Help!! Mosquitoes in Coop (Texas)

[dianaeliz]

Hi I’m needing some advice for our chicken coop. We live in Wallisville, TX and mosquitoes are horrible. What is everyone doing to keep mosquitoes out the coop? I have one hen with fowl pox now and has spread it to her chicks.

 

[Fluffy_Moth_With_Silkies]

I'd keep them inside if possible. It might actually be the only way considering you live in Texas...

 

[Tookie]

Maybe try some mosquito traps and see how that works?
I'm in TX as well, but I don't deal with many mosquitoes.
Once a chicken gets fowl pox, they should then be immune to it.

 

[Captain13]

I’ve used peppermint oil and it seems to work. I started using it to keep mice from attacking the wiring around my barn (tractor, mower, exposed wiring) and it worked. So I sprayed it around the coop and run and it has made a noticeable difference. Then my wife read that vanilla has the same effect on repelling mosquitos. So we tried it by just dabbing some on our exposed skin and believe it ir not, it worked.

https://www.familyhandyman.com/article/this-trick-will-get-rid-of-most-insects-around-your-home/

 

[Kiki]

Martin's Horse & Stable Permethrin Spray <<click that link

 

[Kiki]

Hi I’m needing some advice for our chicken coop. We live in Wallisville, TX and mosquitoes are horrible. What is everyone doing to keep mosquitoes out the coop? I have one hen with fowl pox now and has spread it to her chicks.

Is the hen pictures the hen you say has fowl pox?

 

[Kiki]

Maybe try some mosquito traps and see how that works?
I'm in TX as well, but I don't deal with many mosquitoes.
Once a chicken gets fowl pox, they should then be immune to it.

I am in Houston. We get mosquitos but I have never had fowl pox in my flock.

 

[dianaeliz]

Martin's Horse & Stable Permethrin Spray <<click that link

Thank you! I bought that today

 

[dianaeliz]

I am in Houston. We get mosquitos but I have never had fowl pox in my flock.

I am in Houston. We get mosquitos but I have never had fowl pox in my flock.

Hi Kiki, we live right by the water and in the middle of nowhere so they don’t spray for mosquitoes.

 

[dianaeliz]

I’ve used peppermint oil and it seems to work. I started using it to keep mice from attacking the wiring around my barn (tractor, mower, exposed wiring) and it worked. So I sprayed it around the coop and run and it has made a noticeable difference. Then my wife read that vanilla has the same effect on repelling mosquitos. So we tried it by just dabbing some on our exposed skin and believe it ir not, it worked.

https://www.familyhandyman.com/article/this-trick-will-get-rid-of-most-insects-around-your-home/

Thank you! I’ll try that