Looking For A list Of Best Mite Treatments For Chickens.

[MysteryChicken]

Does Ivermectin pour on kill mites, & does it have an egg withdrawal period?

 

[Folly's place]

Ivermectin works very well, and is not an approved drug for chickens in the USA. It's used sometimes by backyard chicken owners, when another approved product would work fine too.
There's no egg withdrawal time for permethrin, and officially a 'forever' egg withdrawal time for ivermectin, because it's not approved for this use.
In practical terms, laying hens will include Ivermectin in their eggs for a fair while, at least for weeks. Eating very low doses of Ivermectin could be a problem for and individual who's allergic to it, for example, and it's just best to use something else on the chickens.
Mary

 

[MysteryChicken]

Ivermectin works very well, and is not an approved drug for chickens in the USA. It's used sometimes by backyard chicken owners, when another approved product would work fine too.
There's no egg withdrawal time for permethrin, and officially a 'forever' egg withdrawal time for ivermectin, because it's not approved for this use.
In practical terms, laying hens will include Ivermectin in their eggs for a fair while, at least for weeks. Eating very low doses of Ivermectin could be a problem for and individual who's allergic to it, for example, and it's just best to use something else on the chickens.
Mary

Okay, thank you for this information.
I'll keep looking, but I like the one I found yesterday. I posted the link to the item quite a few posts back.

 

[Folly's place]

After you use the 'Poultry Protector', you'll likely be buying that permethrin...
Mary

 

[MysteryChicken]

After you use the 'Poultry Protector', you'll likely be buying that permethrin...
Mary

Should I use permethrin for the yards?

 

[Folly's place]

It's meant to be used inside, not out doors. You could spray in a covered run, but remember that all these products kill lots of beneficials, and nothing is really safe to use all over your back yard!
It's the wild songbirds that introduce mites or lice to my chickens, and spraying outside won't help! Shooting house wrens looks a lot more promising...
Mary

 

[MysteryChicken]

It's meant to be used inside, not out doors. You could spray in a covered run, but remember that all these products kill lots of beneficials, and nothing is really safe to use all over your back yard!
It's the wild songbirds that introduce mites or lice to my chickens, and spraying outside won't help! Shooting house wrens looks a lot more promising...
Mary

The chicken yards, not backyards.
Wasn't specific enough.

 

[HollyWoozle]

I'm in the UK and we have some slightly different (less I think!) options here, but permethrin is really the only thing that has helped me in my battle against mites, despite trying many things. I do spray the hens with a solution but managed to source a permethrin dust to use in the coop and I haven't seen any mites yet so far this year, but time will tell as the weather warms up!

 

[peckpeck]

I had a bad infestation a couple of years ago. I had to scrub down the entire coop with water and soap. I let it dry and then sprayed with neem oil. I bathed the chickens in mild soap and rinsed them. I covered the place in D.E. (like I always did) but also in Neem Oil (spray container). I sprayed the yard around the coop too with soap and water and neem oil when it had dried. I did also use the Dust on the chickens just to make sure. They were finally gone after trying so many other things one at a time. Neem oil has no side effects to the chickens so it didn't add stress. I dusted the chickens again in 7 days and sprayed the coop down with neem oil and dusted with D.E. and then continued with D.E. dusting in coop areas as I had always done. Problem is D.E. is no good when it gets wet and that had been a very wet season. We are having another wet season and all kinds of problems and it's only April 30th.