Don't forget to spray the coop ceilings as well. The feeders and waterer need to be cleaned and sanitized also, as mites often hide in the feeders or underneath the waterers.I have just sprayed the inside of the coop, while I sprayed the walls I concentrated on the bedding, nest boxes, roosts, PDZ, under the drop boards. As I was doing I kept wondering if I have done things correctly, should I do the run underneath, should I... ???
I have rationalized:
- That the mites I have (Northern Fowl) are primarily "on the bird" and if they go off they would go to the bedding (but I know that this is not true as they are living on the cat cage that was in the brooder box where I kept the hen on which we first discovered the mites).
- That the permethrin spray will persist on the chickens over the next few days.
- That I will re-spray two more times.
But the truth is I do not know, just doing all the things that those that have responded to this thread have suggested, very much appreciated.