When we got mites really bad on a couple of our chickens, I had the idea that Selamectin would work wonders. I turned here for advice but found so very little with keyword searches.
I just wanted to post my results because they seem significant.
MY Buff Orpington Roo was huddled down in the corner of his pen with little energy. I probably should have noticed sooner but I didn't. When we went into the pen he still didn't move. I looked at him and they were EVERYWHERE just sucking the life out of him. We trimmed away any extra feathers and plainly just panicked he was in such bad shape.
As a last ditch effort (we did not expect him to make it) I put an appropriate amount of Revolution in between his shoulderblades (5lb or so dose) and hoped for the best.
The next morning, he was up and around and eating, but we still saw mites.
Day 2 he was up, crowing & flapping & his comb was back to full color
Day 3 all the mites were dead, gone, history.
That was 3 weeks ago now, he's doing GREAT! I found the mites also on my Buff Orpington hens a few days later (4 pens over) but no one else. I treated the ladies, who also were pretty bad even though they acted healthy, looked healthy & continued to lay eggs for us. Within 3 days again, all mites, dead & gone.
So.. I'm not sure on the withdrawal period for this drug, because it is not labeled for chickens. But I am going with 30 days since that is when it would normally require reapplying for effectiveness.
Now.. here in the States, a Rx is required for Revolution. I buy it without a script online through PetShed in Australia.
I hope hope hope, this helps someone else at some point.
Thanks for reading, and if you have any experience with this please share!
I just wanted to post my results because they seem significant.
MY Buff Orpington Roo was huddled down in the corner of his pen with little energy. I probably should have noticed sooner but I didn't. When we went into the pen he still didn't move. I looked at him and they were EVERYWHERE just sucking the life out of him. We trimmed away any extra feathers and plainly just panicked he was in such bad shape.
As a last ditch effort (we did not expect him to make it) I put an appropriate amount of Revolution in between his shoulderblades (5lb or so dose) and hoped for the best.
The next morning, he was up and around and eating, but we still saw mites.
Day 2 he was up, crowing & flapping & his comb was back to full color
Day 3 all the mites were dead, gone, history.
That was 3 weeks ago now, he's doing GREAT! I found the mites also on my Buff Orpington hens a few days later (4 pens over) but no one else. I treated the ladies, who also were pretty bad even though they acted healthy, looked healthy & continued to lay eggs for us. Within 3 days again, all mites, dead & gone.
So.. I'm not sure on the withdrawal period for this drug, because it is not labeled for chickens. But I am going with 30 days since that is when it would normally require reapplying for effectiveness.
Now.. here in the States, a Rx is required for Revolution. I buy it without a script online through PetShed in Australia.
I hope hope hope, this helps someone else at some point.
Thanks for reading, and if you have any experience with this please share!