Help treating chicken mites

[Kelllynnl]

Hi all, I need some help treating chicken mites!
I have a small flock of 8 (pet)chickens that are 5 years old. A few months ago I noticed they were attacking one hen so she know lives in a cat carry in my house at night and gets let out into the yard during the day. A few days ago I noticed when I brought her inside dark flecks were moving on my hands. I’m assuming they are mites. She doesn’t dust bath and doesn’t go inside the pen with the other chickens. I’ve checked them and it doesn’t look like they have any but I sprinkled DE all over in their pen.
I’ve thouroughly sprayed her carrier with water and vinegar with peppermint and clove oil and mixed her clean shavings with DE.
I’ve dusted her with permitherin chicken dust and slathered her feet and comb with coconut oil. I’ve also gave her a dose of ivermectin. (She hasn’t laid eggs in 3 years). And mixing probiotics in her food. I’ve also steamed cleaned the entire room she was in.
I’ve put her carrier in the box of my truck to sleep at night.
Wondering if anyone has any other suggestions to rid her of these. I don’t think they are the red mites they look dark grey and not red.

 

[MottsHomestead]

Cut the DE, it can severely damage their respiratory symptoms if inhaled. Can you see if you can get one of these mites on a piece of clear tape and take a clear picture?

Permethrin is good. Keep using that.

Another thing we’ve had amazing luck with is Elector ESP, but it can be pricey. A little bit goes a long way though.

 

[Kelllynnl]

Ok. I’ll see if I can get that! I live in ontario and unfortunately our gvmt has banned almost everything :/. I got a canister of dust just before they banned that. I don’t know what to use once that’s run out.
I will try to get a pic of the mite! My only concern is they usually splatter when they get stuck to tape

 

[TOR]

Permethrin, apply 10 days or so later for eggs
northern fowl mites if dark colored
when done handling chickens change clothing and wash
wash chicken coop, I use Permethrin and dilute

 

[Kiki]

https://www.backyardchickens.com/reviews/martins-horse-stable-permethrin-spray.11854/

 

[Kelllynnl]

Oh gosh. I just gave one of my girls from the coop a thourough check and could see something crawling near her back end. I thought I had permitherin but it’s Cabryl dust powder. I have barely any left and I can no longer buy that or anything similar. I dusted all of them and gave them a dose of ivermectin. I guess off to clean the coop and bag my clothes. I don’t know what to spray. Everything is closed today and gvmt has banned pretty much everything g here In canada :/

 

[Kelllynnl]

https://www.backyardchickens.com/reviews/martins-horse-stable-permethrin-spray.11854/

Hi Kiki. I can’t buy this or get it shipped to Canada

 

[Kelllynnl]

Wow. I’m trying to do research of what to do and we are pretty much SOL in Canada. I have one of those uv lights that are suppose to kill everything. I’ll run that in their coop and run (when they are not there) and hopefully that will treat their living space. .

 

[ValarieF]

Cut the DE, it can severely damage their respiratory symptoms if inhaled. Can you see if you can get one of these mites on a piece of clear tape and take a clear picture?

Permethrin is good. Keep using that.

Another thing we’ve had amazing luck with is Elector ESP, but it can be pricey. A little bit goes a long way though.

Also cut the clove oil that can burn and irritate the skin.

 

[Kelllynnl]

Also cut the clove oil that can burn and irritate the skin.

I understand that. I only used that mix to spray the carrier which I rinsed good an hour later and the room she was in before I steam cleaned it!