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Yeah I think changing their outdoor area to sand floored has helped I think with bathing in it. I am cleaning the coop with DE regularly

I defeated the red mites with 3 deep cleans using disinfectant, red mite powder on the hens and liberally using the DE stuff all around the coop. No evidence of a red mite for 4 weeks :)

The mites seem to be gone but the hens are still not roosing up high. They just squat on the floor of the coop at night. Not s ure if they will ever return to their roosts even though the roosts are mite free and clean now?? Also I have noticed a few mites on me even when I am in my own house...

Thanks for the reply. I cleaned out the coop and drenced it all with a strong detergent spray. This seemed to kill most of them. I then sprayed all of the house with an insecticide which apparently kills or crawling insects - pethryin or something - . I burnt all their bedding. I then doused...

I have been hit with Red Mites. I visited the wooden coop ( a converted wooden shed) in the dark last night and was horrified to see the 3 hens sat on the floor not on their roosts and lots of red mites - some grey , some brown crawling around everywhere. Some of these got onto my arms also so...