Need remedy for livestock lice

[delia_peterson]

I just read in Backyard Poultry about boosting your chickens' immune systems with a combo of pumpkin (flesh and seeds), chopped garlic, and dandelion greens in the fall. Good for multiple issues. I have all 3 now, but I have yet to set out the buffet.

I'm also working on fattening mine up for winter with some cracked corn.

This is roasted pumpkin flesh and seeds right?

 

[mekasmom]

wouldn't it be simple enough to simply give them ivermectin? Just catch each chicken, put a drop in their mouth, and let them go. No more lice.

 

[Chickenkitty]

that's what I would do, the imvermictin.