Blister Beetles and Toxicity to Chickens

[ojaichickadee]

See the attached link re Blister Beetles from poultrydvm.com:

http://www.poultrydvm.com/condition...es are insects from,chickens and can be fatal.

I would like this group's thoughts on how you eradicate your blister beetles? I have looked through the forums and see comments like "I'd rather have blister beetles over grasshoppers," and "chickens eat bugs," -- but I don't see any articles in this forum about the toxicity issues of chickens ingesting these beetles. I have a lot of them in my yard and I want to get rid of them, but would like a non-toxic method that won't harm my chickens.

This dvm article discusses the "sudden death" of a chicken which can point to blister beetles, so I can't help but wondering about many of these posts "some times chickens just die" or "I came out to my coop this morning and my favorite chicken was dead" ----- has anyone on this forum really looked at blister beetles as the culprit? If so, how did you eradicate them? Thanks.

 

[azygous]

Blister beetles are bad news. They are toxic alive and toxic dead and dried out. I would confine my chickens if I were you, until the beetles can be brought under some control.

It's pricey up front, but a little bottle of Elector PSP can treat your yard and run and it's safe for chickens.

 

[azygous]

Here's where you can buy it. https://www.valleyvet.com/ct_detail.html?pgguid=AC577859-6E1D-4028-B018-888E771B573F