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I've read this thread and like that it can be a potential med to help but what makes me nervous is that the medication is distributed to oil glands in the skin. It's a pesticide. Chickens use their mouth to access the oil gland by their tail to preen. How much of that pesticide is ingested? I...

I would say keeping ashes (DE if you want to purchase) is needed for preventative and because it's in the nature of the bird to dust and they dust for feather health as well. Using frontline or ivermectin ( I used this one with huge success) takes immediate care of the problem at hand.

Suziebird is correct on the Nustock and Vaseline. Scaley mites on legs and feet respond well to smothering by oil and grease...and with a medication mixed in they don't stand a chance. Repeat these applications every week until you see marked improvement.

I think yes. Any mites, Lice, external pests of any sort.

For my 70 lb Labrador, living in a "corridor" of Lyme disease and erlichia, anaplasmosis, etc......I will continue to use Advantix on my dog. Advantix is more efficacious for us, as it's been explained to me by my vet it has a repellent in it as well as the "bug killer". My dog has tested...

One thing I've noted about doctoring chickens is there is very little research that go into an expendable farm animal. You can sort of think of us as sort of a pioneer group of chicken "pet" owners. LOL. Anyways I've discovered just yesterday we got 'em. Probably brought in by new birds I...

Read post #21 of this thread for meat and egg effects.