help!! i have a problem with DE!!

[chickeneyfoot]

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Do you use food grade?

 

[ArizonaDesertChicks]

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For all we know, that breeder may have been using food grade for awhile and then stumbled upon this stuff and not known the difference..... or they may have been using it for years and the long term effects have not shown up yet. Besides not using this on your own flock, I think you should try to educate that person for their safety and the safety of any other people they sell to.

 

[welasharon]

Depends on your chickens. Mine, I wouldn't risk.

 

[Country Parson]

The real question is why did you buy 200lbs? Unless you have a massive flock, that seems like an excessive amount. I buy about 3lbs twice a year, which is far more than enough to liberally coat the entire main coop (12x16) and secondary coop (5x10), including walls, nest boxes, floors, feeders, waterers, and roosts. Its also enough to give each bird a good coating (14 birds). I usually have some left over. 200lbs would last me over 33 years!

 

[cravenchx]

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Re: help!! i have a problem with DE!!

If it doesn't say "Food Grade" or "Amorphous" on the label, it's not safe to use

Exactly!

 

[aoxa]

Doesn't the huge sign on the front of the bag (the cup & the fork) mean food grade? Am I the only one that sees that?

ETA: This is the link the OP gave From Ebay

 

[chickeneyfoot]

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Yes, my bags have that. I don't know what that means!

 

[VelvettFog]

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Why do you *need* it. Chickens did pretty darn well for a few hundred years without DE -- why do we all of a sudden think we need to dust everything with it?

 

[chickeneyfoot]

I don't know...

 

[vintageozarks]

We used DE everywhere, including in the nesting boxes and on the floor of the coop. You were lucky to find some as MFA won't sell it anymore. Yes, I believe you have the right stuff. It says DE right on the label.