Perhaps you've missed an important point in my post.Yes you are so right, the coop I have is all wood minus the roof. There are little joints and knots all over. This is just the roosting area. The other part of the coop has chicken wire and a few pieces of wood. I have sprayed every part I can think of, but im missing somewhere. Do the mites go in the dirt? The flooring is a combination with dirt and slats I got on hatchingtime.com but the main roosting area is all wood flooring. I’m planing on building a new coop. I don’t want to use wood cause of these mites, I don’t want to bring them to the new coop. I’m looking into to getting something temporary. I just feel defeated but I’m still trying to get rid of the mites. I’m going to get them out if I have to burn the coop down hahaha… Saturday I’m going to do try the blow torch method. My poor chicken don’t even want to go in at night.
Thank you for your response, it helps a lot!
Mites lay eggs, lots of eggs and the sprays and powders will only deal with the hatched/live mites. The eggs hatch and the coop becomes re-infested.
A blow torch clean (assuming you have a suitable coop) will kill the eggs and the mites. The blue tip of a proper blow torch is around 400C. Nothing in the coop survives this but it has to touch them.