My chickens have lice!!!

[MCchickies]

Yesterday at my weekly cleaning I did my check over my chickens and notice my chickens have lice. I gave them a bath yesterday to help sooth in the meantime before I can get anything for treatment.

I’m going to pickup a dust bath from my local feed store, and just ordered permethrin (liquid) and diatomaceous earth. I was going to order Elector PSP but the website doesn’t have it in stock….

I have a picture below of the permethrin I’ve ordered does this look okay for spraying my chickens and spraying all over the coop? It will be arriving today.

My black silkie is also acting very nice lately, usually he pecks me whenever I go near him but yesterday there was no pecking at all, I’m assuming it’s because he’s getting the blood sucked out of him - is there anything I can get/give to him to perk him back up to his normal pecking self again? (He seems to have the worst lice, noticeable eggs on beard)

 

[nuthatched]

You can buy permrethrine for poultry. I'm not sure on that stuff. Skip the Diotomatious Earth, the electorpsp and oermrthrine is much more effective, and de causes respiratory system issues. It isn't safe for you or them to breathe. Try permrethrine poultry dust instead

 

[aart]

I just ask my the vet I work with and searched up some stuff she can order in - she’s not too familiar with chickens so she doesn’t know what would be safe. I’ve attached some photos below let me know your thoughts

This says it's 1.0% permethrin....the stuff most of us use here is Gordons 10(10.0% permethrin)
I dilute the Gordons at 5 mls (one teaspoons) per 1/4 gallon(1qts) of water in the sprayer.
More math than I can figure, but maybe you(or your vet) can do it.

 

[Acre4Me]

Permethrin works well. We clean coop and thoroughly spray everything. Add fresh litter, then we close coop.

Catch chickens 1x1 with helper. Hold upside down, spray vent, between legs, under wings. Then put into clean coop. Repeat in 7-10 days to get the lice that have hatched.

 

[MCchickies]

You can buy permrethrine for poultry. I'm not sure on that stuff. Skip the Diotomatious Earth, the electorpsp and oermrthrine is much more effective, and de causes respiratory system issues. It isn't safe for you or them to breathe. Try permrethrine poultry dust instead

Do you have any links?

 

[nuthatched]

Do you have any links?

For the poultry dust? I believe a lot of places carry it, even our walmart.

https://www.amazon.com/CHEMTECH-BC6...657399086&sprefix=poultry+dust,aps,593&sr=8-4

 

[Acre4Me]

This says it's 1.0% permethrin....the stuff most of us use here is Gordons 10(10.0% permethrin)
I dilute the Gordons at 5 mls (one teaspoons) per 1/4 gallon(1qts) of water in the sprayer.
More math than I can figure, but maybe you(or your vet) can do it.

With 1.0%, then they would add 50mL per 1/4 gallon to get your dilution.

 

[Folly's place]

It's easiest to spray the birds at night, while they are roosting. Use a flashlight or a head lamp, do each bird, and the coop. Much less drama in the dark!
Mary

 

[Folly's place]

And wear at least a N95 face mask, long sleeves, gloves, everything. the pesticide is for the birds, not you!
Mary

 

[MCchickies]

Yesterday at my weekly cleaning I did my check over my chickens and notice my chickens have lice. I gave them a bath yesterday to help sooth in the meantime before I can get anything for treatment.

I’m going to pickup a dust bath from my local feed store, and just ordered permethrin (liquid) and diatomaceous earth. I was going to order Elector PSP but the website doesn’t have it in stock….

I have a picture below of the permethrin I’ve ordered does this look okay for spraying my chickens and spraying all over the coop? It will be arriving today.

My black silkie is also acting very nice lately, usually he pecks me whenever I go near him but yesterday there was no pecking at all, I’m assuming it’s because he’s getting the blood sucked out of him - is there anything I can get/give to him to perk him back up to his normal pecking self again? (He seems to have the worst lice, noticeable eggs on beard)

With 1.0%, then they would add 50mL per 1/4 gallon to get your dilution.

Update: I sprayed the chickens last night (I might have over sprayed them) they’re all happy tho eating, running around, scratching. The product was very oily I ended up using the lice off that I ordered from my vet I diluted it but I don’t think it really did anything since the product was so oily it separated.

Any ways immediately after I sprayed them I could see the lice was dead so that’s a good thing! I’m gonna bathe them tonight to get all the residue off because they’re so oily. And re spray them Before I go to Newfoundland in 10 days (not over spray this time)