Tag Archives: chicken lice

Neem oil to control chicken lice – a.k.a. I am such a geek

Posted on February 3, 2014 by jkmcintyre

Yesterday was sunny and ‘warm’ (45 F), so rather than watch the Superbowl, we treated our chickens for lice. After talking with fellow members of the Seattle Farm Co-op, I opted for the soapy bath with neem oil treatment in … Continue reading →

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Horror oh Horror

Posted on January 30, 2014 by jkmcintyre

What’s the only thing better than internal parasites? External parasites! Our hen Blanca has a bad case of chicken lice. I have learned a lot about lice in the past few days researching the problem. 1 – Chicken lice do … Continue reading →

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