Hi everyone, I need some help. I think I have northern red mite. There are mites that are whiteish color but when they feed they turn red. I've tried the following things.
1. Elector PSP. Only sprayed on vent. That's what I saw people on youtube say.
2. Pyrethrin bought from local store. Cleaned out the coop of old bedding. Washed and sprayed everywhere including coop, run, next boxes, wood cracks etc. Didn't work. I then thought maybe the store one wasn't good anymore and bought another brand on Amazon but it doesn't do anything to these mites.
3. Used DE and poultry dust everywhere as well. Didn't put a dent in them.
4. Put vaseline on the ends of perches. This sort of helped or maybe the other things helped too because it seems like less mites but still a lot of them. The mites couldn't move through the vaseline and grouped together. Then I torched them because they were still alive.
5. Finally applied ivermectin on the girls. 5 Drops each. Applied a sticky paste bought on amazon and they still couldn't get pass the paste. This time the mites grouped up and have a weird reddish color. Not the normal red that is from the blood of the chickens.
I've been dealing with these mites for about a month now. I don't know what else to do if the ivermectin doesn't work. I might try Elector PSP again by dipping the whole bird in a 5 gallon bucket and cleaning out the bedding again and spray with Elector PSP.
Another thought I had would be to drip the whole birds in something and moving them to another location for a few weeks while the mites died in the coop. But really rather not do that if possible.
1. Elector PSP. Only sprayed on vent. That's what I saw people on youtube say.
2. Pyrethrin bought from local store. Cleaned out the coop of old bedding. Washed and sprayed everywhere including coop, run, next boxes, wood cracks etc. Didn't work. I then thought maybe the store one wasn't good anymore and bought another brand on Amazon but it doesn't do anything to these mites.
3. Used DE and poultry dust everywhere as well. Didn't put a dent in them.
4. Put vaseline on the ends of perches. This sort of helped or maybe the other things helped too because it seems like less mites but still a lot of them. The mites couldn't move through the vaseline and grouped together. Then I torched them because they were still alive.
5. Finally applied ivermectin on the girls. 5 Drops each. Applied a sticky paste bought on amazon and they still couldn't get pass the paste. This time the mites grouped up and have a weird reddish color. Not the normal red that is from the blood of the chickens.
I've been dealing with these mites for about a month now. I don't know what else to do if the ivermectin doesn't work. I might try Elector PSP again by dipping the whole bird in a 5 gallon bucket and cleaning out the bedding again and spray with Elector PSP.
Another thought I had would be to drip the whole birds in something and moving them to another location for a few weeks while the mites died in the coop. But really rather not do that if possible.
