Diatomaceous Earth safe with eggs?

[Lilalienangel]

I can't help but wonder if and how your opinions might have changed at this point.
Much love and good luck

 

[aart]

I can't help but wonder if and how your opinions might have changed at this point.

Nope, not mine.

 

[Lilalienangel]

Nope, not mine.

I would bet cash you also have a large flock. All I know is what I've done had been very effective. The results show when they get their daily love. The first time was soooo gross. Hundreds on my hand and thousands in my garage where my babies are. Also, for surface cleaning I've used a tea tree peppermint all purpose cleaner I make for household use. I still have to clean the fan of the hundreds of dried dead little mites from using that. It kills them on contact.

 

[aart]

I would bet cash you also have a large flock.

14 birds.
Size of flock doesn't really matter, DE doesn't kill mites or lice.

 

[dawg53]

14 birds.
Size of flock doesn't really matter, DE doesn't kill mites or lice.

x2

 

[Isaac 0]

Um. Maybe you didn't get good stuff then. I am taking care of a mite problem right now with DE. I use it in the crevices of my coop and in a dust bath in combination of a neem oil cleaning. I have them cleared out of my main coop and baby coop. The jerks moved to my broody and so now I am controlling them with DE as I don't trust the neem oil with hatching eggs.. I sprayed the crevices of her coop and left a very thin layer of DE on the floor as well as sprinkling it on the ground outside her coop. I just stuck my hand under the broody and sure enough not even 1 mite after hundreds being on my hand yesterday.... I think the problem is that most of you have big flocks that between cost and time investment can't feasibly treat your entire flock that way. To me it is important. I can guarantee my chicks and birds are 100% organic in all treatments/feed from birth. As a bonus no corn/soy. Helpful selling points. Then again until my chosen ones begin to lay I have a flock of only 7 hens. It's a lot easier with a small flock.

Make sure to let us know in a week if the DE takes care of the problem. Mites are hard to treat, and often require Permethrin-based products, that are more effective compared to Diatomaceous earth which often shows very poor results. For your, and your birds safety, avoid getting DE near their face, reasoning being, it's been tested, and evaluated, as a Group 3 carcinogen by IARC.

https://www.osha.gov/laws-regs/stan...as been tested,the research conducted to date.

Do understand that just because a product is "natural" doesn't necessarily mean its safe.

 

[cmom]

First you need to determine if you have mites as @aart said in a previous post. I use a headlamp so I have both hands free to check over the birds after they roost. I have a lot of birds. I had a mite infestation. in one coop but then discovered some in another coop. I thought my birds were molting but they weren't getting their feathers back in. Upon closer inspection I discovered they were loaded with mites. I treated them with DE for a couple of weeks and they still were loaded with mites. I'm not a believer in DE anymore. It certainly didn't work here. I got some permethrin and sprayed the birds and all of the coops well, every crack and crevice, everywhere. After a couple of weeks the birds were looking better and even starting to get their feathers back in. I do 3 or 4 weekly treatments then stop. The mites can get a resistance to it. I do put poultry dust with permethrin in the nest boxes. The bonus is there is no egg withdrawal period and everything is available at TSC. I use a garden sprayer because I like the wand to get to hard to reach areas.

 

[Lilalienangel]

Yes I had mites they were all over my garage. Literally thousands if not millions of the little suckers. I just stuck my hand under her again. My chickens are super tame and will sit right on my hand eggs or no eggs. No mites. I am aware of the danger. I haven't had any problem there.. I think some of the product is probably not pure. I don't cut corners for my chickens. The brand I use so far has been super effective. Sorry not going to ruin my best selling point with manmade chems. These chickens are literally all organic from feed to treatments. Usually I also clean the coop with a neem oil mix but I didn't do that with my broody. I don't trust neem oil and eggs. I already got rid of them in my main coop and garage. The jerks moved to my broody. These pics were taken moments ago. My SF looks super rough between breeding and mites so I separated my roo for a bit. She is actually looking much better than when we started. He isn't fairing much better then her. Before and after pics.. Then my poor broody. The scratches on her face she did herself scratch mites. Look though I use DE exclusively and no mites!!! If Arte recalls responding to me about the chick who's feathers weren't growing in right that is when I first started treating. Actually that was about 3 weeks ago?? No mites

 

[Lilalienangel]

Day and night??? That actually seems like more work. Uggg. Further clarification in my mind that I made the right choice. It's truely as simple as providing a wood ash/DE and dirt dust bath and cleaning the coop once a week for 3 weeks. I do it for 4 weeks to be safe. Honestly I haven't been as diligent as I should be and still; no mites.

 

[Lilalienangel]

First you need to determine if you have mites as @aart said in a previous post. I use a headlamp so I have both hands free to check over the birds after they roost. I have a lot of birds. I had a mite infestation. in one coop but then discovered some in another coop. I thought my birds were molting but they weren't getting their feathers back in. Upon closer inspection I discovered they were loaded with mites. I treated them with DE for a couple of weeks and they still were loaded with mites. I'm not a believer in DE anymore. It certainly didn't work here. I got some permethrin and sprayed the birds and all of the coops well, every crack and crevice, everywhere. After a couple of weeks the birds were looking better and even starting to get their feathers back in. I do 3 or 4 weekly treatments then stop. The mites can get a resistance to it. I do put poultry dust with permethrin in the nest boxes. The bonus is there is no egg withdrawal period and everything is available at TSC. I use a garden sprayer because I like the wand to get to hard to reach areas.
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It has been 2 weeks in my garage and main coop. No mites. As stated once a week for 3 weeks. It us not a one application done thing..