Healthy Pen for mites and maintenance?

[CluckNPluckFarm]

Has anyone ever used Healthy Pen by Carefree Enzymes to get rid of mites or maintain a low parasite level? Treating my girls/coop/run with permethrin is getting tedious and after a rain it's practically washed away.

Just curious if anyone has and success or stay-away stories from experience.

http://www.eggcartonstore.com/Healthy-Pen-Odor-Waste-Digester-p/tecs-pp-3.htm?1=1&CartID=1

 

[aart]

I see no information on that link saying what the product ingredients actually are,
so no way of telling what it might actually do...... other than line the pockets of the manufacturers.
Some kind of enzyme I'm guessing, might reduce ammonia odors.....
......but I've found that keeping things dry and some Sweet PDZ(zeoloite) works best for ammonia odor.

Your other posts indicate you have a mite problem, has the permethrin done any good at all?
Usually you treat then re-treat in 7-10 days to kill any offspring and maybe re-treat again in another 7-10 days.
If you still have an infestation after that, you need to pull out the big guns and use something stronger.

 

[CluckNPluckFarm]

It's hard to get into all the crevices with the permethrin powder but I did get the liquid which I'm going to dilute and use in the coop. I've been putting the powderin the girls dust bath so that they coat their skin with it themselves without the drama of catching them and attempting (with little success) to get it down at the base of their feathers.

 

[CluckNPluckFarm]

I was thinking the same thing about the ingredients which is why I've been trying to find it local so I can look over the label

 

[Folly's place]

I use Ivermectin on each bird for parasites; it's easy to apply and very effective. Then permethrin in the coop, and retreat in 7 to 10 days. Wild birds bring in the mites, so they will reappear occasionally. I'm treating my flock right now too. Ugh! Mary