Australia - Six states..and that funny little island.

[appps]

Whilst washing birds will drown the majority of lice , depending on how many birds you have , it could be very time consuming and not even the nastiest potions will kill the eggs.

I would believe that Fancy. Having washed my kids hair in the most horrendous smelling chemical concoction from the chemist (did you know those lice shampoos are carcinogenic even) only to watch the lice crawling around quite happily when I finished I would doubt a chicken lice infestation could be totally cured that way either.

 

[Fancychooklady]

I would believe that Fancy. Having washed my kids hair in the most horrendous smelling chemical concoction from the chemist (did you know those lice shampoos are carcinogenic even) only to watch the lice crawling around quite happily when I finished I would doubt a chicken lice infestation could be totally cured that way either.

Headlice are very difficult to get under control and compare closely to chicken lice in that , if you don't treat repeatedly , every 10 days the eggs hatch out and you are back to square 1.

 

[IamSamSam]

Same way as aviaries....bird netting a spread haphazardly around outside the base...they get tangled in it. Then a shovel.

Except killing snakes is mostly all illegal. I'd suggest prior to killing any native species you check the state and national laws

 

[IamSamSam]

Headlice are very difficult to get under control and compare closely to chicken lice in that , if you don't treat repeatedly , every 10 days the eggs hatch out and you are back to square 1.

So much easier to cure on boys ! I shave their heads. Then shampoo then comb and repeat but I've had to do that once now it's crop shave no1 while nits are about haven't had them since

Must be hard with girls and long hair

 

[K Spot]

Ugh head lice -scratches head- When I was a little girl, I had a really bad case of it. Tried everything! In the end, what ended up working was drowning my hair in conditioner to make it slick, combing every little strand with a louse comb every second day for 2 weeks.

I'm glad to say after we got rid of them we never had a re-occurrence. But as soon as people start discussing headlice, I can't help but get an itchy head haha

 

[Steampunked]

Except killing snakes is mostly all illegal. I'd suggest prior to killing any native species you check the state and national laws

Yes, and it's probably not a great idea to suggest the killing on public forums. I know a lot of people hate snakes passionately, but while they are opportunistic, they mostly feed on rats and mice. Removing them from the local ecosystem is a recipe for a vermin invasion.

Also, at least in SA it's $10,000 and two years imprisonment - I mean, that's a lot! I suspect the laws are similar everywhere.

 

[Steampunked]

I'm glad to say after we got rid of them we never had a re-occurrence. But as soon as people start discussing headlice, I can't help but get an itchy head haha

I never, ever had them until I was pregnant three years ago and someone brought them into the house knowingly (AHHHHHH). I was having a bad pregnancy with terrible side effects, and headlice on top of everything was the killer. I would have sprayed my head with flyspray to get them off. In the end, I just shaved my head completely.

With the birdies, I'll just go to a feedstore and get whatever the 'kill them completely' thing is - while I'm somewhat cautious about chemicals, the toxicity for Pestene seems to be appalling orally and not so bad on the skin. So I'll Pestene the chooks, clean out the cage completely, spray garlic-vinegar and soap into the corners and let everything bake as much as it can.

I'm okay with 'gentle' treatments on most things, but when it comes to parasites, I'm in favour of nuclear options!

 

[Fancychooklady]

So much easier to cure on boys ! I shave their heads. Then shampoo then comb and repeat but I've had to do that once now it's crop shave no1 while nits are about haven't had them since

Must be hard with girls and long hair

We haven't had a case here since primary school. They used to get a plait in their hair and then misted with tea tree oil. To this day my kids cannot tolerate the smell of tea tree . In the ' good ol days ' mum used to douse us with kerosine. ( lucky we didn't have an open fire ).

 

[Fancychooklady]

I never, ever had them until I was pregnant three years ago and someone brought them into the house knowingly (AHHHHHH).  I was having a bad pregnancy with terrible side effects, and headlice on top of everything was the killer.  I would have sprayed my head with flyspray to get them off.  In the end, I just shaved my head completely.

With the birdies, I'll just go to a feedstore and get whatever the 'kill them completely' thing is - while I'm somewhat cautious about chemicals, the toxicity for Pestene seems to be appalling orally and not so bad on the skin.  So I'll Pestene the chooks, clean out the cage completely, spray garlic-vinegar and soap into the corners and let everything bake as much as it can.

I'm okay with 'gentle' treatments on most things, but when it comes to parasites, I'm in favour of nuclear options!

Please do the rsearch on rotenone , ( ingredient in pestene ).

 

[Steampunked]

Please do the rsearch on rotenone , ( ingredient in pestene ).

I did. It has a moderate mammal LD50 for oral, is much safer topically. I'm more concerned about its actions on fish, as we're within 100 meters of a creek, and it seems complete death to them. People who use Rotenone over a lifetime have a 2.5 times greater chance of getting Parkinson's (from 1 in 500 in the general pop to 2.5 in 500), though the studies didn't take into account people who used it occasionally on a non-commercial flock. They were unable to get participants who didn't use many types of pesticide as well as the Rotenone, but the researchers seemed reasonable with saying Rotenone is the worst of the ones they had. It's just that everyone they talked to used tonnes of chemicals because they were the kind of folks who bombed everything.

I know I seem cavalier, but I work bare-handed with lead, which is pretty gross stuff - I spray on a liquid 'glove' which dries on my fingers to protect them, and need to shower with a chemical soap to remove the contaminants. I put bandaids over the cuts I get to reduce blood contact, and can't eat or go to the toilet until I've showered. People who work full time in this way (I just do it as a hobby) need to get a lead test every six months. My partner works with liquid plastics - he went to a conference once, where someone pointed out that the only children born to the factory workers there were female - no one was able to sire a son, due to the Y chromosome not recovering so well from genetic fault.

I can well understand this being too much risk for others. I'll be limited to whatever the store has, they may not have Pestene, I'm not sure.

(Sorry for the long response, this kind of stuff interests me!)