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Since mites can cause anemia and eventually death, I would try to find permethrin and use it. The garden dust is better during cold weather, but both it and the spray are pretty inexpensive. DE won’t treat an outbreak.

Rub the dirt into and on her feathers, just as they do it themselves. It is better than them not getting the benefits of it themselves. I am not a fan of DE, due to it’s irritation to eyes and lungs of both people and the chickens, but some do use it in dust bathes.

Chickens don’t get mites unless they come into the coop on wild birds, vermin, hiding in straw, or brought in by a new flock member. If she has them, I would treat her and the others with permethrin horse spray or garden dust. Elector PSP also is good. Mites hatch every few days, so they should...