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That is how I found out we had them!! One was on my arm after carrying a hen! None now though and no one is scratching. I hope we never get these again! The weather this year and overload of mice, prairie dogs etc are not helping! Yuck, just thinking about it makes me itch LOL

I was horrified when I first discovered them! I just thought a few of our hens were molting!! As I checked them over sure enough........mites! The little critters are now gone unless they return on eggs hatching BUT I am going to clean and treat again vs waiting the 7 days, then repeat on the 7...

We are now mite free!!! What a relief!!! We free range, have two large pens/coops in a quarter of a huge shop with a pet door that goes to the outside pen. The shop: I used a strong bug killer around all the edges (the chickens cannot get into it). The chickens: I sprayed them first with an all...