Dealing with lice...in Canada!

[Katejc]

No permethrin here. I will stop by the feed store today when I am in town but would love some advice on what chicken owners in Canada use where the common insecticide treatments aren’t available! I can pick up some head lice treatment for humans but I don’t want to poison my chickens. We had a major snowstorm here so I gave them all a good rub down with a wood ash/sand combo, cleared out the whole coop and hand washed it with dawn and cleaning vinegar. I want these lice gone as I have 4 new birds I need to introduce to my flock that are in my kitchen!

My silkie roo who is the only one I have seen them on has been holding his head to one side because of this so I think they have invaded his ear.

I just have a flock of 3 (4 segregated in the kitchen)

Thanks!

 

[ChickenCanoe]

Can you get 5% Sevin dust at garden centers/nurseries? That or another product containing carbaryl if you can't get permethrin there or online.
Don't trust DE will treat once they are already present.
https://ruraldreams.ca/northern-fowl-mites-canada

 

[Katejc]

Can you get 5% Sevin dust at garden centers/nurseries? That or another product containing carbaryl if you can't get permethrin there or online.
Don't trust DE will treat once they are already present.
https://ruraldreams.ca/northern-fowl-mites-canada

Thanks for the article! Doesn’t look like there is a perfect solution...I ordered some DE and I am going to have a big fire tonight and generate some more wood ash and mix the 2 together and put in a giant dust bath that they will hopefully use. This is totally our fault as newbies for not being more preventative. At least the infestation seems small for now.

 

[kellyhubb]

I believe there are a number of other options listed on poultryDVM, here is a link - http://www.poultrydvm.com/condition/lice

 

[Katejc]

I believe there are a number of other options listed on poultryDVM, here is a link - http://www.poultrydvm.com/condition/lice

Thank You!! I had read the post but missed the chart at the bottom!

 

[Eggcessive]

See post 12 for a spray and docktor doom powder that are permethrin:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/chicken-with-lice.1342722/page-2