Help! mite infestation?

[Camellia]

hi, I keep my coop rather clean, but today I found my poor faverolle on the ground(in the coop), barely moving. When I checked her stomach/vent it was absolutely infested with mites, they were everywhere. It was disgusting.


i'll give a little history on this chicken first.

we bought this hen at 4 months of age from a lady on craigslist, the seller was a chicken hoarder as the living spaces of these poor birds were terrible, but that's beside the point. Silly me forgot to check the chickens I bought for lice, I introduced them to the flock. (I bought these chickens about 2-3 months ago


anyways, I took her inside and fed her some egg and wet chick food. I decided the best way to ease her pain was to give her a warm bath (to get rid of most of the mites). She's much better now, her comb is much redder than before, too.

I know many will say to use DE. DE has never worked for me, I've tried but it seems to fail every time. I dusted this hen before vigorously for 2 weeks straight, but the mites came back. It's almost summer, and I know for a fact that's when mites return. Should I confine her for a couple of days or just release her back into the flock? What should I do with the other chickens?? Is lice shampoo okay to use on chickens, it's my last resort now since de never works. Also, yes, I do have a dust bathing area, but it's been raining nonstop for the past 3 weeks and my chickens haven't had a chance to bathe.


Any ideas on what to do would be greatly appreciated

 

[azygous]

It's unfortunate for chickens suffering from parasites that folks are so invested in using "something natural" they end up forking over good money for a product that does absolutely nothing for the problem. DE does not kill lice and mites. Period.

A natural and very safe product that will not break your budget is permethrin powder or liquid. It's sold as Poultry Dusting powder and can be found at feed stores as well as garden supply places. You will need to treat your chickens several times over several weeks, and you also need to treat the premises.

I use another natural, biological mite and lice control called Elector PSP. You can buy it from Amazon. It's quite expensive, though, but it's highly concentrated and a little goes a long way. You only need to treat once with this product and it's very economical to mix up into a garden sprayer to treat the coop and run. Just the one treatment is effective.

 

[Camellia]

It's unfortunate for chickens suffering from parasites that folks are so invested in using "something natural" they end up forking over good money for a product that does absolutely nothing for the problem. DE does not kill lice and mites. Period.

A natural and very safe product that will not break your budget is permethrin powder or liquid. It's sold as Poultry Dusting powder and can be found at feed stores as well as garden supply places. You will need to treat your chickens several times over several weeks, and you also need to treat the premises.

I use another natural, biological mite and lice control called Elector PSP. You can buy it from Amazon. It's quite expensive, though, but it's highly concentrated and a little goes a long way. You only need to treat once with this product and it's very economical to mix up into a garden sprayer to treat the coop and run. Just the one treatment is effective.

thanks so much !