LICE on my Broody and others

[Kessel23]

It is safer to give food grade to them in the dust or around the pen. If you want to mix it with their feed it NEEDS to be food grade. I ordered mine from here-
https://www.chewy.com/diatomaceousearth-food-grade-powder/dp/142396
I am not sure where you could find it in stores.

 

[aart]

Yes, DE will kill anything with an exoskeleton.

Not true...neither eating it or dusting in it will kill off an infestation.

CAN I treat my broody who is 14 days in? I have NO IDEA what to do. She is in a separate coop from the rest, not that that matters since theyay all have it! Ugh....

Put a few pinches of permethrin dust on her, around vent, under wings, around neck. It won't hurt her or the eggs/chicks. Broodies are very susceptible to external parasite blooms as they don't dust bathe as usual.

Then treat the rest of the flock with permethrin dust or spray.

 

[Kessel23]

What is not true about it? It has killed every bug I put it on and it kills by blocking the pores used to breath on animals with an exoskeleton.

 

[arrowti]

I believe it's because DE isn't strong enough to completely kill a mite infestation. I use it in dusting grounds to help PREVENT buildups but when there is an infestation I use the stronger permethrin based powders.

I love DE, however, because it's fantastic at killing crickets. A little dusting outside my window every couple weeks and I no longer get a pounding headache from those obnoxious chirpers.

 

[Kessel23]

 

[Kiki]

Help!!!!

I was making my broody take time to eat and drink when I decided to check her over. I found some lice on her.

I spot checked one other of my remaining 10 in the flock and she had lice also. So much information I am not sure what to do.

CAN I treat my broody who is 14 days in? I have NO IDEA what to do. She is in a separate coop from the rest, not that that matters since theyay all have it! Ugh....

Martin's Horse & Stable Permethrin Spray

• Kiki
• Mar 22, 2018
• flies lice mites permethrin

Permethrin

Permethrin.
Treat her and everyone now.

 

[Kiki]

Yes, DE will kill anything with an exoskeleton.

Save the money, don't waste it on DE.
BUY PERMETHRIN if you want to get rid of the lice.

 

[SecondChanceRanch]

It should be food grade correct? I’m asking because I had chicks with lice and two of them died before I even figured out they had it one is surviving and I had put two week old chicks in an area where I had recently had my older chicks with the lice but was like DUH and took them back out right away but now I’m worried my two week olds are probably infected. I can’t find any DE food grade near me am I right that they need food grade? And is it common that lice kill them like that?

I see that you can order food grade on Amazon, WalMart,, Home Depot, and Tractor Supply to name a few. Hope that helps!