treating for northern fowl mites

[dawg53]

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Please keep in mind that DE is useless when wet until it dries. If your hens go out in the rain after being dusted with DE, all for nothing. Sevin dust is the way to go.

 

[jadeybaby70]

Thanks again everyone! I have one more question... can I use the sevin dust and dewormer at the same time? After doing some research about egg withdrawal time, I am thinking that if I combine the two treatments, then we lose less eggs. Is this a dangerous idea?? My girls' safety is of utmost concern. They are beloved pets.

 

[dawg53]

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You can simplify by using eprinex which will kill most types of worms and most kinds of lice/mites. However, you still need to dust their house,nests, roosts to kill lices/mites. You have to repeat the dusting in ten days to kill any lice/mites that have hatched from the first dusting inside their house. Same is true for worming...you need to reworm to the kill ones that were missed from the first worming, additionally it'll kill lice/mites that have hatched since you first dosed them with the eprinex. There is no egg withdrawal using eprinex.
If you decide to use sevin dust on your hens, there's a 7 days withdrawal period. However, I've used sevin dust for many years and since it's topical and not given internally, I've eaten eggs after dusting my chickens and I'm still here typing.
http://www.cfo.on.ca/_pdfs/PoultryWithdrawalTimeChart-Mar30-07.pdf

 

[tcorwin]

I like the seven dust as well. I find it very satisfying to see those little bugs dropping dead immediately! I used the pour on for the second treatment when my girls had creepy crawlies. Then I got some silkie babies with lice and mites and I just used the seven on them both times. Works fast.
sharon

Do you put it on the chickens?

 

[wytecap]

I dusted mine a couple times w/poultry dust and still had mites. I have fluffy cochins, and broody ones, so here's what I did. Being that you mentioned organic, you may not go for this, but I was where you are (I just want them gone!, and they were getting on ME...) and this is what worked for me.
I completely cleaned out the coop, emptied nest boxes, and vacuumed the whole place. Got Flea/Tick premise spray (Adams) and sprayed the whole place down. Let that dry, put down DE, fresh bedding in coop, and DE, cedar shavings, then fresh hay in nestboxes. All the chickens got Frontline Spray- one squirt under each wing, one on back of head, one near vent. This was back in November, and no signs of the creepy crawlys since (furiously knocking on wood!).
Good Luck!
~Terry

 

[wytecap]

Please be aware that the use of Fipronil - the ingredient in Frontline - is extremely dangerous to humans who eat the eggs or meat of the birds treated. There was a huge "recall/culling" of birds in EU last summer. If you have used this product - there is a lengthy withdrawal time...

 

[casportpony]

Please be aware that the use of Fipronil - the ingredient in Frontline - is extremely dangerous to humans who eat the eggs or meat of the birds treated. There was a huge "recall/culling" of birds in EU last summer. If you have used this product - there is a lengthy withdrawal time...

Welcome to BYC!
Technically, it's not labeled for use in poultry here in the US, so there is no official withdrawal time, and the vets at FARAD will say "lifetime withdrawal", but that's a little extreme, IMO.