Sevin- UGH no dust available local

[X2Farm]

As the title says

All I can find are granules, and we're flooded with fireants right now, coops, yard, house, UGH!!!!

Can I use the granules like I would dust, and spread it in the coop/run etc? I know this sounds like a ridiculous question, but I just want to be sure, before I spend the money!!!!

 

[dawg53]

I've never used granules. Walmart and Lowes carries sevin dust in the canister, about $10.

 

[ChickensAreSweet]

Got my dust (and used it today, by the way) at my feed store which also has a garden section.

 

[Miss Lydia]

I would be a little worried the chickens might mistake granules for food. Don't know if it would hurt them but it might.

 

[X2Farm]

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Yeah, I have so much space to dust, it'd cost a small fortune buying by the canisters

Thats why Id considered the granules, same price for a bigger bag...

 

[zazouse]

I found that Agriculture lime will get rid of them and it is cheap,won't hurt the chicckens.

Don't get it in any fresh scratches cause it stings

but hay it healed really fast.

 

[dawg53]

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Yeah, I have so much space to dust, it'd cost a small fortune buying by the canisters

Thats why Id considered the granules, same price for a bigger bag...

You might consider liquid sevin using a sprayer since you have alot of area to treat. Then you can buy one canister of sevin dust for spot treatment, or for your chickens if they have lice or mites. Thanks to the federal government, the large bags of sevin dust are no longer available and the bigger bags were cheaper too.

 

[ChickensAreSweet]

Yeah those fireants are dangerous. My mom got whopped by one when she lived in NC.

Horrible wound.

 

[X2Farm]

Quote:
Yeah, I have so much space to dust, it'd cost a small fortune buying by the canisters

Thats why Id considered the granules, same price for a bigger bag...

You might consider liquid sevin using a sprayer since you have alot of area to treat. Then you can buy one canister of sevin dust for spot treatment, or for your chickens if they have lice or mites. Thanks to the federal government, the large bags of sevin dust are no longer available and the bigger bags were cheaper too.

Say what?

I did get 2 canisters of dust last night. We almost bought the spray liquid, but it said nothing about area coverage, etc. (we spent 45 min readin bottles... ) The bottle of concentrate had 22.5% instead of the 5% and I wasn't sure the final dilution at the sprayer. Since my RIR's free range, I didn't want to spray and them get sick...

 

[Mattemma]

I got one at walmart.They are starting to lower prices on summer items so check them out.