diatomaceous earth (de)

Most information and discussions about this revolve around chickens. Ducks have such dense waterproof feathers and different bathing, preening and foraging habits, so I am specifically asking for duck information from people who have experience treating ducks. My main question is about the...

Hi everyone, thank you for looking at my post and potentially trying to help me find an answer to my dilemma. I live in the Bay Area and in the past few years there have been an upsurge in Tropical Rat Mites (Ornithonyssus bacoti). In the past hour or so I stumbled upon Elector PSP and have...

I am in Canada, and if anybody lives here, they know how hard it is to find pest control. Long story short, im pretty sure my previously stray chicken has lice and has passed it to my other chicken (found a louse crawling next to her eye). I can only assume they are both infested. I only have...

We’re having a terrible time with lice. I’ve tried DE; it didn’t do much. I’ve done a lot of reading on Sevin and get mixed answers so I have some questions! Is this the correct one? Has anyone used this before? I attached the active ingredients in both.

NEW CHICKEN OWNER - needing help. Have 9 -10 week old chicks and then my sister gave me a full grown hen that is blind (chickens were being mean to her), when there were 3 weeks old. So been together for 7 weeks. Shirley, full grown hen, has done great with the babies, they love her, but...

Hello- my 3 yo sex link started acting poorly yesterday. No other birds are having issues. Background: yesterday morning initially she hung back in the coop during morning feeding but came out when I opened the door, so I didn't think much of it. By yesterday afternoon she was lethargic - just...

We had our first experience with coccidiosis in our chickens a few days ago. I noticed that some of them were pooping blood, and I found an article about coccidiosis. The environment and symptoms described our situation, and I figured that was most likely what it was. We started giving them...