Elector PSP: How Often to Use, Safe to Use with Permethrin?

[Helloyou89]

What about mixing in some sulphur powder to their dust baths? I’m kind of in the same boat as far as my fear of using permethrin since I have cats and it seems they are very sensitive to it.
Found a few lice on my smallest hen, so I’m sure there’s more on her that I just couldn’t see. Sprayed her with using CJs and treated the rest of the girls as well. Also, sprayed down their coop and boxes. Seems like it’s working well. But I would like to prevent a future infestation and kill anything I didn’t get with the spinosad spray. I heard DE can cause respiratory issues so I thought sulphur might be a good solution, but would like to see if others had a good or bad experience using it?

 

[arazla]

Have you tried adding wood ash to their dust bathing materials? It has to be fresh ash that hasn't been rained on but it does help

We have actually done that, but not so much lately. Now that we're accumulating ashes again would be a good time. It's a little challenging though because they seem to change up their dust bathing locations often. Typically after we've added something to it lol.

 

[arazla]

What about mixing in some sulphur powder to their dust baths? I’m kind of in the same boat as far as my fear of using permethrin since I have cats and it seems they are very sensitive to it.
Found a few lice on my smallest hen, so I’m sure there’s more on her that I just couldn’t see. Sprayed her with using CJs and treated the rest of the girls as well. Also, sprayed down their coop and boxes. Seems like it’s working well. But I would like to prevent a future infestation and kill anything I didn’t get with the spinosad spray. I heard DE can cause respiratory issues so I thought sulphur might be a good solution, but would like to see if others had a good or bad experience using it?

We actually had small sulphur bags hanging in the doorways of all the coops, though sometimes they fell down and got lost for a while. Per research, this was a very effective method, but nonetheless our girls got lice anyway. I really think it's the long-term use of aprons, though no one really talks about the downside to hen aprons. On the other hand, most people don't have as many roosters as we do. They're more like our pets than livestock, so I can't just give them to anyone or eat them. Of course if someone needed a friendly roo that would be great, but there are hundreds of unwanted roosters around for the taking where I live, so I don't pursue rehoming that much anymore. I do keep trying to start a roo bachelor pad, but that is proving to be difficult with our landscape. One of the roosters can easily fly over the 10x6 gate in the area that is most secluded from hens and a couple others hold grudges, so remodeling and behavior modification are still required.

 

[Katie Goose]

So, I know how to use it. I'm wondering if I can safely use it again just a day after a soak. Or if I could use permethrin just a day after using Elector.

Their website says you can use it within a 24 hour period.