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Along with worms, and of course mild coccidiosis, the other thing I struggle with now is Northern Fowl Mite.
I fed them the Nutrena Feather Fixer (actually they'd been on it for months) and had my first, ever, break out. (So I can't personally vouch for the Feather Fixing doing its mite thing as it claims on its advertisements).
Yes, I've done the permethrin dust. I even have permethrin No Mite strips hanging, which seems to have reduced but not eliminated.
I suspicion I've got a resistance building to permethrin.
I used Ivermectin on the worse hen, which did eliminate for a season, but they are creeping back again. I don't want to use Ivermectin if I can help it (that FDA thing again if you sell eggs). It means tons of pull time for me.
Then I stumbled onto this article using hanging bags of sulphur for self treatment.
Anyone tried this?
https://entomologytoday.org/2016/07/18/battling-chicken-mites-with-bags-of-brimstone/
LofMc
I fed them the Nutrena Feather Fixer (actually they'd been on it for months) and had my first, ever, break out. (So I can't personally vouch for the Feather Fixing doing its mite thing as it claims on its advertisements).
Yes, I've done the permethrin dust. I even have permethrin No Mite strips hanging, which seems to have reduced but not eliminated.
I suspicion I've got a resistance building to permethrin.
I used Ivermectin on the worse hen, which did eliminate for a season, but they are creeping back again. I don't want to use Ivermectin if I can help it (that FDA thing again if you sell eggs). It means tons of pull time for me.
Then I stumbled onto this article using hanging bags of sulphur for self treatment.
Anyone tried this?
https://entomologytoday.org/2016/07/18/battling-chicken-mites-with-bags-of-brimstone/
LofMc