lice! HELP!

[silkielover92]

Well we got two new hens in quarantine they weren't taken care of or anything.. so I get them home put them in their own coop and run... welllllll my father put them in with the others because he thought they were just stuck in there from goin in and lookin around while free ranging... well I didn't know about it but I was at a.friends and had my mom taking care of the bird brains and she said theirs lice on them.. after playing with her favorite rooster.. I'm so angry at my father. How do I get rid of lice? Their all over the chicks and its just nasty! I need a cheap and easy way.. please and thank u!

 

[Judy]

Here are some links. Sevin isn't too expensive but I think you'll find there is no easy way; they are persistent and will need repeated treatments and a thorough coop cleaning, maybe more than once. Eprinex is pretty easy but I understand it only kills mites, not lice.

http://ohioline.osu.edu/vme-fact/0018.html

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=472405

http://ucanr.org/freepubs/docs/8162.pdf

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?pid=6006304#p6006304

 

[dawg53]

Sevin dust is the least expensive and most effective product to use on them, chicks included: $4.97 at Lowe's for a 1 pound canister. Dust all of them, including inside the coop/nests. Repeat dusting again in 10 days.

 

[bigdawg]

get a small bottle of permethrin. it mixes with water. put it in a pump up sprayer and spray chicks 3 weeks old and older,adults, coop laying boxes just spray everything. thats what works for me