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mishka brownley
In the Brooder
- Apr 17, 2020
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Thanks! I have been dusting the floor of the coop with DE and permethrin dust before I lay new shavings down. I'm definitely going to move them. I might actually wash the one broody and give her eggs to the other if it breaks her broodiness. She was covered in mites this morning (I've been spraying all of the cracks in their coop with oil/water and I guess they've been flushed out, but now they're climbing on the birds.)When I clean out the nest box completely and make new bedding , I put a layer of sand mixed with a little diatomaceous earth underneath the shavings/hay.
The effect of DE is that it kills the larvae of the red mites. Not the adult red mites or the red mite eggs.
Maybe it helps to keep the red mite out if you move the hens/eggs to the third coop.
Please keep us updated.