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  1. familypendragon

    How to treat poultry lice in a flock of 200 chickens plus turkeys?

    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...
  2. familypendragon

    How to treat poultry lice in a flock of 200 chickens plus turkeys?

    I was told that ivermectin won't work on lice because they eat the feathers and skin and don't usually drink the blood of the chicken.
  3. familypendragon

    How to treat poultry lice in a flock of 200 chickens plus turkeys?

    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.
  4. familypendragon

    How to treat poultry lice in a flock of 200 chickens plus turkeys?

    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...
  5. familypendragon

    How to treat poultry lice in a flock of 200 chickens plus turkeys?

    Between Sevin dust and Poultry dust - do I need to toss the eggs for either one for any period of time and how long?
  6. familypendragon

    How to treat poultry lice in a flock of 200 chickens plus turkeys?

    Great.... let me see if I can cancel my order still :(
  7. familypendragon

    How to treat poultry lice in a flock of 200 chickens plus turkeys?

    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...
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