When is it safe to eat the chicken's eggs after you've dusted them for mites & lice?

[Chickenfarmer15]

I dusted my chickens for mites & lice with poultry powder and sprinkled some on the floor of the coop. I was wondering: how soon can you start eating the eggs again after you've dusted? Is there any residue or something I need to be worried about? :confused1:

[missibu]

I was wondering the same thing. And is it ok to eat the eggs after using Frontline, or should there be a waiting period?

[76hotrod]

I have never heard anything about not eating the eggs after dustig the chickens or the coop some people keep sevin dust in the botom of their nest . I would wash the eggs when I gathered them which I wash all my eggs when I collect them. Not sure about the frontline I didn't know that they made it for poultry.

[astevens4]

Sevin is an off panel medication and the standard withdrawal time of 2 weeks should be applied if you are dusting individual birds- better to be safe than sorry!

As for the coop - you should be fine with that as its not in direct contact with the birds (usually you dust it before adding the bedding)

James will give more details in a minute im sure - this is what i do (did actually as Sevin has been withdran from sale accross the wole of europe!!)

Tony

[astevens4]

I was wondering the same thing. And is it ok to eat the eggs after using Frontline, or should there be a waiting period?

Frontline is NOT authorised for use on poultry - but at the risk of being arrested by the internet police, i Do use it on broodies (and ONLY broodies) and it works brilliantly with no ill effects, but i lso spent 2 weeks researching Fipronil (it's active ingredient) and it's effects on avians.

There is a 2 week half life, so probably 6-8 weeks before the fipronil level would be reduced to "trace" levels - hence one reason for only using it on broodies.

Tony

[Chickenfarmer15]

Thanks for answering my question! We weren't sure about eating the eggs for a while, so we were giving them to my dog! Yup! Scrambled eggs for breakfast, scrambled eggs for dinner! She's getting pretty tired of eating them, but she is fine so there appears to be nothing wrong with the eggs.

[RonL]

For what it's worth, I don't wait to use my eggs after using Sevin. There is always Sevin in the nest boxes under the nesting material. I wash & rinse all my eggs after collecting as I would veggies from the garden ...... Right or wrong, I'm still kicking

[Chickenfarmer15]

For what it's worth, I don't wait to use my eggs after using Sevin. There is always Sevin in the nest boxes under the nesting material. I wash & rinse all my eggs after collecting as I would veggies from the garden ...... Right or wrong, I'm still kicking

I just read on the label that the poultry dust I used was 0.25% Permethrin. What are the effects of permethrin? I know you say you can use Sevin and rinse the eggs off and eat them, but does anybody have any experience with using a permethrin type of a solution?

[astevens4]

permithrin is a whole different story - that stuff is weak as dishwater by comparison to Carbaryl so you will be FINE - the only thing i'd mention is that Red mite can be pretty resistant to permithrin - so may be better off switching to Sevin if you can get it!

Tony

[Chickenfarmer15]

Thanks! We only got this stuff because it was all Agway had. I don't think it was mites they had-I'm pretty sure it was lice, but this looked like it would treat both. I'm glad to know it's safe to eat the eggs because we're almost out of "before the dusting" chicken eggs and we were worried about residue. :scared: Thanks again!