Got 50 lbs of DE today...

[speckledhen]

I bought 2 50# bags last time I got it. I dont like having nothing to kill bugs nor do I like using poisons, either.
There are those over-the-top people who claim it does everything short of cure cancer. I'm not one of them, but food grade Diatomaceous Earth has its place.

 

[debilorrah]

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Keeps bugs and mites at bay, keeps the smell down.......

 

[Nifty-Chicken]

Here is a great BYC Memeber's Page on DE: https://www.backyardchickens.com/web/viewblog.php?id=1560-Food_Grade_DE

 

[ksacres]

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Keeps bugs and mites at bay, keeps the smell down.......

If only it could cure debi's deformity...

 

[Laskaland]

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Thank you Chicken King!!!
Christina

 

[gkeesling]

Since the topic of DE was brought up here, where's a good place to get it? I can't get it at the feed co-op here and Tractor Supply doesn't have it.

 

[Laskaland]

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I ordered mine from:
www.earthworkshealth.com
It came fast, UPS
Christina

 

[Portia]

I purchased/ordered some from the local feed store. I use mine in the coop, it keeps things dry and bug free. It is sprinkled on the floor before I put anything down; on the straw in the droppings box, on the hardware wire the separates the droppings box, on the bedding in the rest of the coop, on the straw in the nesting boxes and applied as a wash to the roosts.

 

[speckledhen]

No feedstore anywhere here has it or even understands what it is. Custom Milling has reps all over the east coast and into the midwest and sells Perma Guard brand.