Mites never go away. Living deep in woods

[Cawilson1010]

I have a brand new coop ans run lwss then a year old. A brans new floxk went into it. I founs mites ans have been battling them from months now.
I have tried DE ( I know its not good so we stopped)
I've given baths to the bad one
I have the sprayed each bird and stepped the coop multiple time with permethrin.

Can someone Clearfie the ratio?

They seemed at bay but are back like crazy in 20 degree hard winter.

I can hose down the coop again in this weather.

I've also treated with ivermectin pour. Which helped some.

Note
We live deep in woods
They free range all day
Lots of leaves
I'm only one in and out of coop
I have striped ans pressure washed the coop during the summer

Should I not allow free range?

Please help I'm at my last straw I need to attract keep them at bay. Will they ever go away

 

[parvani]

Step up your game with Eprinex. Put it in one of those glass spray bottles designed to lightly spray pans with olive oil.
I have a big enough flock that I had to band each bird so I'd know who was treated.

I held each bird upside down on my lap, put a yellow zip tie on a leg, trimmed it, then found a patch of skin under each wing and sprayed a quick blast.

Repeat the treatment ten days later.

I wore gloves because Eprinex soaks through skin.

Also spray the coop with permethrin. Professional strength solutions are available on Amazon. Follow directions carefully, and make sure the coop is dry before you allow the chickens back into it.

 

[Cawilson1010]

Step up your game with Eprinex. Put it in one of those glass spray bottles designed to lightly spray pans with olive oil.
I have a big enough flock that I had to band each bird so I'd know who was treated.

I held each bird upside down on my lap, put a yellow zip tie on a leg, trimmed it, then found a patch of skin under each wing and sprayed a quick blast.

Repeat the treatment ten days later.

I wore gloves because Eprinex soaks through skin.

Also spray the coop with permethrin. Professional strength solutions are available on Amazon. Follow directions carefully, and make sure the coop is dry before you allow the chickens back into it.

 

[Cawilson1010]

Can I do this even if its cold and snow out?
Should I keep them locked in until under control?

 

[parvani]

You can certainly treat the birds. I wouldn't turn them out of the coop in cold weather unless you had somewhere warm to keep them.

But the Eprinex will kill the mites on the birds, and all the mites have to suck on the birds to live... So eventually all the mites should be dead regardless.

You may have to retreat the birds a few times before the weather is warm enough to spray the coop.

Insects can't move fast in cold weather. I'd spray the coop as soon as the snow melts, when it's still cold outside but not too cold for chickens to forage.

 

[Cawilson1010]

Thank you for the reassurance. I'm just slightly cheap and didn't want to invest in the is it Elector psp? Right?
But I have to, they make my skin boil.
I have babies hatching now in my garage I don't want transfer.

Thank you

 

[cmom]

Maybe this will help. I have posted this previously. This will work for mites. I had some birds that were severely infested. I thought they were just molting but weren't getting their feathers back in when I discovered they had mites. I did some research and came up with permethrin. There is no egg withdrawal period with permethrin. For the mites, I have used the dust on the birds and in their nest boxes and sprayed inside of the coops, every crack and crevice, on and under the roosts, ceiling, walls, floors, anywhere the mites can hide. Nothing will kill the pests eggs so repeated (3 or 4) weekly treatments are necessary. Wear special clothing including a mask and gloves. I did a weekly spraying for awhile and put permethrin dust in the nest boxes, originally sprayed the birds getting under the wings and worked it through their feathers with gloves which you can also do with the dust. It will take a few weekly applications. Slowly my birds began to recover and get their feathers back in. I think if I hadn't treated with the permethrin when I did I probably would have lost some birds to the mites. The birds were in bad condition. If it's too cold out to spray the birds, you can dust them. Wear appropriate clothing and make sure you get it under the wings well. Make them look like a powdered doughnut if you dust them. Permethrin works well. No more bugs.

 

[Cawilson1010]

Maybe this will help. I have posted this previously. This will work for mites. I had some birds that were severely infested. I thought they were just molting but weren't getting their feathers back in when I discovered they had mites. I did some research and came up with permethrin. There is no egg withdrawal period with permethrin. For the mites, I have used the dust on the birds and in their nest boxes and sprayed inside of the coops, every crack and crevice, on and under the roosts, ceiling, walls, floors, anywhere the mites can hide. Nothing will kill the pests eggs so repeated (3 or 4) weekly treatments are necessary. Wear special clothing including a mask and gloves. I did a weekly spraying for awhile and put permethrin dust in the nest boxes, originally sprayed the birds getting under the wings and worked it through their feathers with gloves which you can also do with the dust. It will take a few weekly applications. Slowly my birds began to recover and get their feathers back in. I think if I hadn't treated with the permethrin when I did I probably would have lost some birds to the mites. The birds were in bad condition. If it's too cold out to spray the birds, you can dust them. Wear appropriate clothing and make sure you get it under the wings well. Make them look like a powdered doughnut if you dust them. Permethrin works well. No more bugs.

Thank you. I have spray so I'll start on that.
I will try that schedule foe retreat. I probably was a little to lacks on repeat schedule.

 

[cmom]

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[cmom]

If you are really infested mix the heavier dose, (6.4 oz per gallon of water).