ChickenHawk12
Chirping
- May 7, 2015
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My chicken-keeping headaches got worse this week with the discovery of what we think are northern red mites.
I plan to get permethrin spray this weekend at TSC, but I've never done this before, and my coop setup really stinks, so I was wondering what else will I need to apply the permethrin? A spray bottle? A powder sprayer? Just an old knee-high? And what about the coop - how to I treat the coop with it? My coop is built up on 3-foot posts with a drop-down back wall for cleanout. The floor of the coop is as high as my waist and I can't physically get in there.
I assume the bottle will tell me how long before we can eat the eggs, although we haven't been able to eat the eggs anyway because we have a bunch of egg-eaters that I have been unable to thwart with frequent egg removal or fake eggs in the next box, AND we have a broody hen.
Any mite-eliminating advice would be appreciated.
Thanks!
I plan to get permethrin spray this weekend at TSC, but I've never done this before, and my coop setup really stinks, so I was wondering what else will I need to apply the permethrin? A spray bottle? A powder sprayer? Just an old knee-high? And what about the coop - how to I treat the coop with it? My coop is built up on 3-foot posts with a drop-down back wall for cleanout. The floor of the coop is as high as my waist and I can't physically get in there.
I assume the bottle will tell me how long before we can eat the eggs, although we haven't been able to eat the eggs anyway because we have a bunch of egg-eaters that I have been unable to thwart with frequent egg removal or fake eggs in the next box, AND we have a broody hen.
Any mite-eliminating advice would be appreciated.
Thanks!