Advice about mites/lice please

[SunflowerTheBun]

Be sure to remove the water and feed dishes when you are spraying.

Will do

 

[Bufflady90]

View attachment 1330172 View attachment 1330169 View attachment 1330170 The weather has been perfect for mites and lice her in Aus. As casportpony mentioned, sounds more like red mites. If you go to the garden section at your local Bunnings you can purchase a few products to wage war against the crawlies. Coopex ($11 )is a pyrethrum product that you make up in a garden sprayer and one satchel will give you 2 and a half litres. Empty out the nest boxes and spray the coop during the day while they are off the birds. Mites feed on the birds at night time whilst they are perching and spend the day hiding in the nooks and crannies of the coop. The other product ( also available at Bunnings ) is Yates New Tomato Dust it contains sulphur , spinosad ( the active ingredient in Elector ) and copper sulphate. ($10) . Dust the birds liberally and dust under the new nesting material. You can also use permethrin generic surface spray to spray the coop every few days until you are happy that they are dealt with. Yates Success ($23)also contains spinosad and can be made up at a ratio of 10ml to the litre of water .
The visiting sparrows and rodents bring the mites in so if at all possible you need to try to limit their access to your birds.

Hi I was reading an old post and wanted to know if there’s an egg withdrawal period with the Yates tomato and vegetable dust and also does the bird need to be completely covered in the dust or just a little under each wing and near the vent? Thanks