Natural Ways to get rid of lice on chickens!

[Daisy668]

Anyone know some natural ways to get rid of lice effecienly. Any old lady remedies?

Thanks
Daisy. xx

 

[cubalaya]

give them some wood ash to dust themselves in. if you can add some de , even better.

 

[saladin]

You can also you Pyrethrum based sprays. That too is all natural and works great.

 

[Judy]

Wood ash and DE help control numbers at best, but pyrethrin will kill them. Needs to be reapplied in 10 - 14 days to kill hatching eggs, and applied to their environment, and the litter replaced. Pyrethrin is made from a certain type of daisy. I've rarely been able to buy it except mixed with permethrin, which is an insecticide, not natural, but apparently a lot less toxic of an insecticide than Sevin.

 

[saladin]

ddawn,

You should be able to find pyrethrum based sprays pretty easily in south Georgia.

It is used to spray Cotton for Boll Weevil.

 

[saladin]

Here's a link to learn more:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyrethrum

 

[darkmatter]

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I've use an old tractor tire filled with creek sand and wood ash for years. I pull fresh Juniper greens pulled off with gloves occasionally in the coop and nest boxes.

 

[Daisy668]

Thank you for the idea's.. Does wood ash get rid of them effeciently?
Daisy. xx

 

[klmclain1]

What's the diff between pyrethrum and pyrethrin? I find all kinds of pyrethrin on Amazon and it says it's natural and made from the same plant as pyrethrum. Also, how do you use this directly on the bird? I know you dust sevin on them... since this is liquid, do you use it like a dip?

 

[jgervais]

how can you tell if your chickens have lice? I dont handle my chickens a lot, so Im usually not close enough to actually see the lice.... what are the signs?