Can diatomaceous earth be used ON the ducks without hurting them?

[chickens really]

Can they eat it I mixed in for the chickens and the ducks also eat the food. They have lots of water to drink.

What for, that stuff is not safe for Birds or humans...Feed it to them?...No stop that practice It's actually tiny shards like glass in it...Terrible stuff..

 

[Lil Drake40]

Food grade isn’t look it up.

 

[1goose2ducks]

So it is or isn’t safe???

 

[Lil Drake40]

It is safe but too expensive and won’t worm or kill mites or lice wil keep feed fresher though

 

[1goose2ducks]

Ok thank you

 

[Duckstail]

What for, that stuff is not safe for Birds or humans...Feed it to them?...No stop that practice It's actually tiny shards like glass in it...Terrible stuff..

Glass in de? Think u got something else . de is 100% natural and safe to eat for humans and animals...

Just google it. Ur info is way off

 

[chickens really]

Glass in de? Think u got something else . de is 100% natural and safe to eat for humans and animals...

Just google it. Ur info is way off

Never said Glass...Reread my post..

 

[Miss Lydia]

I believe de can be used some how in swimming pools and That is the stuff than has things in it we don't want to use,
food grade DE is 100 natural product.

 

[cheezenkwackers]

I believe de can be used some how in swimming pools and That is the stuff than has things in it we don't want to use,
food grade DE is 100 natural product.

In pools it is used in the filter to filter out small, dirt particles. It works similarly to a sand filter. It is still the shells of diatoms and “natural”, not a pool chemical.

 

[CayugaJana]

DE are diatoms that have very very rigid cell walls. They can go into a dormant state when conditions are unfavorable. They have existed for a long time with this adaptation. But I can see where chickens really is saying they are sharp like glass. I haven’t researched what would happen to your lungs if you got them in it, but I’d guess it wouldn’t be good because or their rigid shape. In my mind it could be like getting fiberglass shards or asbestos in your lungs. And may tear up the mucus lining of the gut. But like I said I haven’t done the research. I’ve just worked with them in water/pond settings before. Not dried out where they are dust in the air.