Mass Sudden Death!!

[AmyJane725]

I usually spray my coop with permethrin 10 once a month in summer to keep flies and other insects away. It is safe for chickens, but do not use if you raise bees. Mix it 37 ml per gallon of water in a garden sprayer or spray bottle. A pint is $8 at TSC and other feed stores.

https://www.tractorsupply.com/tsc/product/gordons-permethrin-10-livestock-and-premise-spray-32-oz

I just got some on sale for like five bucks. Just in case.

 

[Mel281]

that’s a good article.
I did read that vanilla air fresheners can help.

 

[Cebarmlds]

So..... Upon further examination of the birds and discussion with some other local chicken people it does in fact appear to be a gnat problem. They are soooooo bad. I talked to some other people that have been losing birds to them as well. The little bastards are filling the nasal cavities of the birds and suffocating them to death. My coop has pretty good ventilation but i put some extra fans in there to help move the air around faster in hopes that it will help. Thank you all for your input and suggestions and sympathy. I would like to spray something to help get rid of them but I am fearful of having the birds ingest insecticide contaminated insects and dying from that too. Anybody know of any insecticides that will not kill my chickens?

Neem oil, pure stuff, then you mix with water and spray.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0719GHQ35/?tag=backy-20

 

[jermoatc]

I usually spray my coop with permethrin 10 once a month in summer to keep flies and other insects away. It is safe for chickens, but do not use if you raise bees. Mix it 37 ml per gallon of water in a garden sprayer or spray bottle. A pint is $8 at TSC and other feed stores.

https://www.tractorsupply.com/tsc/product/gordons-permethrin-10-livestock-and-premise-spray-32-oz

Thank you

 

[Henriettamom919]

I usually spray my coop with permethrin 10 once a month in summer to keep flies and other insects away. It is safe for chickens, but do not use if you raise bees. Mix it 37 ml per gallon of water in a garden sprayer or spray bottle. A pint is $8 at TSC and other feed stores.

https://www.tractorsupply.com/tsc/product/gordons-permethrin-10-livestock-and-premise-spray-32-oz

Thank you for this info! I'll be getting some because our house and horse fly situation is getting ugly here. I remove as much chicken poo as I can from around the yard but my girls wander our property all day and poop happens!

 

[EggSighted4Life]

Permethrin can also be used directly on the birds with no egg withdrawal. I bought it to keep mosquitoes of my goats and discovered the many fantastic uses.

Note it is not safe for use in cats.

WOW, gnats... really!

This has sure been a learning year.

 

[jermoatc]

I removed my remaining chickens last night and sprayed the permethrin 10 this morning. Praying this gnat plague ends soon. I lost a total of 39 birds out of 62 in 24 hours due to FREAKIN GNATS! Thanks to all for your input and suggestions. It helped a ton to figure this out and learn what to do. What a great online community.

 

[jermoatc]

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[Acre4Me]

I removed my remaining chickens last night and sprayed the permethrin 10 this morning. Praying this gnat plague ends soon. I lost a total of 39 birds out of 62 in 24 hours due to FREAKIN GNATS! Thanks to all for your input and suggestions. It helped a ton to figure this out and learn what to do. What a great online community.

WOW! That is terrible! So sorry for your losses!!

Hopefully this will get under control fast! Good luck with the remaining birds.

 

[Norcal527]

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Damn! Seems like it might work to screen in the coop temporarily. I'm so sorry for your loss and to others who are dealing with this horrible pest!