Sevendust!

[Southern28Chick]

I was cleaning the hen house and Blind Tiny's townhouse today. I noticed lil tiny black bugs in Tiny's townhouse. I am out of DE and I need to order more but while I'm waiting for it can I use sevendust in her townhouse and the hen house until the DE gets here. Also, can I put sevendust ON my chickens?

 

[Frozen Feathers]

Yes, just be careful around their eyes, like with anything. That is what I use to dust mine and it works really well.

 

[Southern28Chick]

If it works just like DE then should I just not even worry about getting anymore DE???

 

[Frozen Feathers]

You can't use it as a wormer, but it pretty much works just as good (and is cheaper then DE), except Sevindust isn't natural. So if that's not a concern, then you could just replace the DE with it. I don't dust my birds with DE, mainly because it would cost too darn much.

 

[silkiechicken]

Here DE is ALOT cheaper than seven dust, but thing with seven dust is that it is a poison of sorts unlike DE.

 

[Frozen Feathers]

I can't get DE locally (or haven't found it yet I should say), so that's why it's so $$ for me...the shipping!!

 

[Southern28Chick]

DE is more expensive to me too since I do have to order it online. I am all about natural products (as you can tell from my profession). I think I'll get the sevendust to kill the bugs (mites I reckon)in the houses and order the DE for dusting the chickens.

Thank y'all for the responses. I was at all a loss with with this since I have no experience with sevendust so I do appreciate the responses!

 

[snugglepup]

The other thing to remember if you use a product like Sevin, is that you want to be sure to keep it away from any water source as it is highly toxic to aquatic life.

 

[Southern28Chick]

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Ok that's great to know. I have no type of pond or anything near me so that wouldn't be a problem. Now the more I think about it since it's not natural and it is so harmful as a "poison" then I'm just going to order the DE and use that instead of worrying with the seven or sevin or whatever it is.

 

[kstaven]

This is a thread I feel I must comment on. I used Seven for years assuming it was safe. After a few months of unexplained respiratory iritation and fevers it was traced down to a gradual toxic build up from exposure to seven. Blood tests showed an extreme build up in my system. So I would be cautious about long term use and breathing it in when chickens kick up dust in the coop and the feather dander flies.