Using Fipronil

[Fairview01]

Anyone have experience using fipronil for mite control in the coops or one their birds? Vet Google seems to be divided on the issue.

I dont see why it couldn't he used in the coop. Controlling the external parasites there with a long acting pesticide ( treat every 3 months )seems to be a better practice than reacting to a visible problem on the birds and powdering down the coop and butts with Sevin or pryme

 

[Eggcessive]

Fipronil or Frontline is not approved for poultry. It does work against lice and mites, but that is not a reason to use it if safer alternatives exist (permethrin.) Here is some reading about the effects of fipronil in eggs:
http://www.farad.org/publications/digests/062018FipronilExposure.pdf
https://www.tillysnest.com/2017/08/frontline-chickens/

 

[Fairview01]

@Eggcessive

Not on chickens but approved for use on cattle. That's a contradiction.

Sorry don't know how to copy and paste links with my dumb phone.

 

[Kiki]

Are you talking about using a Frontline spray in your coop?

Permethrin spray is so much cheaper.
No matter what you use you would have to treat more often than once ever three months though...to rid a problem/break the life cycle.
https://www.tractorsupply.com/tsc/p...permethrin-citronella-spray-1-qt?cm_vc=-10005

 

[Fairview01]

@Kiki. Definitely not Frontline. That is $$$$. Tarus is a 9.1% fibronil pestcide. Approximately $40 for 20 ounces on Amazon. To spray 4x a year following the SDS .4 ounces of concentrate is added to a gallon of water to make a .3% solution.

If my math is correct a 20 ounce bottle will make 200 quarts of spray and at 20 cents a quart thats pretty darn cheap.

The long lasting residual on this stuff is what breaks the life cycle which is why sevin and the permethrins need to be used every week.

When i was a liscensed applicator i used this stuff before in granular form at the max 1.25% concentration for the control of fire ants here in Texas. One application in mid fall when they start mounding up to stay warm and dry after a rain will control them for the entire following summer.

The only difference between Taurus and Frontline is that Frontline also contains an additional insect growth regulator.

 

[Eggcessive]

I am not saying that it is not a great product and will last longer, it is just not approved for poultry anywhere in the world. Have you read about the controversy in the Netherlands when their eggs were banned from use in many countries, because they used a product with fipronil? Permethrin is approved for poultry (Sevin is no longer,) and it is very inexpensive when the concentrate is used with water for use on the chickens and for the facilities.

 

[Sue Gremlin]

Fipronil is not safe to use in chickens. I would not use it as a premise spray. Permethrin is a far better choice.
http://www.farad.org/publications/digests/062018FipronilExposure.pdfhttps://www.tillysnest.com/2017/08/frontline-chickens/