I had a mite and put it under a microscope. Sprinkled DE on the mite and nothing. Placed a tiny drop of permethrin and the mite died in less than 30 seconds. It sounds abusive, but I wanted to see what was working.
Now we are trying to figure out if we have chicken mites on our patio furniture or rat/spider mites.
We were also thinking of using a uv light inside the nesting coop. Any thoughts?
We have had an ongoing problem with mites. On our chickens, yard, coop, kids play structure...
Used diatomaceous earth and prayed the chickens two times a week, gave them a dust bath container with it, sprayed frequently hang-out spots in the yard with D.E., sprayed the inside the coop with...