do wood ashes help my chickens?

[barredbeans7]

my chickens have been bathing in ashes lately and im wondering if that could possibly help them rid of mites?

 

[gamebirdsonly]

It might. Some of mine do the same thing.

 

[Chic-n-farmer]

A lot of people provide wood ashes for dust bathing to control lice and mites.

 

[chrisiscoolr]

it does help but I would add DE to it if they do have mites.