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John, I think it does come in a pint in Cutler's, but I'm not for sure on that. I priced it from 3 sources, and I BELIEVE I saw it in one of them in a smaller amount.
It's supposed to be inhaled, which is why they say to fog it or spray it. You can use a tiny bit on waterers to help keep down the slime (?) buildup, and some use it in auto. watering systems to keep the gunk out of the lines. If you Google it, you'll find articles about it and lots of different uses. It even says you can put it in large stock tanks to keep the green film off the sides. I've got horses, and scrub out their stock tank once a week due to the green buildup. ECH! I may try it for that, although it's getting cooler now and that won't be a problem much longer.
Yes, I think if you're using it as a medicinal treatment probably the best way to do it would be to take individual chickens & spray/mist/fog them, as you indicated. That's what I've been doing with my girl - just tucking her under my arm & spraying her right in the face on the "mist" setting of my hand sprayer. I don't know if she's actually inhaling any or not, because even though it's a fairly fine mist, it's still not hanging in the air very long. But, my sprayer has a continuous spray option, so I've been pressing that button & spraying it for about 20 seconds right in her face. At first, she about had the big one. But this a.m., she just closed her eyes and was completely still, so she's getting used to it.
The nice thing is, this stuff is supposedly so safe that you don't need to cover your feeders or waterers when you spray an enclosure. I thoroughly cleaned one of my pens last night and sprayed it down after I cleaned - walls, floor (which is concrete, but I figured - what the heck), roosts, top of nest boxes, even outsides of the feeder/waterer. Don't know if this stuff will work or not, but at this point, I'm willing to try about anything to save my girl!
It's supposed to be inhaled, which is why they say to fog it or spray it. You can use a tiny bit on waterers to help keep down the slime (?) buildup, and some use it in auto. watering systems to keep the gunk out of the lines. If you Google it, you'll find articles about it and lots of different uses. It even says you can put it in large stock tanks to keep the green film off the sides. I've got horses, and scrub out their stock tank once a week due to the green buildup. ECH! I may try it for that, although it's getting cooler now and that won't be a problem much longer.
Yes, I think if you're using it as a medicinal treatment probably the best way to do it would be to take individual chickens & spray/mist/fog them, as you indicated. That's what I've been doing with my girl - just tucking her under my arm & spraying her right in the face on the "mist" setting of my hand sprayer. I don't know if she's actually inhaling any or not, because even though it's a fairly fine mist, it's still not hanging in the air very long. But, my sprayer has a continuous spray option, so I've been pressing that button & spraying it for about 20 seconds right in her face. At first, she about had the big one. But this a.m., she just closed her eyes and was completely still, so she's getting used to it.
The nice thing is, this stuff is supposedly so safe that you don't need to cover your feeders or waterers when you spray an enclosure. I thoroughly cleaned one of my pens last night and sprayed it down after I cleaned - walls, floor (which is concrete, but I figured - what the heck), roosts, top of nest boxes, even outsides of the feeder/waterer. Don't know if this stuff will work or not, but at this point, I'm willing to try about anything to save my girl!
