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    Grain mites again!

    I’m well aware there are many kinds of mites. I work in the medical field. I took samples and it was confirmed. It was not just coincidence. She was sick for several weeks before we discovered the problem. Once we eliminated them, she got better and lesions healed. So yes it was the grain mites
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    Grain mites again!

    You’re lucky! You don’t want any issues. The Millfields don’t tend to have too much of a problem. It’s honestly been through local feed stores that have had the issue and stuff that stored together in back rooms. We have tried mill feed but our chickens and geese do not like it. They really...
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    Grain mites again!

    I guess the manufacturing date didn’t cross my mind. If everything was stored together they cross contaminate so if new product is stored with old product, it’s still going to be contaminated. And that was where we were running into the problem. People at tractor supply told us that it was...
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    Grain mites again!

    I also forgot to mention that we also kept the food in galvanized containers inside the coops. But with the heat over the summer all I did was multiply the mites and by the time we realized there was really an issue it was out of control. So it definitely is the bag of food it’s not anything...
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    Grain mites again!

    Yes we have been using DE around all the coops now and directly mix it in with the feed. It has helped keep it down. I spent weekends and hours daily after work disinfecting and using pesticides until we got it under control and we no longer had them. We started using Kaltenback feed and The...
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    Grain mites again!

    Funny thing..... we did go and complain to Purina. At first they said there was no way that that was possible and blamed it on tractor supply until we found some posts on the Internet and pictures of the mites crawling all over the purina bags. Purina did nothing but we did have a settlement...
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    Grain mites again!

    Is anyone else out there running into an issue with grain mites?! Had a huge problem with them over the summer buying Purina and Nutrena from TSC. Got the situation under control but had not gone back to TSC for grain. It’s been over a month and today went to Runnings which just recently opened...
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    Grain mites?!

    Hello. Just wanted to say that yes what she saw was in fact grain mites! My local TSC along with several other close stores were shut down by Agricultural Dept and bags pulled from shelves. I know this because we were infested by the mites and reported it to the store. They admitted it and said...
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    Grain mites?!

    Hi Morgan! Just wanted to let you know that what you saw was in fact grain mites! My family farm was infested after buying several bags of Sweet feed from TSC! Found them in the barn first then realized that after purchasing chicks along with Purina chick feed, we found them in the bag! It was...
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