DE Product

[casportpony]

Can anyone tell me what the other 98% of Ingredients are in that product?
I can't seem to find it anywhere

google the name of the product and MSDS (material safety data sheet)

 

[tigger19687]

I did
It does not list what the other ingredients are, just that they are nonhazardous.

Also says HIGHLY toxic to aquatics

I not only have a Koi Pond in where the hens are, but my run off drain next to my house goes straight to a stream .. Yes Yes I would not be using that much but I am not willing to take that chance.

 

[Folly's place]

It's good to plan ahead and know what secondary issues might come up! Mary

 

[tigger19687]

True, I am bug free at the moment but I am still looing for things to use if/when it does happen.

 

[Emma jean]

Diatomaceous Earth is finely crushed dead algae usually from the Dead Sea , it is mainly used in the pool industry as a filtering agent. It has absolutely no pesticides in it. If you put it in a nylon stocking and lift up the feathers of your birds it will rid them of lice andmites. The way it works is, any insect that has antennae gets the DE on their antenna must clean it off and when they do they swallow it and it gets trapped in their throats and kills them because of the barbed snowflake shape that the partial has. It's great stuff and harmless to humans and chickens. Wild bird rehabbers and even Busch gardens uses it on their animals and birds.

 

[The Draft]

Diatomaceous Earth is finely crushed dead algae usually from the Dead Sea , it is mainly used in the pool industry as a filtering agent. It has absolutely no pesticides in it. If you put it in a nylon stocking and lift up the feathers of your birds it will rid them of lice andmites. The way it works is, any insect that has antennae gets the DE on their antenna must clean it off and when they do they swallow it and it gets trapped in their throats and kills them because of the barbed snowflake shape that the partial has. It's great stuff and harmless to humans and chickens. Wild bird rehabbers and even Busch gardens uses it on their animals and birds.

The sock under the feathers? could you explain.

 

[Emma jean]

The object is to try to make it like a powder puff under their wings and feathers so it disperses rather than clump

 

[casportpony]

Diatomaceous Earth is finely crushed dead algae usually from the Dead Sea , it is mainly used in the pool industry as a filtering agent. It has absolutely no pesticides in it. If you put it in a nylon stocking and lift up the feathers of your birds it will rid them of lice andmites. The way it works is, any insect that has antennae gets the DE on their antenna must clean it off and when they do they swallow it and it gets trapped in their throats and kills them because of the barbed snowflake shape that the partial has. It's great stuff and harmless to humans and chickens. Wild bird rehabbers and even Busch gardens uses it on their animals and birds.

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