Did I just hurt my chicken with permethrin 10?!?

[Apags18]

So glad that she is acting more normal. Watery feed (add water as needed since it dries and expands,) is a good way to get fluids into her. I even add water to scrambled egg. Are you seeing any bugs on the others? When they get lice or mites, the coop bedding usually needs to be emptied far away, and the coop, nest boxes, and roost sprayed with permethrin. That should not be dangerous mixed 1 tsp per quart of water. It lasts 30 days. I would stick to the dust for the chickens, and that can be used twice at 10 day intervals for lice, or 7 day intervals for mites.

I have only had a chance to check three other chickens but I haven’t sent any on them, but I am aware that if one has bugs the other probably do too. We are going to clean out the coop tomorrow. I’m going to try and check some more of the flock tomorrow as well. I’ll look into the dust. I’m honestly not going to use the permethrin on the chickens anymore. I know I used it wrong but this has been so stressful. I’ll use the rest in the coop. Thank you sooooo much for you advice!

 

[aart]

I have only had a chance to check three other chickens but I haven’t sent any on them, but I am aware that if one has bugs the other probably do too.

Keep the liquid, will be very handy if you find they are roost mites rather than poultry mites.


Here's some tips on how to examine and identify:

Google images of lice/mites and their eggs before the inspection so you'll know what you're looking for.

Part the feathers right down to the skin around vent, head/neck and under wings.

Best done well after dark with a strong flashlight/headlight, easier to 'catch' bird and also to check for the mites that live in structure and only come out at night to feed off roosting birds.

Look fast, they will scatter quickly once the feathers are parted and the light hits them.

Wipe a white paper towel along the underside of roost to look for red smears(smashed well fed mites).

Good post about mite ID by Lady McCamley:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/my-chicken-has-mites-now-what.1273674/page-2#post-20483008

 

[Apags18]

Keep the liquid, will be very handy if you find they are roost mites rather than poultry mites.


Here's some tips on how to examine and identify:

Google images of lice/mites and their eggs before the inspection so you'll know what you're looking for.

Part the feathers right down to the skin around vent, head/neck and under wings.

Best done well after dark with a strong flashlight/headlight, easier to 'catch' bird and also to check for the mites that live in structure and only come out at night to feed off roosting birds.

Look fast, they will scatter quickly once the feathers are parted and the light hits them.

Wipe a white paper towel along the underside of roost to look for red smears(smashed well fed mites).

Good post about mite ID by Lady McCamley:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/my-chicken-has-mites-now-what.1273674/page-2#post-20483008

Thank you!! I knew looking at night was best but great tips!!

 

[Farmgirl283420]

Can you post a picture of the exact product you used?
Soaking chickens in water is very stress full for them and it alone can kill them. She may be in shock.

Oh goodness I didn’t know that.

 

[KToddy]

Glad she's recovering! The permethrin concentrate works great, when diluted as per directions on the package, or as mentioned here already. it's what we use in the coop and on the birds when mites arrive, easier than the dust. in cold weather, the dust is a better choice.
If she had mites, so do your other birds, so DON"T treat her again, but do everyone else, and the coop.
Mites and lice are miserable!
Mary

Please tell me the correct dilution to dip or spray my chickens- I just lost one to anemia… and last month I treated them 3x 10 days apart with pour on iver & still lost our sweet girl to mites/lice last night.

I have a sand floor coop and 20 chickens. So I need to spray the coop and the sand… and spray or dip them… whichever is more effective. I AM SO WORRIED and at my wits end over here. TIA

 

[Folly's place]

Mites are the pits!
Follow the directions on the bottle of concentrate; we use Gordons, available at our feed store.
Spray them at night, with a small flashlight or head lamp, right off their roosts.
Spray the coop during the day, walls, everything.
We don't use sand, don't know about that. You could use the permethrin dust on the sand, it will mix in and help.
As mentioned, dipping birds is way more stressful, don't do it.
There's no egg withdrawal when you use permethrin. Ivermectin is easy, but not approved for use in chickens in the USA.
Mary

 

[Eggcessive]

Gordons or Martins Permethrin 10 concentrate 5 ml (1 tsp) is diluted with each quart or liter of water, and used in a spray bottle. Use about 1/2 ounce per chicken. 20 ml or 4 tsp can be added to a gallon of water, and used in a garden sprayer as well to treat the coop.

The permethrin garden dust is a better option and can be dusted on the chicken inside a sock, and that won’t chill the chicken.

 

[KToddy]

Gordons or Martins Permethrin 10 concentrate 5 ml (1 tsp) is diluted with each quart or liter of water, and used in a spray bottle. Use about 1/2 ounce per chicken. 20 ml or 4 tsp can be added to a gallon of water, and used in a garden sprayer as well to treat the coop.

The permethrin garden dust is a better option and can be dusted on the chicken inside a sock, and that won’t chill the chicken.

So just spray ½ oz on the chicken’s feathers while they sit on the roost at night (then saturate the coop in the morning when they got outside tomorrow? ? Seems too easy…

 

[BigBlueHen53]

1/2 oz of the diluted product.

 

[Noeggy]

So just spray ½ oz on the chicken’s feathers while they sit on the roost at night (then saturate the coop in the morning when they got outside tomorrow? ? Seems too easy…

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