red mite

  1. Azaia

    Permethrin in the UK

    Hello Everyone, I am coming to the realisation that finding Permethrin in the UK is becoming quite difficult. I've read the very helpful thread on percentage dilutions here and as a new chicken keeper was hoping that the transition on this side of the pond, in terms of treatment for mites...
  2. Red mites : can transmit diseases & tips for prevention and monitoring.

    Red mites : can transmit diseases & tips for prevention and monitoring.

    Red mites are small parasites of about one millimeter. They cause a lot of nuisance in the hen house, and can also transmit diseases and weaken a chicken severely. Sometimes if the owner doesn’t see the red mites before the infestation gets bad, chicks and chickens can get killed by herds of red...
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  3. RebsChooks

    New plastic coop has to stand in same place as old one - red mite advice, pretty please!

    After battling red mite for a month I am getting a new plastic coop today. Our old wooden one has just got too many places to harbour the red mite, and we still have them despite thorough spraying and cleaning and dusting every other day. I know plastic coops do not stop the red mite but I am...
  4. RebsChooks

    Freaking out about red mite horror stories on the Internet... please reassure!

    Into my fourth week soon of battling red mite. The wooden coop still has them in, though vastly reduced in number. I have ordered a plastic coop today to stay on top of it better, but it doesn’t arrive for 10 days. When it does, I will have to somehow get rid of the wooden one (how?! I can’t...
  5. RebsChooks

    Eglu after bad red mite infestation... how easy is it to clean, really?

    After three weeks of fighting red mite in our wooden coop, I am done. We have done everything we can, every three days. Yesterday we went over every inch of it with a hot hair dryer, and sprayed it completely and thoroughly with Smite, and dusted down with DE, but still on a piece of tape I put...
  6. RebsChooks

    Mid-battle with rest mite and found some on me in the house - should I worry?!

    I am midway through a battle with a bad red mite infestation. My girls are doing sooooo much better. I sprayed with Jeyes fluid, aired and dried the coop well while keeping the girls away, and am diatoming for all i’m worth. Also used ivermectin as they were very pale when we got back from...
  7. Syntaxidermy

    Help needed to identify and eradicate probable mites?

    Hello! I've went to check my egg box this morning for eggs, to find a bunch of tiny, black, spider-like insects crawling over three of my freshly laid eggs. Upon further inspection, I also noticed some smaller, creamy white insects gathered around crevices near the hatch for my egg box and the...
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