Lice misery

[Chickassan]

In the UK, look for a product called harkers spot on. It's made for racing pigeons and it should be your answer.

 

[Fancychooklady]

Welcome . Lice are taxing on your flocks health and it's not a one of treatment. Any pyrethrum based product will work but you have to treat at 7- 10 intervals in order to get the hatchlings. Spinosad /elector is the newest pesticide on the market and while it can be a little expensive it is very effective against mites and lice.
Of course it goes without saying that all nesting materials need to be removed and the coop sprayed from top to bottom.
http://www.mapress.com/zoosymposia/content/2011/v6/f/v006p282-287.pdf

 

[Fancychooklady]

Hmmm....let's see if @rebrascora can chime in on what products might be recommended.
You might find something like these? http://www.chickenvet.co.uk/health-and-common-diseases/mites-lice/index.aspx

The article also mentions that you can use Ivermectin - I'm not sure if you can get that without a script, but it is effective for getting rid of mites/lice on birds, but you would still need to find something to treat the coop. Ivermectin is not labeled for use in poultry, so you would need to find an egg withdrawal period that you are comfortable with - looking at the slaughter timelines for other things, 30days would probably be about right.

Ivermectin is more a mite treatment as it works from the bloodstream. Lice live on dander and so aren't impacted too greatly by spot on treatments.

 

[chickendreams24]

Sorry no time to read this whole thread.

We have had lice twice relatively small infestations in 3 years. Clean coop permethrin everything.

Wear a mask and gloves stuff is bad.

Catch and treat each bird small handful under each wing and on the vent area. Treat again in 7-10 days and the coop too. If the infestation is bad enough you may need to treat a third time.

We use the garden and poultry dust. Works well.

 

[Chickassan]

Depends on the lice, biting lice respond well. Would be nice to have a picture of the pests.

Ivermectin is more a mite treatment as it works from the bloodstream. Lice live on dander and so aren't impacted too greatly by spot on treatments.

 

[casportpony]

Ivermectin is more a mite treatment as it works from the bloodstream. Lice live on dander and so aren't impacted too greatly by spot on treatments.

I've used oral and topical ivermectin and both have been 100% effective in treating lice in chickens and peafowl.

 

[casportpony]

In the UK one can buy ivermectin paste for horses. Max dose is 0.02 ml per pound.

 

[Fancychooklady]

I've used oral and topical ivermectin and both have been 100% effective in treating lice in chickens and peafowl.

I've only tried the topical and didn't have the success I was hoping for. Guess it depends on the type of lice you are treating for.

 

[casportpony]

I've only tried the topical and didn't have the success I was hoping for. Guess it depends on the type of lice you are treating for.

It's worked on all forms of poultry lice I have seen when given at 1 mg/kg.