Author Topic: lice  (Read 1961 times)

Bramham Wiltshire Horns

  • Joined Oct 2014
  • leeds
  • Bramham flock Wiltshire Horns
lice
« on: January 05, 2016, 03:03:46 pm »
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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Izzy

  • Joined May 2009
  • Stirlingshire
Re: lice
« Reply #1 on: January 05, 2016, 03:41:26 pm »
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.

Bramham Wiltshire Horns

  • Joined Oct 2014
  • leeds
  • Bramham flock Wiltshire Horns
Re: lice
« Reply #2 on: January 05, 2016, 03:46:17 pm »
thank you

is there any shampoos that i could use
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