wee black beasties on the chooks

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[Wombat]

cheers red,
mums just fine, hoping to be out on fri or sat. she's not worried about the fact she might have died just annoyed about being stuck inside with all this good weather and all she can talk about is getting her leaks in

now you must excuse me i have to go and thrash myself and put on my sackcloth and ashes cos i didn't have time to get the flea powder

paul n barbara

I hope you mum is OK, my mother had a stroke when I was 12 and it was not good.

Nev

[camillitech]

thanks nev,
seems that quite a few people have parents that suffer strokes from the support we've been getting, but she's a tough old bird who has a healthy diet (apart from WAY too much salt) and gets plenty of excersise so i think if she just slows down a bit and cuts down on the salt she'll be fine.

us camilli's are tough, my dad did the west highland way in less than a week and the cuillin ridge in a day in his 70s a year after he should have died of stomach cancer!

cheers paul

[Millymollymandy]

I didn't mean the Battles stuff, I meant the stuff I have! It says to use inside the house as an insecticide in cupboards etc, pet bedding and poultry sheds! It does not say apply direct to pets or chickens!

Most UK based websites won't deliver outside of the UK, and if they do, the postage is usually astronomical. I can't see anything that mentions delivery to the EU on the website that sells the Battles stuff.

You may not believe it, but really this is not a country that cares a huge amount about animal welfare! Most people don't get their cats spayed and they just drown the kittens. Hunting dogs are shut in tiny cages all summer long or kept tied up on chains and bark incessantly. Would they care about a few itchy chickens?

There may be stuff available to commercial breeders but not to Joe Public!

I'll ask my brother (who lives in the Dordogne) to ask his poultry keeping neighbours if they know of a product they can recommend. Otherwise, if you would like something , let me know what it is, like the battles, and I will buy it and send to you at whatever it costs since I send my brother stuff all the time and the postage is reasonable. Otherwise, ask visiting friends or family to bring you what you need?

Thank you for your kind offer. If I do find that I need any, I will get someone in the family to send it over if I can't find any that I can order direct from the UK.

It will be interesting to hear what your brother's french neighbours have to say about available products.