Not in the quantities that it is in Sevin. It is only 5%, and the rest is talcum powder. This powder was actually first designed FOR the poultry industry. There is not going to be any other way to get rid of mites or lice without just picking them up yourself. I had to rescue baby birds last week when the nest came down. I put the nest back, but when I was examining the birds, they had their eyes closed and no feathers-- they were being eating alive with mites. Thousands of them were crawling over their little pink bodies and making it look like their bodies were twitching with mites, it was disgusting. The next thing I knew, I had mites by the hundreds crawling up my hands and onto my arms. I ran to the house and grabbed the Sevin dust. I poured it into my hand and lightly sprinkled the babies and the nest (and rubbed my arms with it) and a few minutes later-- no more mites, the babies are fine and alive and probably feel better than they ever did before. You are going to come up against a lot of controversy with using any kind of chemical on yourself or an animal. I have always been a naturalist, and I am SERIOUS about it. I cloth diapered my babies, nursed them for a year each, delayed vaccines, and use natural methods for anything that I can. We eat naturally, and you will not find store bought cookies or chips in my home, and I stay informed. However... there comes a time you must use your common sense as well. And when you see an animal dying of mites and you can fix it in a matter of a couple of minutes with little to no risk to the animal.. and with no known side effects... I prefer not to see anyone suffer.
"The EPA's own data from their Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS) shows just how safe Carbaryl (Sevin) really is. In order for Carbaryl to even affect a human, 5.48 mg/day. It has a moderate to low mammalian toxicity. It is not considered to be an oncegen (tending to cause tumors). It is a weak mutagen (tending to cause mutations) and available data indicates that it has only low teratogenic potential (causes extreme malformations or monstrosities). Carbaryl is not expected to contaminate groundwater. While it is extremely toxic to aquatic invertebrates and honeybees, it has only low toxicity to birds. An important aspect of Carbaryl is how quickly it breaks down and is redered harmless. Its insecticidal properties are lost after 3-10 days. Most animals, including humans, readily break down carbaryl and rapidly excrete 75% of it in 24 hours. Data suggests that there is low to very low toxicity to birds.1"
---https://purplemartin.org/forumarchives/archive/sevinpro.htm
This is only one website-- if you continue to google it, (both sides) you will start to have a better idea to make up your own mind.
LittleCritters, after re-reading my post, I do want to apologize for coming across blunt and even on the offensive. I hope you will forgive my rudeness! My intent was not to attack you for your reasonable question. Here recently on another thread, there was a person who had their bird die on them for being overwhelmed with mites and they did not want to use a chemical, and refused to use a treatment that was known to work well. It had put me in the wrong frame of mind for answering your question. I do hope you can find a great natural alternative for killing mites!I will be much more supportive of your questions!
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It's a silkie cross, not pure silkie. It could end up really cute, but it won;t have silkie feathers.
Have any of you come across a Silkie chick with hard feathering like this before? This is one of my 2 week old Blue Silkie chicks. Is there a chance they could come in right later?
