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When dealing with mite infestations the more things change the more they remain the same.

The mites that you are dealing with are red or roost mites and they spend the daylight hours hiding in the cracks, nooks, and crannies of the hen house and then come out to suck the blood of your chickens after the Sun goes down. A better name may be Vampire mites. As many as 3/4s of a million...

I won't argue but I do wish to point out the same thing about coal dust and black lung disease. And according to many people on this forum, when people painted their out buildings with used motor was back in the golden days of "sustainable" agriculture.

Red mites, the kind of mites that I think that your chickens are dealing with live in the cracks and lap joints of their coop. A liberal application of used motor oil mixed with an ounce of permethrin or liquid Sevin is the way to go. The used motor oil will penetrate the cracks and lap joints...