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Chicken Lice are not people lice. With either lice, you will need to retreat 7 - 10 days to kill the hatching eggs. I actually Treat, then retreat in 7 days and then retreat in another 7 days. THE EGGS are safe during this time if you use a product that is not absorbed through the skin. If you use something like Ivermectin, you are not suppose to consume the eggs during that time ( 7 - 14 days depending on what the established withdrawal period is).
FLEAs are FLEAs and they can jump on you and you could carry them in the house . . . . Odds are if they are on the birds, they are already in your yard JUST WAITING FOR YOU to walk by so that they can jump on you. Sevin dust is a good product to treat your yard with . . . . I don't know if you would want your birds to eat it though.
I went to our local feed store. all they had was cabaryl. I later found out its just another name for sevin. they tend to use different names for alot of things in Canada.
Anyway, After examining all of the hen I found out it was only the red hens we had just brought in that were carrying the lice. they had a number of problems that made me nervous so I culled them to stay on the safe side. (very bad thing to do i know. this time we have the option to Isolate as we have a second coop)
So getting back to my lice problem, I dusted all my original hens but did not see any eggs. Will I need to retreat in 10 days?
Somebody mentioned not eating the eggs with invermethicin (sp) is it the same with sevin?
I guess im just lucky all that they got was lice considering...
Chicken Lice are not people lice. With either lice, you will need to retreat 7 - 10 days to kill the hatching eggs. I actually Treat, then retreat in 7 days and then retreat in another 7 days. THE EGGS are safe during this time if you use a product that is not absorbed through the skin. If you use something like Ivermectin, you are not suppose to consume the eggs during that time ( 7 - 14 days depending on what the established withdrawal period is).
FLEAs are FLEAs and they can jump on you and you could carry them in the house . . . . Odds are if they are on the birds, they are already in your yard JUST WAITING FOR YOU to walk by so that they can jump on you. Sevin dust is a good product to treat your yard with . . . . I don't know if you would want your birds to eat it though.
I went to our local feed store. all they had was cabaryl. I later found out its just another name for sevin. they tend to use different names for alot of things in Canada.
Anyway, After examining all of the hen I found out it was only the red hens we had just brought in that were carrying the lice. they had a number of problems that made me nervous so I culled them to stay on the safe side. (very bad thing to do i know. this time we have the option to Isolate as we have a second coop)
So getting back to my lice problem, I dusted all my original hens but did not see any eggs. Will I need to retreat in 10 days?
Somebody mentioned not eating the eggs with invermethicin (sp) is it the same with sevin?
I guess im just lucky all that they got was lice considering...
