Baby silkies have lice!

[Henriettamom919]

So permethrin powder is ok to use one babies? I read a post that some birds maybe got overdosed with it and now I'm scared to put it on babies. Have you used it on babies by any chance? Thank you for all the advice!

I did! When my littles were about three weeks old they'd been going outside and found my big girls dust bath. Then one of my biggies was over grooming, head shaking, etc so I treated everyone.

DE carries risk of inhalation when they're little, too (which I also use as a preventative in my coops) but neither is as dangerous as a parasite overload on a young bird.

You could do the spray applying it to the area around the vent with a small, unused paintbrush and directly under the wings. Wipe over feathers with a wetted paper towel then make sure they stay warm until they're totally dry.

To administer the powder (which works faster and provides immediate relief on babies) put some in a nasal bulb syringe like you get in infant care at the store and squirt small puffs just above and between feathers or place some in the foot of an old pantyhose you've cut off and use it like a powder puff. You can gently cover their faces with a wash cloth or paper towel then just apply using qtips around the face itself.

 

[NancyD84]

I did! When my littles were about three weeks old they'd been going outside and found my big girls dust bath. Then one of my biggies was over grooming, head shaking, etc so I treated everyone.

DE carries risk of inhalation when they're little, too (which I also use as a preventative in my coops) but neither is as dangerous as a parasite overload on a young bird.

You could do the spray applying it to the area around the vent with a small, unused paintbrush and directly under the wings. Wipe over feathers with a wetted paper towel then make sure they stay warm until they're totally dry.

To administer the powder (which works faster and provides immediate relief on babies) put some in a nasal bulb syringe like you get in infant care at the store and squirt small puffs just above and between feathers or place some in the foot of an old pantyhose you've cut off and use it like a powder puff. You can gently cover their faces with a wash cloth or paper towel then just apply using qtips around the face itself.

They finally started using their mini sandbox I made them with DE, playsand, and little farmer dust bath powder I'm happy for that, but they also got moved to garage from inside our (now) dusty house hahaha. But I'm happy they are dust bathing.

 

[aart]

farmer dust bath powder

What, exactly, is this stuff?
Post a link, please?

 

[NancyD84]

What, exactly, is this stuff?
Post a link, please?

This is what I used for their dust bath

 

[tn_artist]

I have a question about all of this. When we moved to NC, we had our first experience with people lice. We learned that lice here are VERY resistant to the normal treatments.
We were in a tiny town, on vacation when I discovered that one child had them again. Before I drove over an hour to get what had worked before, I stopped at the local, Mom and Pop pharmacy. The pharmacist said that LiceAway, at $8, was the same ingredient as the $27 stuff I wanted to drive an hour, each way, for, and that the reason they both work is because they are, basically sodium/salt water.
Apparently, lice can be killed by lack of moisture, very quickly. It also kills the eggs. We used the cheap stuff and withing 15 minutes, nothing was alive and we didn't even have to retreat in 14 days, or at all.
So-if LiceAway is basically just salt water, and all you have to do is let it dry on the hair (or down), wouldn't it be safe for chicks? I have never heard of salt water hurting an animal unless they drank it.

 

[NancyD84]

I have a question about all of this. When we moved to NC, we had our first experience with people lice. We learned that lice here are VERY resistant to the normal treatments.
We were in a tiny town, on vacation when I discovered that one child had them again. Before I drove over an hour to get what had worked before, I stopped at the local, Mom and Pop pharmacy. The pharmacist said that LiceAway, at $8, was the same ingredient as the $27 stuff I wanted to drive an hour, each way, for, and that the reason they both work is because they are, basically sodium/salt water.
Apparently, lice can be killed by lack of moisture, very quickly. It also kills the eggs. We used the cheap stuff and withing 15 minutes, nothing was alive and we didn't even have to retreat in 14 days, or at all.
So-if LiceAway is basically just salt water, and all you have to do is let it dry on the hair (or down), wouldn't it be safe for chicks? I have never heard of salt water hurting an animal unless they drank it.

That's a very good question. This is my first time owning chickens therefore I couldn't answer that, but very interested to know, hopefully someone can answer that

 

[aart]

This is what I used for their dust bath

Yeah, that won't kill, or probably even repel, existing lice
It's clay and DE.

 

[aart]

LiceAway

This stuff @tn_artist?
https://www.uncleharrys.com/lice-away-shampoo

 

[NancyD84]

Yeah, that won't kill, or probably even repel, existing lice
It's clay and DE.

I used DE to dust actual chicks. I put that and DE in their sand dust baths they take on their own.

 

[casportpony]

So permethrin powder is ok to use one babies? I read a post that some birds maybe got overdosed with it and now I'm scared to put it on babies. Have you used it on babies by any chance? Thank you for all the advice!

I have use permethrin spray and powder on very small chicks and they were okay.