Topic of the Week - Lice and Mites - Prevention and Treatments

[Folly's place]

I don't know where you are, but if there's no national or state guidance in your country, that's too bad. Is there nothing actually labelled for poultry? That would be where to start. Here we have pyrethrin and permethrin, and spinosad, all effective and approved for poultry. DE is approved but not so effective. Mary

 

[Folly's place]

Anything that kills mites and lice will kill many other insects, including bees. That's why it's so important to use products carefully, and not spray everywhere!!! Mary

 

[kurka0]

Gallonil (fipronil) is the only one that is labeled for poultry, specifically for gamefowl rooster, I don't know why, but that's my boy's breed (nope, he does not fight, that's precisely the reason I've keep him under my wing), so I was pretty confident with that product. Little did I know...

So, if the main company that sells poultry and poultry stuff, recommends me that and the other treatments, my trust in them is dead

I used DE also but the mites laughed at my face with that XD

I've been looking for permethrin with no luck, that's why I ended up with those treatments, but I'll keep looking...

 

[BiddyBiddy]

Tractor Supply carries Gordon's

Gordon's instructions for poultry = ~19 ml/gallon



https://www3.epa.gov/pesticides/chem_search/ppls/002217-00853-20130129.pdf





And it can be found online sold as






And probably many more. 10% permethrin is what you're looking for.

-Kathy

Edited to add:

https://www.drugs.com/vet/permethrin-10.html



This says 1:99:

Is there an egg withdrawal period when using permethrin?

 

[MilesFluffybutt]

@BiddyBiddy I've been told there isn't a withdrawal period for Gordon's P-10. I have warn you, though. That stuff is stinky. It reminds me of kerosene. I won't use it again.

 

[casportpony]

Is there an egg withdrawal period when using permethrin?

No withdrawal when used as labeled.

 

[Folly's place]

I don't think that the permethrin has a horrible odor; it's the mites and lice that are horrible!
Mary

 

[MilesFluffybutt]

@Folly's place, I'm glad you're not bothered by the odor, but I am and felt it was important for people to know there is an odor to it.

I mixed it accordingly and sprayed it lightly over the interior of my two coops. I let it dry completely before adding new bedding and letting the chickens back in. And yet, the coops, the bedding and the chickens reek of it.

I would rather buy eggs for a month than use that stuff again. I'm sticking to Frontline.

 

[Folly's place]

But Frontline, wonderful product that it is, is not approved for any livestock species! Why use something that's going to be in those eggs for a very long time, rather than a product that's considered fine with no egg withdrawal at all?
Mary

 

[MilesFluffybutt]

Most of the products we regularly use to treat our flock's ailments is off-label use. Clavamox, Metacam, Neosporin, Wazine, Corrid, Baytril... All designed for non-poultry and/or not recommended for use in poultry producing meat or eggs for human consumption.

Sure, buying eggs for a month is annoying and Frontline is expensive, but I'm already eating eggs from chickens that have been treated with Enrofloxacin. So what's a little Fipronil, too?