Thanks, Jo. I appreciate it. I've been reading up on DE and see that a lot of people ingest it for health reasons every day. That made me feel a lot better about using it, plus the fact that it's a physical rather than a chemical pest control.
Mickey
That IS a scary list, but then when you look at possible side effects from regular medicines, it's pretty scary too. Think I'll start with some DE and see how that goes; its got fewer side issues. I don't think it's a really heavy infestation at this point; the girls are eating well and laying...
Please forgive such a newbie question, but I really AM a newbie!
When I was sitting in the pen yesterday, I noticed a couple of small (pepper granule sized) black bugs crawling on my arms and also a couple on the girls. Are these mites? And if so, do they affect other critters (me...the...