Pesticides and chickens ???

[Avocadoman]

There are many insecticides and some of them are truly harsh. Others are gentle enough for a baby's bottom. In fact one insecticide called Permethrin is so gentle that doctors prescribe it for babies in % amounts far greater than is used on a chicken or in its pens and coops. Being concerned about the environment is great but unfortunately too many so called Environmentalist earn a dishonest living by scaring the living bejeezus out of people who while intelligent enough to know better, never take the time to learn the truth like you just did.

The safest and first thing to do about skeeters is to empty their breeding grounds of water. The next is to pour a small amount of diesel fuel or kerosene on the water. This suffocates the wigglers when they stick their hollow tails above water to breath. To use an insecticide effectively against flying skeeters you'll need a fogger and that might be a sprayer too far for your needs. Some ticks do use chickens for a host but horses, dogs, cows, and other large livestock act like a tick super factory if the farm animals owners are lax in their animal husbandry.

Good luck.

Permethrin (poultry powder) works great on bird lice, just used it on a sick hen who couldn't dirt-bathe and ended up getting lice, the lice were gone in 24 hours and my hen is laying again.