Cockroach infestation🪳 help

[Polishchickenmom]

My neighbor mentioned her house being treated numerous times for cockroaches & I have used hone defense to keep them out of my house. It's been pretty successful until I found them in my dirt while working on a backyard project. I'm finding 100s of them under planters. They are basically under my chicken area. Under the pallet fence of the chickens. So.....if I use a pesticide on the dirt what can I do to keep the chickens safe?

 

[BarnyardChaos]

Use diatomaceous earth dust. It's cheap and readily available at any garden center. Sprinkle it anywhere the little buggers hang out. You will have to reapply after a rain, but it is perfectly safe for chickens, pets, children, basically anything bigger than a mouse.

Many folks warn against using it inside a coop, due to the airborne dust particles. I use it and my birds are fine, and the coop is bug-free.

DE dust is an abundant natural mineral mined from the desert. When a bug gets it on their legs and they lick it off or eat it, it acts like razor blades on their guts. Very effective IMHO

 

[rayrose]

Let the chickens at them. My girls go crazy for them. It's
their favorite food.

 

[RosemaryDuck]

My neighbor mentioned her house being treated numerous times for cockroaches & I have used hone defense to keep them out of my house. It's been pretty successful until I found them in my dirt while working on a backyard project. I'm finding 100s of them under planters. They are basically under my chicken area. Under the pallet fence of the chickens. So.....if I use a pesticide on the dirt what can I do to keep the chickens safe?

Walk around and flip items over/move items and call your chickens. They'll go nuts for them. Cockroaches are bird crack! My ducks love the big palmetto ones that live outside here in FL.

 

[Polishchickenmom]

Walk around and flip items over/move items and call your chickens. They'll go nuts for them. Cockroaches are bird crack! My ducks love the big palmetto ones that live outside here in FL.

Thank you I did flip everything around & found more! Chickens were ignoring them originally & that is why I made the post. I'm happy to day they are now eating then! Yay, thank you!

 

[Polishchickenmom]

Let the chickens at them. My girls go crazy for them. It's
their favorite food.

Originally they were ignoring them! I couldn't believe it. Lol
There was so many I was freaking out. Thank you!

 

[Polishchickenmom]

Use diatomaceous earth dust. It's cheap and readily available at any garden center. Sprinkle it anywhere the little buggers hang out. You will have to reapply after a rain, but it is perfectly safe for chickens, pets, children, basically anything bigger than a mouse.

Many folks warn against using it inside a coop, due to the airborne dust particles. I use it and my birds are fine, and the coop is bug-free.

DE dust is an abundant natural mineral mined from the desert. When a bug gets it on their legs and they lick it off or eat it, it acts like razor blades on their guts. Very effective IMHO

I used the stronger powder used for mites & lice. Hopefully it helps. I already had DE spread in their area, so I assumed it didn't work. I'm going to check tomorrow & spread more DE in other areas hopefully it works. Thanks!

 

[Tozan]

Originally they were ignoring them! I couldn't believe it. Lol
There was so many I was freaking out. Thank you!

They sometime will do this with a new food. They have to figure out it is food or if they like it.