Lice and how to keep them away

[Chatychick]

You can oder DE at www.Hoeggergoatsupply.com
its not expensive at all and that is what I use in the chickens feed and the goats feed too and it controls the mites, lice and other parasites that are on the inside too. It comes in a 4 or5 lb bag and it lasts quite a whil. Just make sure you are upwind if you put it outside and its very fluffy...LOL...just a thought if you cant get it in your area.

 

[Miss Sue]

Many thanks for the replies. I called a somewhat-local feed store and was told, "The manager never heard of such a thing." Good grief.

I ended up ordering some from My Pet Chicken--I hadn't yet seen the sources y'all mention. Now I have even more alternatives. Yay.

If I do put a little directly onto the chickens, do I just pick it up and pat it on them?

P.S. The goat supply place has a MUCH better price than My Pet Chicken; I just compared.

Susan

 

[texaschickmama]

This thread is great. We bring our chickens home tomorrow. I have two kiddos that will be "working the coop with me". Can they get mites or lice from chickens or are these lice and mites only interested in chickens? I'm freaking now because I'm kind of a germaphobe. Not a full blown one, but want to keep everything and everyone mite and lice free.

 

[chatham400]

If I'm not mistaken, I believe poultry lice & mites are species specific. Shouldn't affect the kids!

Fortunately, we use DE from http://www.dirtworks.net/ and haven't had an issue.

 

[CHILLbilly]

Hi there,
Has anyone ordered D.E. in Canada or shipped to Canada??
I have dial up and sooooooooooo slow so its hard for me to got all these sites to find out if they ship to Canada.
My feedstore doesn't know anything about it either..lol

 

[Dawn419]

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Here ya go...food grade DE in Canada

Welcome to BYC!

Dawn

 

[blue90292]

they'll crawl on you. eventually, they'll leave but you can feel them on your skin if you hold a bird that has some.

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[Southern28Chick]

My roo had lice. I dusted him with DE (food grade of course) and I dusted his entire house and even put DE in his feed. Once all the lice were dead I had to pick off all the egg clusters and then I burned them.

Here's my thread on the egg clusters:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=13351

 

[ManOfTheJerseyGiant]

I have the same problem and I can not figure out how to get them away.

 

[chickensinMT]

thanks for all the replies and info! I seam to be getting rid of them my dusting often with the dust I have. I'm dusting them like every 2 or 3 days. A pain but its working.