Can somebody expain Diatomaceous Earth?

[Alex S]

So I'm confused about what diotomatious earth is. I know it prevents worms in chickens but not much else.
Here is my list of questions:

• How do you feed it to the chickens?
• At what age to you feed it to them?
• How much are you supposed to feed them?
• Is it safe to eat the eggs while you are giving them diotomatious earth?

Thanks!

 

[MysteryChicken]

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[nuthatched]

It does nothing, period.
It doesn't prevent or cure worms and it's harmful to breathe.

 

[MysteryChicken]

It does nothing, period.

Exactly.

I was calling in the experts to help explain too.

 

[nuthatched]

Exactly.

I was calling in the experts to help explain too.

I have a good paragraph on it that I was going to add but now I can't find it!

 

[MysteryChicken]

I have a good paragraph on it that I was going to add but now I can't find it!

It's frustrating when you lose things.

 

[nuthatched]

It's frustrating when you lose things.

Sanity, is a good example.

 

[Alex S]

It does nothing, period.
It doesn't prevent or cure worms and it's harmful to breathe.

Wait then what's the point of Diotomatious earth?

 

[nuthatched]

Wait then what's the point of Diotomatious earth?

Doesn't have one when it come to poultry, it just one of those things that someone, somewhere, sometime said was good for chickens and it got spread around that it cures (fill in the blank) on chickens, no one bothered to check if it did or not.
Now people treat it like a magic cure-all because 'they read it once'.
cider vinegar and pepper flakes don't do anything either.

 

[Alex S]

Doesn't have one when it come to poultry, it just one of those things that someone, somewhere, sometime said was good for chickens and it got spread around that it cures (fill in the blank) on chickens, no one bothered to check if it did or not.
Now people treat it like a magic cure-all because 'they read it once'.
cider vinegar and pepper flakes don't do anything either.

Then how do you prevent worms?