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Quote: Wormwood, eh? Isn't that a key ingredient for absinthe, that violently green, mildly hallucinogenic liquour very popular in the late 1800's? Not sure raw wormwood would be all that good for poultry... I can see a dazed, dizzy hen staggering back to her coop after an evening nibbling...

OK... this may or may not be as scientific a study as ones funded by the big corporations, but here's what I just did: I took a cup of dry DE and put it on an aluminum pie pan. Another cup of wet DE (water soaking it through but no puddles on top) in another pie pan. A third cup of wet DE with...

Here's the thread on DE: https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=401940 In my experience, DE works when wet. Being wet doesn't change the fact it's made of tiny diatom shells, which are sharp and puncture the outer membrane of worms & slugs. It works with hard shelled insects...