Looking For A list Of Best Mite Treatments For Chickens.

[MysteryChicken]

Let me look it up?

 

[Folly's place]

Carbaryl is NOT approved for use on chickens in the USA! Use permethrin spray (easiest and least expensive!) or permethrin dust, or the very most expensive product, spinosad.
DE is not safe for anyone to inhale, works poorly, and is mined in open pit mines. I wonder how long those workers live who do that?
Mary

 

[MysteryChicken]

Yes. Toxic to bees, safe for us. You can find it in the gardening section, It's used to dust plants and vegetables to kill off harmfull insects. Personally, I'd never use the stuff in my garden since it is so bad for beneficial insects. You can find it anywhere including Meijer or Walmart. Like any treatment, keep it out of the eyes.

I found this.
https://foodtruthfreedom.wordpress.com/2012/02/11/sevin-dust-is-not-your-garden-friend/amp/

 

[Folly's place]

All insecticides will harm beneficial insects too, and fish, amphibians, and many reptiles. Used with care, in the coop, it's necessary sometimes, and permethrin is the best product available in the USA.
Wear long sleeves and an N95 dust mask when treating birds or cleaning the coop!!! I know finding those masks is tough right now, so maybe one of the respirators instead.
Inhaling the dust in poultry houses (yes, even yours!) is very bad, just avoid it as much as possible.
Mary

 

[AllenK RGV]

Sevin is a very old product here in the US. I have used it many times but not with livestock I care about. It is a common de-whateverer in chicken though.

 

[AllenK RGV]

Carbaryl is NOT approved for use on chickens in the USA! Use permethrin spray (easiest and least expensive!) or permethrin dust, or the very most expensive product, spinosad.
DE is not safe for anyone to inhale, works poorly, and is mined in open pit mines. I wonder how long those workers live who do that?
Mary

I totally agree Mary, De is not a safe product even if you label it food grade.

 

[MysteryChicken]

All insecticides will harm beneficial insects too, and fish, amphibians, and many reptiles. Used with care, in the coop, it's necessary sometimes, and permethrin is the best product available in the USA.
Wear long sleeves and an N95 dust mask when treating birds or cleaning the coop!!! I know finding those masks is tough right now, so maybe one of the respirators instead.
Inhaling the dust in poultry houses (yes, even yours!) is very bad, just avoid it as much as possible.
Mary

Already got two coops cleaned out.

 

[MysteryChicken]

Want me to get pictures of all of my coops tomorrow? They're huge.

Still gotta clean out the coop with turkeys, chickens, & guineas in it.

 

[Folly's place]

Coop cleaning, what fun! Makes me tired thinking about it.
Mary

 

[MysteryChicken]

Coop cleaning, what fun! Makes me tired thinking about it.
Mary

Takes me, my mom, & my sister to clean them out. We've got lots of birds, 50 now since we moved some chicks outside.