Lice on chickens and I pregnant

[Woodfamilyhens]

Need some safe suggestions for lice treatment of my chickens and yard. I’m 6 months pregnant and want to have some safe effective options as I can’t keep treating this over and over. Lucky me to have this going on. Anyone have any safe bath suggestions or anything like that. I have 5 chickens so I can give individual baths.

 

[Folly's place]

Permethrin spray concentrate, and permethrin dust, work very well. I'd have someone else doing the treatment if possible though.
Wearing long sleeves, gloves, and a N95 face mask, is safest for anyone treating the birds. It's easiest at night while they are roosting, with a flashlight or headlamp.
Also spray the coop, and dust the bedding. Lice are mostly on the birds, but still...
I found cheap disposable 'hazmat' suits at Home Depot, $10 each, which I've bought for pulling out my poison ivy overgrowth here this year. Consider something like that.
Mary

 

[Woodfamilyhens]

Any idea what the egg withdrawal time is? Just picked some up today.

 

[PioneerChicks]

Diatamatouce Earth works good as long as the invasion isn't major. I have heard you can clean the coop with bleach if it gets really bad.

 

[Kiki]

Any idea what the egg withdrawal time is? Just picked some up today.

For Permethrin...zero egg withdrawal.

 

[Kiki]

Diatamatouce Earth works good as long as the invasion isn't major. I have heard you can clean the coop with bleach if it gets really bad.

No...this is not true.
DE will not rid mites or lice.

 

[ShannonR]

Hmm, I see your dilemma. The chemicals would definitely be bad for you. I know firsthand that the insect killer stuff can cause some neurological problems in unborn babies.

My vote is to get someone else to do it for you!!

 

[ShannonR]

Gloves and Ivermectin? Use a syringe to administer on their skin, I have used the pour on kind successfully in poultry

 

[Folly's place]

Ivermectin is not approved for use in poultry, and neither is carbaryl. Use permethrin!
Mary

 

[ShannonR]

Ivermectin is not approved for use in poultry, and neither is carbaryl. Use permethrin!
Mary

I'm a fan of off-label uses when circumstances call for it.