Need help developing action plan to attend scaly leg mites / lice

[difranco]

Okay so I've Identified the problem.


1. clean coop / nesting boxes of all liter.
2. wash roost in Linseed Oil / Keroseen mix
3. Spray coop / nesting boxes in permethrin
4. Allow to dry.
5. Build Indoor dustbox (raining season here until next june)
6. Fill box with woodstove ashes and DE (Food Grade)
7. Add food grade DE to food


What am I missing?

 

[luvmy33chicks]

i got an old english hen that had really bad leg mites
i just kept putting vasiline/mineral oil and baitracion on her leggs
no more bugs and she started laying again
the dust box is a good idea just did the same
i also just before we had a recent hurricane treated all my chickens with frontline (yes the dog stuff)
they had mites of some sort and i was bringing them into my house during the storm
no bugs on any of them
i put 2 drops on my big chickens (1 behind the neck and 1 between the wings)
my smaller bantams i put 1 drop behind the neck
didnt have any problems with them or the eggs

 

[difranco]

1. clean coop / nesting boxes of all liter.
2. wash roost in Linseed Oil / Keroseen mix (mites)
3. Spray coop / nesting boxes in permethrin (mites & lice)
4. Allow to dry.
5. Build Indoor dustbox (raining season here until next june)
6. Fill box with woodstove ashes and DE (Food Grade)
7. Add food grade DE to food
8. Scarlet Oil Spray on legs (mites)



I'm not certain still what to use on the chickens to kill the lice. I've read the frontline thing, so you put a drop on the back of the neck and under each wing? You don't dispense the whole container like on a cat or dog.? How often to you apply? Do you buy the dog version or cat version?

 

[Judy]

I'd put something on their legs, probably either Vaseline or Pam, anything oily. The idea is to smother them. It also helps to wash the legs first, brushing them gently with something like a soft toothbrush.

 

[luvmy33chicks]

i bought the dog version
if you buy a bigger tube you can save money
open the tube and squeeze into a small container
use a small 1 ml syringe, suck some up and place 1 drop on the back of the chickens neck (not the whole 1 ml just the one drop that forms when you gently press the end)
i put 2 drops on my bigger girls (red stars. leghorns) 1 behind the neck and 1 between the wings
my smaller girls just the 1 drop behind the neck
i moved the feathers to get it on the skin

 

[difranco]

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That is what I will use the scarlett oil for.

 

[difranco]

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1 behind the neck near their head and 1 between their wing on their back?

 

[luvmy33chicks]

yep
i read alot about it on here before i did it
but i had to do something when i decided all 33 at the time were coming in the house for 24 hours

 

[difranco]

1. clean coop / nesting boxes of all liter.
2. wash roost in Linseed Oil / Keroseen mix (mites)
3. Spray coop / nesting boxes in permethrin (mites & lice)
4. Allow to dry.
5. Build Indoor dustbox (raining season here until next june)
6. Fill box with woodstove ashes and DE (Food Grade)
7. Add food grade DE to food
8. Scarlet Oil Spray on legs (mites)

 

[difranco]

Just an update.

After appling just one application of scarlett oil, her legs look so smooth and so much better but her feet looked horrible still. I didn't to any pre-wash or scrubbing. So I applied the second coating of scarlett oil on her legs lastnight after soaking her legs in soapy warm water for a couple minutes. I did this after the birds had all gone to roost last night, so I hope the scarlett oil had longer opportunity to stay on her feet over night before rubbing it off walking / scratching around the yard.