Alright, sevin dust appears to actually work AND not kill the chickies

[luvmychicknkids]

I was just horrified!!! I noticed recently that a couple of my chickens had mites. Yes, really, just a couple (I flipped and checked every chicken). I have no clue why. My rooster had some and one of my hens had a BUNCH. I must admit, I had not been taking care of things like I should.....had a child in the hospital and then I had severe flu for almost 2 weeks and things kinda went downhill. I honestly was to the point that I was about to place an ad and give all my chickens away.

Glad I didn't now that I am well again.

Anyway, it was obvious that we were past the gentle preventive measures stage. I finally, after much debate, decided on sevin dust. I was scared to death putting it on my babies. But I did, and put it in the coop and raked it in well. By the next day I could not find any trace of a living mite. I will be re-treating in a few days to kill any newly hatched. I just wanted to say, it really does work!!!!

 

[2boxers]

I'm glad it worked for you, and I sure hope your life calms down for a while...sounds like you've been through the wringer!

I started dusting my dogs because the Frontline was not working too well at keeping the ticks away. I love my sevin dust! I've got tick free happy dogs. They smell a little weird, but I can live with that.

 

[DTchickens]

Loads of people use sevin dust.. We used to as well. But since they're about to stop it for using on chickens people are stocking up.

 

[Yard full o' rocks]

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2boxers, my vet GIVES us (free) a collar specifically for ticks. We use Revolution for fleas, heartworms and ticks, but the ticks are TOUGH. Worth asking

 

[PineBurrowPeeps]

Okay...

Where are you people getting the Sevin dust? The only one I can find is for plants.... I can find Granger brand livestock dust and I've used that with great results but cannot seem to find Sevin for animals unless you're using the plant stuff?

 

[Southernbelle]

Sevin can be used on the garden, too. I buy mine in the gardening section. The very first time I bought it, I was looking all over the medication section for mites remedies and ended up asking a feed store employee for help. He led me right over to the gardening section and showed me the different Sevin products. Just make sure to get Sevin 5% for use on the animals - there's no withdrawl time on the eggs/meat. They make stronger powders, but there would be withdrawl time and there's no need for them because the 5% is very effective. I bought my last canister at Walmart.

 

[2boxers]

I use the garden variety, too.

ETA: Yardfull, my vet isn't that philanthropic. She gives nothing away!

 

[ChickenToes]

A lot of people have great results using Sevin Dust. My neighbor uses it all the time. I was going to buy some, but then found out that it is toxic to waterfowl (which is pretty much all I have) and that it's particularly harmful to honey bees. I'm sticking with DE. It probably doesn't work quite as well as Sevin, but I'm comfortable using it.

 

[DTchickens]

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Doesn't DE kill bee's as well? along with all kinds of other bugs?

 

[Jenski]

Sevin is highly toxic to honeybees. I am not sure if DE is, but I am very sparing with its use outdoors just in case.