Help! Trying to Learn;

[aart]

Great job @KikisGirls!!

 

[Baker1968]

Don't be a stranger.

I won’t be! I do have one chicken that shows no signs of mites. She has no feather loss and her skin is normal. I have 17 chickens and 16 have feather loss and red skin, but one is normal. How does this happen? I think it is so strange.

 

[Kiki]

I won’t be! I do have one chicken that shows no signs of mites. She has no feather loss and her skin is normal. I have 17 chickens and 16 have feather loss and red skin, but one is normal. How does this happen? I think it is so strange.

Have you seen the mites?
I'm wondering if the DE on the birds irritated their skin.

 

[ronott1]

The spray should kill the bugs on contact.
It's the million eggs that are hatching daily that you have to knock down.

I would say you should notice a change soon.

The poison will not kill the eggs. OP needs to wait 7 days and treat again to kill the mites that hatch. I would treat again a third time in another 7 days.

NOTE: The weak treatment may have made the mites resistant to permetrhin. A different miticide might be needed. look at elektor and spinosad if they are not controlled

 

[Kiki]

The poison will not kill the eggs. OP needs to wait 7 days and treat again to kill the mites that hatch. I would treat again a third time in another 7 days.

NOTE: The weak treatment may have made the mites resistant to permetrhin. A different miticide might be needed. look at elektor and spinosad if they are not controlled

Yes correct...the mites are probably hatching out daily.

 

[Baker1968]

Have you seen the mites?
I'm wondering if the DE on the birds irritated their skin.

I have seen some mites inside the coop, when there have been 2 or more mites side by side and they move. I have seen some on the wall, but I have not seen any on the chickens.

 

[Kiki]

https://www.redmiteexpert.com/about-mites.aspx

 

[Kiki]

I have seen some mites inside the coop, when there have been 2 or more mites side by side and they move. I have seen some on the wall, but I have not seen any on the chickens.

See the last post.
They live in the coop and only feed on the bird for so long each day.

 

[Baker1968]

The poison will not kill the eggs. OP needs to wait 7 days and treat again to kill the mites that hatch. I would treat again a third time in another 7 days.

NOTE: The weak treatment may have made the mites resistant to permetrhin. A different miticide might be needed. look at elektor and spinosad if they are not controlled

Okay, I will try a different miticide.

 

[ronott1]

See the last post.
They live in the coop and only feed on the bird for so long each day.

Assumes that they are red mites. northern fowl mites will hide in the vent.