Good treatment for poultry lice?

[Smithagain]

Have just discovered that our chickens have lice - quite a lot on one and just a few on a couple of others.

I've browsed for treatments, but am getting confused because a lot of what is coming up is for red mites rather that poultry lice. Can you use the same stuff? Or are there products that are particularly good for lice?

I'm watching this thread with interest as I was wondering the same thing last night

Anyone? DH has managed to catch the chickens and dust them with Diatomaceous earth but we think we probably need something more targeted as well?

We've got them too!!!!!! Must be the weather? I had a tea tree based powder in stock already but I can only catch one to dust its arse and the others are now staying well away....... dont think powder will work, though: think I need a flamethrower: two of them have huge bald patches as well...

grab them out of the roosting area when they're asleep and dust them.

You should be able to get lice powder from pets at home.

Give the house a clear out. Put lice powder in the nest box, on the girls (massage well in) and in their dust baths.

Look on omlet - it's a seasonal thing!

I don't think that really does the trick - you need something like ivermectin to really kill the lice. I got mine from the vet. Unfortunately you can't eat the eggs for 7 days.

Thanks for that - knew there was something extra - going out to look at my own ladies now!

Just read your post about the bald bums. Mine girls also had this, IIRC the feathers started to re-grow very quickly.

I'm sure you'll vet will advise you, but you need something like .04ml drop in the back of the neck. Apparently you can also use it for scaley legs.

(ps please don't 'grab' them, they'll be terrified )

agree again - shouldn't have put grab, rather, lift gently whilst they snooze. that's what we do with the flightiest of ours.