The Accidental Smallholder Forum
Livestock => Poultry & Waterfowl => Topic started by: Bramham Wiltshire Horns on January 05, 2016, 03:03:46 pm
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just found some lice on my pair of gold laced polands
what a good effective way to get rid of them
i use diatom every week i clear them out and also sprinkle it into the bedding etc
any advice on products will be greatly appreiciated
because i breed these and dont eat the eggs im considering getting some invecticin (pardon my spelling)
cheers
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Ordinary poultry louse powder containing permethrin worked fine when I bought new pol hybrids without checking them first. I think I used it 3 times, about 3 weeks apart. On the final application most of them had none but I treated them anyway to be sure. I do them at dawn by taking them out of the henhouse one by one before the pophole has opened. I wear my mucky waterproof trews and jacket and take a stool and old handtowel with me. I wrap the bird in the towel with her head peaking out then I sit on the stool with the bird on her back on my lap, head away from me. Using one hand on the towel/bird I use the other hand to dust around vent and oxters.
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thank you
is there any shampoos that i could use