I'm SUCH a bad chicken momma!!!!!

[Southern28Chick]

I'm ordering DE NOW!!!! My girls have mites and I don't even know what's wrong with my roo. His nostrals are full of crap!!! It might be dirt but IDK. I feel like a total crap head!!!

 

[Southern28Chick]

OK now I forgot the real word for DE so I can't find it on Google. What does DE stand for again? I'm such an idiot!

 

[hcammack]

http://www.gardenharvestsupply.com/productcart/pc/viewCategories.asp?idCategory=11
Here is the link for where I am getting mine.

Henry

 

[thndrdancr]

Diatomaceous Earth, and don't feel bad, I keep my girls INSIDE at night, and I think they might have had mites, cleaned their box real well and found a few little tiny bugs underneath when I took it out.

So they got liberally dusted last night, not that they liked it, and again next week, as well as cleaning and dusting pen, coop, nestbox, etc. Ugh!

 

[MissPrissy]

Diatomaceous Earth

http://www.dirtworks.net/Diatomaceous-Earth.html

You want codex grade fossil shell flour. Permaguard is one of the best to buy.

 

[Redfeathers]

Diatomaceous Earth. Just got done spreading it all through the coop and run...

 

[Southern28Chick]

Thanks y'all!!! I've been calling it DE for so long I forgot the "big" word that it stands for.

 

[Southern28Chick]

Ok I ordered 15 pounds!!! I HATE mites and lice! I feel really bad letting them infest my flock! What on earth did people do back in the day? Did they just let their flock suffer?

 

[peeps7]

Southern don't feel bad, hey I'm sure if I was a chicken then I would love to be one of yours.

 

[Southern28Chick]

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That's so sweet. I feel that I've been a bad chicken momma because I've been so busy lately. I hope they can forgive me. People say that chickens don't give 2 cents about us but I can tell you they do come runnin when they see me comin...treats or not!