Its only been a week and already the birds are digging and scratching them selves silly :( I mixed up more of the promethrin 10 and sprayed most of the chickens, some of the guineas and most of the run. I am about half way through. I was going to wait and do it again in 2 weeks, but honestly...
That is a great idea! Once my 2 year old is a little older and doesn't wake up the second I try to leave the bed I will definitely switch to that method.
I spent the day shoveling the runs and coops down to bare dirt and removing all the bedding. Its all in the front where they can't get to it. Then I treated with permethrin - 10 mixed in a pump sprayer. Then I dipped all 49 birds including the guineas. Ugh! Chasing down all the guineas was back...
Reviving this thread yet again.... sigh. I inherited lice and mites by bringing in new chickens with out quarantining them. I have now tried bathing the birds with soap, vinegar, salt - twice. I sprayed them with the Manna Pro stuff. I have dusted them in DE, then in wood ash. I have covered...