sparton
In the Brooder
If you want to go that route then the only surefire treatment that won't harm the eggs would be DE... since it truly is just a topical but isn't as effective as most chemicals. I am not comparing chickens to dogs by any means. I know how the product is supposed to function on the targeted animal and while a chicken and a dog have nothing in common outside of food goes in one end and poop out the other the chemical doesn't change. It is a topical treatment and is designed to target only the pests- hence why you use it instead of good old fashioned flea collars and flea powder which are as likely to kill your animal as it is the pests on them.
Vets will not recommend you use any product outside of the animal it is targeted for. It just isn't lab tested and the manufacturer will not take liability if your animal is injured using their product. Instead I spoke with people who show and breed professionally because we never had parasites before. We have been pretty lucky to have generally healthy birds.
Since I paid a fortune for these nuggets of a bird I was very vigilant in watching not only for keeling over but discomfort, reddening, and other signs it was an irritant and was prepared to bathe it off in that case. I don't just arbitrarily treat my animals without asking people more experienced than I.
Now mind you I didn't saturate my birds in it because that would just be overkill. It was a light spritz over each bird to make certain they were treated and on the mite ridden bird the spritz was directed where the mites were located (his very fluffy butt). Their bedding was changed as a good caution; the floor of the coop was spritzed before I put new bedding down just to be safe. I am overly cautious when I spent $70 on one bird - more so since the bugger doesn't lay gold eggs and if mites appear again I will use the same treatment since it worked well but again the key for me and what the others who recommended the Frontline spray was use the spray and use it lightly.
If you are really worried about the eggs then avoid it for a day or so. Like I said I had no issues but I am not lab testing my eggs outside of yes they look and smell like eggs and taste like them too. If there is any skin absorption is should be pretty minuscule since the stuff is suspended in alcohol and spraying lightly over the bird keeps it mainly on the feathers.
Vets will not recommend you use any product outside of the animal it is targeted for. It just isn't lab tested and the manufacturer will not take liability if your animal is injured using their product. Instead I spoke with people who show and breed professionally because we never had parasites before. We have been pretty lucky to have generally healthy birds.
Since I paid a fortune for these nuggets of a bird I was very vigilant in watching not only for keeling over but discomfort, reddening, and other signs it was an irritant and was prepared to bathe it off in that case. I don't just arbitrarily treat my animals without asking people more experienced than I.
Now mind you I didn't saturate my birds in it because that would just be overkill. It was a light spritz over each bird to make certain they were treated and on the mite ridden bird the spritz was directed where the mites were located (his very fluffy butt). Their bedding was changed as a good caution; the floor of the coop was spritzed before I put new bedding down just to be safe. I am overly cautious when I spent $70 on one bird - more so since the bugger doesn't lay gold eggs and if mites appear again I will use the same treatment since it worked well but again the key for me and what the others who recommended the Frontline spray was use the spray and use it lightly.
If you are really worried about the eggs then avoid it for a day or so. Like I said I had no issues but I am not lab testing my eggs outside of yes they look and smell like eggs and taste like them too. If there is any skin absorption is should be pretty minuscule since the stuff is suspended in alcohol and spraying lightly over the bird keeps it mainly on the feathers.
