Reading about treating for mites made me think of something. I'm new, yes. I'm fundamentally lazy as well so I've not dug through all of these posts to ensure that I know what the eff I'm talking about...
What I do know for a fact is that pyrethroids - all substances derived naturally or synthetically from crysanthemums - are a substance to which a lot of people are allergic. They skulk about under all kinds of names (check http://www.epa.gov/oppsrrd1/reevaluation/pyrethroids-pyrethrins.html for more info and a decent but not complete list of names) and in all kinds of products.
I happen to be extremely allergic to pyrethroids. My eyes itch and swell and make me want to remove them and run them under cold water. I sneeze, wheeze, get snot all over the place, have asthma attacks, and get incredibly cranky. My husband? He could probably do a line of the stuff and be fine. It's a finicky substance in choosing its victims.
I'm confident in the above statements. Where the researching the threads might have come in handy prior to posting something:
I remember someone posting about allergies to her chickens and that it was worse when cleaning the coop rather than just hanging with the chicks. Perhaps an allergy to pyrethroids could be the culprit? If it's not a severe allergy, the amount that would be on the chickens would be far less than the amount kicked up and swirling around when cleaning the coop.
I'm curious to find out if this possiblilty has been explored. If it has and I should've done my research, feel free to belittle me.
V.
What I do know for a fact is that pyrethroids - all substances derived naturally or synthetically from crysanthemums - are a substance to which a lot of people are allergic. They skulk about under all kinds of names (check http://www.epa.gov/oppsrrd1/reevaluation/pyrethroids-pyrethrins.html for more info and a decent but not complete list of names) and in all kinds of products.
I happen to be extremely allergic to pyrethroids. My eyes itch and swell and make me want to remove them and run them under cold water. I sneeze, wheeze, get snot all over the place, have asthma attacks, and get incredibly cranky. My husband? He could probably do a line of the stuff and be fine. It's a finicky substance in choosing its victims.
I'm confident in the above statements. Where the researching the threads might have come in handy prior to posting something:
I remember someone posting about allergies to her chickens and that it was worse when cleaning the coop rather than just hanging with the chicks. Perhaps an allergy to pyrethroids could be the culprit? If it's not a severe allergy, the amount that would be on the chickens would be far less than the amount kicked up and swirling around when cleaning the coop.
I'm curious to find out if this possiblilty has been explored. If it has and I should've done my research, feel free to belittle me.
V.
