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This has been a very bad year for blood-sucking creepy crawlies. I'd DE each bird, wait a few days and then check the birds again.
I finally dragged out all the shavings, swept the coop clean, locked everyone out and sprayed with a pyrethrin-based spray. Hosed it down until the wood looked wet on the walls and roosts and such. Left the doors and windows shut for hours in the heat of the day. Then I came back, aired it out, put down shavings and liberal DE, then powdered each bird with DE before they were allowed back in the coop. And I plan to do it again tomorrow (but this plan was made before my tooth fell apart, so we'll see).
I have to overkill because I plan to show my birds. And because I hate little bitty creepy crawly blood-suckers...
I recently discovered mites on mine. I'd always used Sevin 5% to de-mite the chickens. I'd never wormed my chickens before and never had reason to think they might have worms, but Ivermectin wormer is supposed to work on external parasites (which I knew they had), so I went down 2 nights ago and dosed them all with Ivermectin. As of yesterday I didn't manage to kill any birds, so that's good.
I have plans to take 10 birds to sell at a local swap in 2 weeks. I had to get pre-approval to sell because they're trying to make sure no one tries to sneak sick birds in for sale, so I want to make sure all my birds are mite-free in 2 weeks. I'll probably dust them with Sevin the night before to make sure.
how long do you throw out eggs after dosing them? I'm considering doing a strong deworming in the fall when I dose my horse. I'd like to basically worm all my animals at the same times this way one doesn't expose the other etc....
