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    Only got two hens left

    All my hens have passed away now from old age apart from 2 left! Anyone got a few spare! Time flies. I miss them! I hope they are all safe in the after life with all life everlasting.
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    Does any one use ivermectin in chickens ?

    Hello muddyfeathers, have you seen this! A farmer told me about it last week at the Cattle Market! RED STOP SOLUTION RED MITE KILLER CHICKENS POULTRY BIRDS PIGEONS. The product is called” Red Stop Solution” and has just been made available to the domestic market for use with poultry...
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    Does any one use ivermectin in chickens ?

    Do you know what will kill them and stop them, old fashioned creosote! I can remember my grandad doing his hen houses with it in the 1970s and he never had red mite or anything else. It stank like mad! Unfortunately the EU have banned it in GB in 2003 but I heard Farmers can still buy it...
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    Does any one use ivermectin in chickens ?

    That's good then. Ive got no sign of any Mites after going berserk a week or 2 ago. They are all terminated , ha ha. You can see a picture of my Milli and she was riddled with them but the Ivermectin stopped that! She looks great! My Mrs who is a Lecturer in Engineering at our local University...
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    Does any one use ivermectin in chickens ?

    Yes and that was in a particular zone or area. It doesn't mean that all mites and Lice in the world have become immune to it. edited by staff
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    Does any one use ivermectin in chickens ?

    Yes , you have to treat the hen house as well. And Ivermectin is a broad-spectrum antiparasitic agent, traditionally against parasitic worms in humans!!!!!!!!!!!. It is mainly used in humans not just Cattle as you said! edited by staff
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    Does any one use ivermectin in chickens ?

    That's because you got the dosage wrong! It works for everybody else!
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    Does any one use ivermectin in chickens ?

    Anyway my friend who an engineering lecturer at our local University just read dawg53 comments about Ivermectin! "Keeping in mind that ivermectin is a product mainly used to treat cattle and is off label for chickens, I hope you know that ivermectin's primary purpose is a wormer" Ivermectin...
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    Does any one use ivermectin in chickens ?

    http://www.chickenvet.co.uk/health-and-common-diseases/mites-lice/index.aspx
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    Does any one use ivermectin in chickens ?

    It was included in the full link to the original conversation! https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/687442/treating-with-ivermectin Just because it didn't work for you doesn't mean it doesn't work at all. There are other people on here who have said it worked for them. (miss_thenorth It...
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    Does any one use ivermectin in chickens ?

    I'm going to try and find some mites and put them under the microscope and video them. Perhaps we could establish the species of the lice if you had access to a microscope. Ive listed a small cheap hand held scope that I use which is OK...
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    Does any one use ivermectin in chickens ?

    Because the life cycle of lice and mites is. approximately 2 weeks, treatments should be repeated every 2 weeks as needed. Carefully read all labels prior to treatment to make sure withdrawal times are followed for food-producing poultry. Severe lice or mite infestations can be treated initially...
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    Does any one use ivermectin in chickens ?

    casportpony, Kathy says that under her hands on experience, Ivermectin does not kill Lice because the Lice do not suck blood but according to backyardchickens guru "dawg53" the lice will still bite the hens and ingest the poison from the hens blood. There are different species so you will have...
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    Does any one use ivermectin in chickens ?

    Ive not had hands on experience with hen lice. I looked it up and others use Ivermectin to treat this! You will have to monitor the hens if you've treated them for lice. I found the following info... A hen’s first line of defense against lice is to dust bathe. This is when a hen finds a...
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    Does any one use ivermectin in chickens ?

    Its been 4 to 5 days now and there is no sign of them since I went mad and poisoned them. But they will be back this time next year and I will be waiting next time with a nuke!
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