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The first opinion is right if you use the fgDE cautiously and follow instructions. It surely helps but perhaps it’s not as good as claimed. The food grade DE is not toxic. It helps against things the pharma sells expensive medicines and poisons too. So obviously there is a risk the commercial...

The first opinion is right if you use the fgDE cautiously and follow instructions. It surely helps but perhaps it’s not as good as claimed. The food grade DE is not toxic. It helps against things the pharma sells expensive medicines and poisons too. So obviously there is a risk the commercial...

No thoughts, but interesting. Thanks the test and for sharing.

Maybe you are right that DE doesn’t work with SLM. DE does not work like most killers. DE is a contact killer for organisms with a very weak skin. It works like sandpaper on a weak skin. It kills the larvae that come out of the egg. Not the adult mites, not the eggs. Therefore is needs time...

That’s the region of Clermont-Ferrand! Nice people there. I was there for a vacation about 7 years ago. For approx. 5 days and walked down from the Puy de domes. Also saw the most beautiful trompe-l'oeil In CF.

Red mites exist in plastic coops too. Big advantage is that you can take ot all apart, clean and reassemble. The sell a spray with DE here. And the powder came with a manual where they told to make a spray. But the nozzle of the spray bottle became clogged almost instantly and I could tell fix...

If DE is wet, it doesn’t work. So inside your guts it doesn’t work. But the DE is in the droppings. And if the droppings dry some worms get killed. Chances on reinfection are reduced. I use it as a paint (make it wet) on the roosts/joints and inside the coop to prevent a mite infestation. But...

Thanks for sharing your ideas on DE. I also wondered why some people are so very sceptical about DE. I have healthy chickens and believe it works (to a certain limit) too. I didn’t read the whole tread, so far. But will give my own experiences and answers to some of your questions later if I...