How to get rid of mites on hens?

[Crumpet2020]

I‘ve done everything to get rid of mites, I keep the coop clean, I have diatomaceous earth in the dust bath and coop but I still found mites on one of my birds. What do I do?

 

[All4Eggz]

Try sprinkling some of the D.E (Diatomaceous Earth) onto the chickens with mites. Another thing that might help is mixing a little bit into their food.

 

[Crumpet2020]

Try sprinkling some of the D.E (Diatomaceous Earth) onto the chickens with mites. Another thing that might help is mixing a little bit into their food.

Okay, I sprinkled them. How long does that take to work?

 

[All4Eggz]

Okay, I sprinkled them. How long does that take to work?

Couple days. Sprinkle them every day for a couple of days

 

[Crumpet2020]

Couple days. Sprinkle them every day for a couple of days

ok

 

[Kiki]

DE is worthless when it comes to getting rid of mites.


Invest in permethrin If you want to get rid of them.

 

[Kiki]

Try sprinkling some of the D.E (Diatomaceous Earth) onto the chickens with mites. Another thing that might help is mixing a little bit into their food.

So not true.

 

[Aapomp831]

Try sprinkling some of the D.E (Diatomaceous Earth) onto the chickens with mites. Another thing that might help is mixing a little bit into their food.

Unfortunately, DE has been debunked as far as its parasite killing abilities and its even more worthless when swallowed - moisture deactivates it per say. There is a spray that starts with a P, permethrin or something? That’s what you need - change out the bedding completely and spray the coop down. Should work.

 

[Riv-6]

Permethrin works well for mites. I had to clean the coop out completely, spray with Permethrin then repeat once a week for 2 weeks to get rid of the mites. It only kills live mites, not eggs so its necessary to repeat. I treated the chickens with Permethrin dust.

 

[Kiki]