Northern Fowl Mite... Part deux

CynthiaM wrote:I wonder why more people are not using Ectiban 25 product. It is for spraying milking parlours, stables, barn, diluted of course, to control flies of some varieties, it can be diluted to a different lesser strength for a spray on for the poultry. It evidently is a "safe" product with no withdrawal. If they use it in milking parlours, wouldn't you think it would be a pretty safe product too. The higher dilution amount can be sprayed on the chickens, they say spray from below and I certainly know why. This is what I have sprayed on my chickens that had the visible northern mite. This product is designed for the northern mite on poultry and is residual, meaning, it stays around, probably for quite some time. I am not collecting any more eggs for hatching, so not really worrying about fertility, but doubt it affects that or it would be an indication on the product label I would think. It is for use on poultry.....

do not even bother to use eprinex for the northern fowl mite. Trust me 100%. It does not work....period. Maybe for lice, but not the northern fowl mite. if you think it has worked, well, maybe you just did not have as much of an issue of this pest as you thought you did

Have a most awesome night and day tomorrow, CynthiaM.

CynthiaM wrote:Pretty confusing eh? Sure would like to get to the bottom of it. Find it very, very confusing that products can be approved in Canada and European countries but not in the USA. Some products in the USA are approved there but not here in Canada. Go figure. Pretty confusing and rather annoying if you ask me. What is a person to do, begin to perform illegal activities? Many people in the states use a Canadian and European approved product called oxalic acid to bleach the wood in their bee boxes. It is not illegal to bleach the wood in a bee colony, but illegal to vapourize it in the colony to destroy the varroa mite. Go figure....feeling a little grumpy about how hard it is to "just" have a product that is good and works wells and is not approved for use in Canada but is in the United States. Blah! Do have a great night, and a good day tomorrow, CynthiaM.

Bob G wrote:Okay everyone as an ex cocker I will tell you about the black leaf that Rico has mentioned in an above post. Trade name is Black Leaf 40it is nicotine sulphate, banned in Canada .No mites or lice will live on your birds with this product!! I will now tell you it can kill your birds if it touches the skin of your chickens. You must put this product on the feathers just above the skin on the neck. I have a recipe that I  will share that makes it easier to handle.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              YOU must make this outside!!!    You will need  1lb Petroleum jelly, 2oz Black leaf 40,1lb Sevin powder. I  first  soften the jelly in hot water bath in its container .Now  dump it into a 2lb coffee can , take it down liquid form, stir in 2 oz Black Leaf 40 now slowly stir in 1 lb Sevin  powder. Let the mixture  cool down, it will return to a solid state . Use a q tip  when putting it on the feathers .A piece  half the size of a dime works for at least 6 months.        

Bob G wrote:Okay everyone as an ex cocker I will tell you about the black leaf that Rico has mentioned in an above post. Trade name is Black Leaf 40it is nicotine sulphate, banned in Canada .No mites or lice will live on your birds with this product!! I will now tell you it can kill your birds if it touches the skin of your chickens. You must put this product on the feathers just above the skin on the neck. I have a recipe that I  will share that makes it easier to handle.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              YOU must make this outside!!!    You will need  1lb Petroleum jelly, 2oz Black leaf 40,1lb Sevin powder. I  first  soften the jelly in hot water bath in its container .Now  dump it into a 2lb coffee can , take it down liquid form, stir in 2 oz Black Leaf 40 now slowly stir in 1 lb Sevin  powder. Let the mixture  cool down, it will return to a solid state . Use a q tip  when putting it on the feathers .A piece  half the size of a dime works for at least 6 months.