DE as a wormer

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Re: DE as a wormer

Post by ross » Tue Dec 22, 2015 3:42 pm

Remember DE is NOT a chemical like the others . Oh by the way when I lived in tobacco growing country l also used raw tobacco leaves ground up in feed to worm horses . Luck
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Re: DE as a wormer

Post by Jaye » Tue Dec 22, 2015 3:56 pm

Yes, it's true that it's not a chemical, and for "regular' internal parasitic worms, I may try adding DE to their feed at some point, just to see what kind of results I get, but DE didn't prevent or fix my scaly leg mite problem. They are external parasites, so adding DE to their feed would have been pointless. I have always kept plenty of DE in their dust baths and in their nest boxes under the bedding, but I still wound up with scaly leg mites on my birds ... so that's why I went the Ivermectin route. No messing about with these nasties for me.
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Re: DE as a wormer

Post by ross » Tue Dec 22, 2015 5:30 pm

Heard a story one time bout a fella that drank to much whiskey & was in at the Docs for a checkup . The doc was tryin tu get him to quit drinking tellin him it was gonna killhim . Fella wouldn't listen so he said watch this , he took a jar from the shelf poured some whiskey in it & threw a dew worm in . The worm swam around for awhile then curled up & died . Doc said there what do yu think about that . Drunk looked at it & said well it shows me that as long as I'm still drinking I'll never have worms . :-) Luck
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Re: DE as a wormer

Post by Jaye » Tue Dec 22, 2015 5:42 pm

:rofl1: Good one!
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Re: DE as a wormer

Post by SandyM » Wed Dec 23, 2015 5:55 am

Jaye wrote:Yes, it's true that it's not a chemical, and for "regular' internal parasitic worms, I may try adding DE to their feed at some point, just to see what kind of results I get, but DE didn't prevent or fix my scaly leg mite problem. They are external parasites, so adding DE to their feed would have been pointless. I have always kept plenty of DE in their dust baths and in their nest boxes under the bedding, but I still wound up with scaly leg mites on my birds ... so that's why I went the Ivermectin route. No messing about with these nasties for me.
How is the scales mites doing?

I was going to ask if you use DE in their nesting boxes and/or for dust bathing. A few times a year they all get a manual bath from me, meaning I physically dust them from head to toe....how does scaley mites get over populated?
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