Stick Tight Fleas

[Sylie]

Also, on the garlic front...moles and voles hate it, aphids, stink bugs and cabbage worms all hate it, use it in your garden! there are plenty of pests that garlic repels and even kills both in the garden and in your coop
Garlic is antibacterial and is highly recommended by natural chicken keepers (such as myself and plenty others) for prevention of things like respiratory illness in your birds as one example.

[seminolewind]

How do I put it down?

I'm still trying to spray the area and pens but it keeps raining.

[Sylie]

It depends on what pests your going for, for moles and voles, chop a couple of cloves in semi larger chunks and drop them down the holes, they will hurry to find a new home because this one stinks! lol

for aphids and other pests that live on the leaves of the plants then juice the cloves or buy some in a jar already minced and use the juice mixed with water (half and half) and a couple drops of dish soap to spray the leaves and stems. I would not advise using garlic on flowers (roses, hydrangeas, etc) they are too fragile for the garlic.

You can, if you have TONS of garlic, chop or mince it (or buy it in a jar already minced!) and sprinkle it around the base of the plants (pretty much any plant) to deter destructive worms (caggage worms, tomato hornworms etc), snails, slugs etc.

In the coop, just spray the water/juice/dish soap spray everywhere, don't forget corners and cracks, let it air out a bit (we already talked about garlic and chickens locked in with the smell hahaha) and you are good to go. In the run just spray the borders or frame of the run to keep the bugs from coming in, if that doesn't work you can spray the whole run but that would take a lot of spray. Make sure to get their outdoor roosts/ladders/toys whatever you have.

For the chickens themselves, put a couple of whole or halved cloves in their water (4 whole cloves cut in half per gallon), you can sprinkle garlic powder on their feed or chop or mince some and put it in a bowl for free choice eating. Most chickens like garlic. It doesn't affect the taste of their eggs and parasites like lice, mites, ticks etc don't like the taste of the blood that has garlic in it. Also! it's a great wormer and reduces the smell of the poo

so...lol that was a lot of info, sorry for going on and on, there's just so much good stuff garlic can do for us, the garden and our flocks

[seminolewind]

I was thinking that I should buy fresh garlic, mash it with olive oil and maybe freeze it or fridge it and have more of the health qualities. And mix some to spray.

[Sylie]

you might have problems making the spray if you mix it with olive oil but that would be a good idea if you are going to give it free choice in a bowl to the chickens. Also, don't use the oil if you are going to put it around or on plants, that will make the sun burn the crud out of them because the leaves won't absorb the oil and will act like a magnifying glass. Also, don't use the oil if you are going to put it on the roosts/coop etc.
With garlic, fresh or prechopped/minced doesn't make too much difference, especially for these uses. It's hard for garlic to lose it's "oomph". Oh and don't use powdered ginger for moles and voles, I don't know why but it doesn't help with them, You have to use fresh (no oil or water, just chopped).

[seminolewind]

I hope garlic works with voles and moles too.

[Sylie]

It does. Have you tried any of the garlic tricks yet?

[seminolewind]

No, I've been super busy this past week.

Drat!!! I have this yard spray and have been waiting for a non rain opportunity to spray all the chicken area. I did half and ran out of first bottle. I hook up 2nd bottle and continue spraying only to find that the level of spray in the bottle IS THE SAME!!!! So what I did with that didn't happen!

I took the bottle apart, and took apart the one that worked and the non working one had a hole that did not open up all the way whereas the good one opened all the way. So at least 1/2 the area got done. But still wasted time and came in drenched in sweat and dirt.

[Sylie]

I'm sorry that you had that problem, it must have really been frustrating Did you end up going back and finishing yet?

[seminolewind]

No. I'm all hooked up and all it's done is rain.

[seminolewind]

My dog has occasionally been sprouting a flea on her face. So upon inspection I find some living in the poof above her face. That's where stick tights should be but these don't stick, they run. So I've been treating with adam's dog spray. She's been on Revolution for a yr and a half and it's really pissin me off. I'll take a ride to the vet and get something else. I'll end up spraying her yard as well.

[chickenqueen]

Try the Permectrin II spray.You can use it on the dog,chickens,yard and houses(I'm including the coops).It works fast and leaves a residual up to 30 days.A bottle costs around $30 but it's concentrated so you can make it weaker or stronger but it's usually mixed 2 ounces of product in 1 gallon of water.It works on lice,mites,fleas,flies,ants,whatever AND you can spray the dog and chickens,other livestock(but not cats!!!)Except for the flea/tick stuff I still use on the dog monthly,it's all I use anymore,1 bottle for all of my insect killing needs.

[dawg53]

I use NexGard chewable for my dog, no complaints, even with all the rain.

[seminolewind]

I'm using Revolution and I don't think it works , so I'll be running to the vet for something else.
CQ, I have horse spray with Permectrin or Permethrins. Thanks for reminding me!

I do think they're dog fleas because they run. None are stuck. There's a big one in there. I hope it's dead today because I worry that it's a pregnant flea!

[dawg53]

You can give her a bath Karen with just about any kind of soap product, that'll kill the fleas. I use "Mane and Tail" shampoo on my dog. I dont recommend Dawn dish detergent, it clears body oils that dogs need to protect their skin. It can cause dryness of skin which leads to scratching. Now if she got into an oil spill or something, yeah, Dawn would be the way to go lol.

[chickenqueen]

Any dish soap,2tablespoons to a gallon of water, will kill insects by drying out their exoskeleton,not poisoning.I use that on my veggies when I have to get rid of problem bugs.No poisons and after a good rain,the soap bubbles up and cleans the leaves and veggies.Don't do it when the sun is shining on them.Bathe your dog with your dish soap,straight up,it's non-toxic and safe.Some flea shampoo chemicals cause seizures in dogs,among other things.

[seminolewind]

She gets a nice bath every time she's groomed. Mane and Tail is very safe and so is the conditioner. I don't think there's anything wrong with Dawn for animals. But needs a conditioner with oils afterwards. In Florida I'm reluctant to use anything because it seems all the dogs get a chronic unnamed itch. She doesn't have any fleas on her body, just her poof on top. But they look to be gone. I'll be treating the backyard this week. Or have the lawn guy do it.

[maryellen]

Mane n tail is awesome , i use the conditioner on my hair

[dawg53]

Jul 27, 2018 10:34:51 GMT -5 seminolewind said:

She gets a nice bath every time she's groomed. Mane and Tail is very safe and so is the conditioner. I don't think there's anything wrong with Dawn for animals. But needs a conditioner with oils afterwards. In Florida I'm reluctant to use anything because it seems all the dogs get a chronic unnamed itch. She doesn't have any fleas on her body, just her poof on top. But they look to be gone. I'll be treating the backyard this week. Or have the lawn guy do it.

You're right about the chronic unnamed itch. Our vet said it's the humidity and heat that causes dogs to itch. Our dog is on Apoquel, it works good. 
It was the same thing up in southeast Georgia with my Bulldogs, but they were on a steroid back then, forgot the name of it.

[seminolewind]

I think the Florida itch affects most dogs here. I'm glad something works. Mine scratches her ears and I put some steroid drops in them.