stock-piled here.

I'm not a Perma-Guard dealer (yet wink ), but still have a good bit of my first 50# bag left and a unopened 50# bag from our last visit with Charlie.

Dawn

Happily homesteading in Sharp County Arkansas
...I heard them bikers talkin' 'bout ridin' Hawgs and checkin' out Chicks...
Food Grade DE
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Happily homesteading in Sharp County Arkansas
...I heard them bikers talkin' 'bout ridin' Hawgs and checkin' out Chicks...
Food Grade DE
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