Mite dust baths?

[FrizzleFreak]

Okay, how brilliant am I? I thought, since my birdies love to destroy the ground by taking baths, why not give them a sand box to bathe in? But wait! There's more! What if I mixed in some poultry dust, so they could dust themselves and save me a lot of work? Has anybody tried this? Would it work? Would they poison themselves?

 

[birdlover]

Many people on here use food grade diotomaceous earth ("DE") for just that purpose. I can't say about poultry dust. My instincts say no as it IS a poison and I believe the container cautions not to let it get in their faces/noses/mouths.

 

[FrizzleFreak]

Okay, yeah, DE sounds like a better idea. I just read the label of my poultry dust.

 

[bigzio]

I add the 5% sevin dust to their dusting areas with no problems of any kind. If your flock already has mites, DE won't be nearly as effective.

bigzio

 

[Momma_Cluck]

I hear a lot of folks use Seven-- but it IS a poison... what about the Birds health-- and can't it get into the eggs???

 

[cmom]

I took a storage container that fits under a bed and filled it with sand and sprinkled some Food Grade DE in it for my birds to dust in. They loved it.