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Poultry and Pets => The Hen House => Topic started by: Beano on February 24, 2011, 15:25

Title: Frontline spray and eggs
Post by: Beano on February 24, 2011, 15:25

I would appreciate some oppinions please on Frontline spray and eggs.
We treated our chickens on Sunday with two squirts each of Frontline spray and some DE powder. It says on the Frontline instructions that it does not go through the skin and works by direct contact with the louse. Does this mean that the eggs are safe to eat?
I will definately not be selling the eggs but I find it very difficult to waste them.
If they're not safe then I'll have to discard them. If so, for how long would it not be safe.

Title: Re: Frontline spray and eggs
Post by: PaulineM on February 24, 2011, 15:42

There is no egg withdrawal with frontline.  :)
(I'm pretty sure :unsure:)

Title: Re: Frontline spray and eggs
Post by: Aunt Sally on February 24, 2011, 20:52

frontline is not licenced for poultry so you can't say that Pauline.

There is some information here

http://chat.allotment-garden.org/index.php?topic=5250.0

Scroll down to the information Babe got from her vet.

Title: Re: Frontline spray and eggs
Post by: Beano on February 25, 2011, 08:55

Thanks Aunt Sally and PaulineM for those replies.
I have today binned the eggs for the last 4 days, just to be on the safe side.
I will spray them again in a month because two of them actually had louse eggs on them.
Thanks again for the advice.

Title: Re: Frontline spray and eggs
Post by: compostqueen on February 25, 2011, 08:58

You can get louse powder for them which is non-chemical so doesn't involve egg withdrawal

Title: Re: Frontline spray and eggs
Post by: Beano on February 25, 2011, 09:06

I put Diotomised Earth on them at the same time. Would that do the job on it's own?
I have been powdering their nest boxes, coop and dust baths with DE all along.
I had a problem a while back with starlings coming into their run, it's sorted now. They probable got the lice from them.