🐔 Meet the Game-Changer: Exzolt and how to dose

🐔 Meet the Game-Changer: Exzolt

If you’re a chicken keeper who’s battled those night-time terrors known as red mites (Dermanyssus gallinae) or northern fowl mites (Ornithonyssus sylviarum), then brace yourself: Exzolt has been turning heads. This blog is your fun but no-nonsense guide to why it’s being hailed as the best mite treatment on the market, what makes it so special, and how you (yes, you) can use it safely and effectively in your coop.

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What’s the Problem? Why Mites Are a Big Deal

Before we dive into “Why Exzolt rocks,” let’s understand the enemy. Red mites and northern fowl mites don’t just annoy your hens — they can cause real disruption:

• They feed on the birds’ blood, causing stress, anaemia, lowered egg production.

• They hide in cracks, crevices, under roosts, nests, so sprays often miss them. 

• They can lead to major welfare issues for your flock (and big financial losses if you’re doing it commercially). 

In short: you don’t just want a “spray-and-hope” solution. You want a game-changer. Enter Exzolt.

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What Makes Exzolt Stand Out? (Spoiler: Lots)

Here’s what sets Exzolt apart from the “standard mite treatment” playbook.

✅ Systemic treatment — treat the bird, not just the house

Most mite controls focus on spraying the environment, dusting the coop, cleaning bedding. Exzolt takes a different path: it’s administered via drinking water, so the active ingredient gets into the bird’s bloodstream — mites feeding on the bird ingest it and die. 
Why this’s clever: the mites hide in places sprays can’t reach. If they feed, they’re done.

✅ Rapid, potent efficacy — over 99% kill rate

According to multiple trials, Exzolt achieved a near-total elimination of mite populations (99%+ efficacy) in treated houses.
And the action begins within hours of treatment. 

✅ Works on resistant mites

Mites that have developed resistance to older acaricides are a major headache. Exzolt’s active ingredient, Fluralaner (an isoxazoline) is from a new chemical class, with a novel mode of action — so far, no cross-resistance detected. 

✅ Easy to apply

Yes — you add to drinking water. No need for complicated sprays, heavy protective gear, or evacuating the coop. Just dose and drink. 

✅ Flock-friendly & egg-friendly

For layer hens the withhold period for eggs is zero days — meaning you don’t need to stop collecting/using eggs (check meat/offal withdrawal for other classes). 
It’s also well-tolerated in pullets, breeders, layers.

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How to Use It: The Quick Fun Guide

Here’s how you do it — get it right, and you’ll feel like a mite-busting ninja in your coop.

1. Weigh your birds (or estimate total live weight of the flock).

2. Calculate dose: 0.5 mg fluralaner per kg body weight (≈ 0.05 mL Exzolt per kg live weight). 

3. Mix into drinking water: Add to enough water that the birds will consume in ~4-6 hours (or up to 24 h, depending on flock size) and make this the only water available during treatment. 

4. Give a second dose after 7 days: The two treatments one week apart cover two mite life cycles — essential for full effect. 

5. Maintain biosecurity: Clean coop, ensure no wild-bird reintroduction, block crate/wild-bird routes. Exzolt doesn’t replace good management. 

6. Observe afterwards: Look for reduced scratching, fewer mites on birds/coops, improved vigilance and egg output. You’re winning. 🐥

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The Fun “Why It’s the Best” List

• You’re literally turning your chickens’ blood into a mite magnet trap. (In a nice way!) One Reddit user wrote:

“It basically turns your chickens blood into poison for them [the mites] … I tried all sort of products … then Exzolt.”

• No fumigation, no evicting your flock, no heaps of protective gear.

• Massive lift in hen wellbeing = happier, healthier birds = more eggs = less stress for you.

• Works even when conventional treatments fail.

• Backyard or commercial, it scales.

• You get to brag: “Yep, I used the big-league mite treatment.”

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A Few Words of Caution (Because We’re Realistic)

• It’s not a substitute for coop cleaning, hygiene, predator/wild bird exclusion, dust bathing access. Mites don’t vanish just because you dose the birds — they can lurk in the environment.

• You must calculate the dose accurately. Under-dosing reduces efficacy, over-dosing is risky.

• Make sure all birds have access to treated water (remove alternative sources).

• Some regions/countries may require veterinary prescription or specific registration — check local regulations.

• If you treat, BUT then reintroduce mites via wild birds, new birds or equipment, you’ll get another infestation later — treatment + prevention go together.

• It’s good practice to rotate or integrate mite control methods to avoid future resistance (though Exzolt is relatively new).

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Final Pecking Order Thoughts

If your flock’s ever been under attack by mites, you’ll know how miserable it can get: restless hens, pale combs, eggs dropping, you scratching your head thinking “Why won’t the sprays work?” The arrival of Exzolt genuinely brings something new to the table: convenience + potency + scientific backing. It’s like going from fighting with a wooden spoon to bringing a laser sword.

So yes — if you ask “Why didn’t that old spray stop the mites?” the answer may well be: because it wasn’t treating the bird systemically, wasn’t reaching the hiding mites, wasn’t covering the full life-cycle, wasn’t easy for you to apply. Exzolt does those things.

🧾 Exzolt Backyard Flock Dosing Worksheet

💡 What You’ll Need

• A bottle of Exzolt (10 mg/mL fluralaner)

• Measuring syringe or dropper (for millilitres)

• Calculator (or smartphone)

• A rough idea of your birds’ average weight

• The total number of birds in your flock

• Access to clean drinking water for mixing

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🐥 Step 1: Work Out Total Flock Weight

Estimate the average weight of one bird and multiply by the number of birds.

Example:
6 laying hens × 2 kg each = 12 kg total flock weight

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🧮 Step 2: Calculate the Dose

The correct dose is 0.05 mL of Exzolt per kg of body weight, given twice, 7 days apart.

👉 Formula:
Total dose (mL) = Total flock weight (kg) × 0.05

Example:
12 kg × 0.05 mL = 0.6 mL Exzolt

That’s how much Exzolt you’ll add to your flock’s water for each treatment.

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💧 Step 3: Mix Into Drinking Water

1. Use only enough water that the birds will drink in 4–6 hours (or up to 24 h for larger groups).

2. Add the calculated dose of Exzolt to that amount of water and mix well.

3. Remove all other water sources so they only drink the treated water.

Example:
If your flock of 6 hens normally drinks ~1 L in a morning, mix 0.6 mL Exzolt into 1 L water and offer only that.

💡 Tip: For small flocks, it’s often easier to treat in the morning when they’re thirsty and drink consistently.

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🔁 Step 4: Repeat After 7 Days

This is essential to break the mite life cycle.
The second dose kills mites that have hatched since the first treatment.

✅ Day 1: First treatment
✅ Day 8: Second treatment

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🧼 Step 5: Clean and Maintain the Coop

While Exzolt kills mites on the birds, mites hiding in cracks and perches may still linger.
Do this during treatment week:

• Replace bedding

• Dust roosts with diatomaceous earth or poultry-safe mite powder

• Check nest boxes and perches

• Wash feeders and drinkers

• Keep wild birds away from your coop area

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🕵️ Step 6: Monitor and Record Results

Keep a quick “mite log”:

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⚠️ Safety Notes

• Egg withholding period: 0 days (safe to eat during treatment).

• Always shake bottle before use.

• Store in a cool, dry place.

• Keep out of reach of children and pets.

• Do not overdose — calculate carefully!

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🎉 Done!

If you’ve followed the steps above, you’ve just given your chickens the VIP spa treatment for mites. Within a few days, your hens will be calmer, brighter, and laying better.

Exzolt is one of those “work smarter, not harder” moments in chicken keeping — and once you use it right, you’ll never go back to sprays and powders alone!