Ivermectin Question...

[darin367]

Used ivermectin pour on today for mites, do i have to treat again in 10 days or does ivermectin treat in 1 dose...... thanks guys....

 

[CMV]

You need to re-treat in 10 days. You also need to thoroughly clean out and treat the coop.

Good luck.

 

[mlward]

I was under the impression that with that stuff, you only did it twice a year. I treated my flock this spring and will again in the fall. But, I did follow up in 1 week with another coop cleanout and dusted the coop, nestboxes and all the birds with Sevin. Seems to have worked well. Now, I dust the coop, run and nestboxes regularly with DE and throw some on the chickens too. I did see yesterday where someone treated with the eprinex and then re-dosed in 7-10 days. Apparently there didn't seem to be any adverse reaction.

 

[FrenchToast]

I have retreated in 10 days to get any newly hatched mite/lice eggs. The people that are treating twice a year with ivermectin are treating for worms. Ivermectin will do both worms and external parisites.
You can treat with the ivermectin followed up with a retreatment of poultry dust (seven) to rid them of newly hatched mites/lice. Again, make sure you clean the coop and dust it or you will just be looking at a new problem down the road as any mite/lice left behind will find the birds and start the process all over again.

Good Luck

 

[dawg53]

Anytime you use ivermectin, you ARE worming. Its primary purpose is a wormer for larger livestock. There is a 2 week withdrawal period after using ivermectin. Since ivermectin kills many types of worms, you risk a toxic worm overload in your chickens, which can possibly cause death. It's better to use sevin dust, poultry dust, or Adams products for lice/mite treatments.