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Poultry Application

Western Australia Diatomaceous Earth
HUDSON DE-CIDE® Application
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Poultry DE Dust Boxes

  • Poultry will naturally take a dust bath every day to keep themselves clean.

  • The dust helps remove excess oil and make their bodies less desirable to parasites.

  • Murillo and Mullen’s research paper[1] indicates incorporating diatomaceous earth (DE) into poultry dust boxes, together with sand, reduces mite numbers. 

  • The sand may act as a carrier, helping distribute DE through the feathers. DE is proposed to affect mites through physical mechanisms such as abrasion and adsorption of surface wax, leading to dehydration and mortality. It has also been associated with reduced mite levels as per Murillo and Mullen’s research paper[1]

  • Poultry DE dust boxes to be placed in a dark and not too busy area of the chicken coop.

How to use HUDSON DE-CIDE® in Poultry
Dust Boxes?
  1. Mix HUDSON DE-CIDE® with sand with the ratio 1:9 by weight. The mixture should cover a depth of 5cm in the Poultry DE Dust Box.
  2. ½ the weight of initial HUDSON DE-CIDE® should be added to the Poultry DE Dust Box weekly to re-charge and keep the depth of the Poultry DE Dust Box to 5cm.
Packing sizes
  • 500kg bulk bag
  • 10L Tub

Reference:

[1] Timing Diatomaceous Earth-Filled Dustbox Use for Management of Northern Fowl Mites in Cage-Free Poultry Systems, by Amy Murillo and Bradley A Mullens, June 27, 2016

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