Diatomaceous Earth for worms

[dawg53]

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I made an enema!

-Kathy

 

[dawg53]

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[cafarmgirl]

And people! (I sprinkled some DE in my salad earlier) Hahahahaha!

I made an enema!

-Kathy

I have DE encapsulated in a pendant I wear around my neck for good luck. I've never had intestinal worms so it must be working.

Hmm, all three of you in the same thread and all in rare form today lol! You all are very bad lol!

Kathy....an enema!

 

[JensChickies]

Lol!

 

[enola]

Indeed! Very rare form!

 

[enola]

I have to ask... Where is the first place you ever read about DE? In Mother Earth News by any chance?

 

[casportpony]

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-Kathy

 

[cafarmgirl]

Just want you to know, reading those posts, one after the other, very nearly made me spit perfectly good, nice, hot tea right at my computer screen! I needed a good laugh today and there it was!

 

[torilovessmiles]

DE *is said to work to kill small external parasites, such as mites and fleas, due to the sharp particles from shells of dead diatoms, a protist that is a type of algae, that it is composed of. However, they are ineffective when wet, therefore, in theory, would not work inside the body. Some people still swear by it, and my mother appears to have had some success with it, but it cannot be repeated in formal experiments. It's best to use a commercial dewormer if your chickens are showing symptoms of worms, just to be safe. It won't hurt your chickens if they eat DE, though, so you can still use it if you want to try it as a preventative measure!
Diatomaceous earth is great for them to dust in, however. My rabbits and chickens both love it!
*edit for clarity

 

[cafarmgirl]

To be honest I don't care for it for dusting purposes either. It's not a great thing to be inhaled, either by birds or humans.