Keep getting lice

[Silkiechicken66]

You said you tried poultry spray. Did you try something like this with permethrin? If not, get some and I bet you won't see more lice.
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Yes I have done the permethrin spray.

 

[Qwerty3159]

This is the product I use.
https://www.jedds.com/shop/ectopar-de-weerd/

For a while I wasn't using any drops or anything just letting the birds bathe with the borax but inevitably one wouldn't do a good job cleaning itself and one or two would be left over and they would slowly repopulate. Since switching to the drops I have had none at all.

 

[casportpony]

Yes I do. Would I inject this or dropper it? It says injection

I give it orally. The dose I use is 0.05 ml per pound of bodyweight.

 

[casportpony]

This is the product I use.
https://www.jedds.com/shop/ectopar-de-weerd/

For a while I wasn't using any drops or anything just letting the birds bathe with the borax but inevitably one wouldn't do a good job cleaning itself and one or two would be left over and they would slowly repopulate. Since switching to the drops I have had none at all.

what are the active ingredients in it?

 

[Silkiechicken66]

I give it orally. The dose I use is 0.05 ml per pound of bodyweight.

Thank you!

 

[Qwerty3159]

what are the active ingredients in it?

Strange that it doesn't say on the bottle but I'm almost positive it's Ivermectin.

 

[Eric 2016]

I’ve dealt with lice in chickens and I hope this doesn’t come across as offensive but, a birds first line of defense against lice is dust bathing. Do you have a sand box or something in the pen for them to dust bath and get rid of the lice on their own?

 

[Qwerty3159]

I’ve dealt with lice in chickens and I hope this doesn’t come across as offensive but, a birds first line of defense against lice is dust bathing. Do you have a sand box or something in the pen for them to dust bath and get rid of the lice on their own?

Pigeons prefer to bathe in water rather than dust. A common thing pigeon keepers do is add borax to the bath water as it tends to drive off parasites. It doesn't always work 100%

 

[Silkiechicken66]

I’ve dealt with lice in chickens and I hope this doesn’t come across as offensive but, a birds first line of defense against lice is dust bathing. Do you have a sand box or something in the pen for them to dust bath and get rid of the lice on their own?

They have a big bird bath. Don’t dust bathe. I put a pinch of borax in their bird bath as well as bathe them in it.

 

[Eric 2016]

I’ve always put sand boxes in with my doves and pigeons, they willingly use them along with water.