momedic3810
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I really appreciate the information on the DE!! I had NO idea it was such a damaging product! Thank you, again, for opening my eyes!
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No problem!I really appreciate the information on the DE!! I had NO idea it was such a damaging product! Thank you, again, for opening my eyes!
Thanks everyone. I'm pretty sure it's Dermanyssus gallinae (what we just call Red Mite in Australia) that I have. I'm cleaning the coop out every couple of days and dusting the coop and the chooks with lots of Pestene, so I'll just keep doing that. As for the garden, I don't want to use anything that will kill the worms and good bugs, so I might just wait and see if a few cold autumn nights start to kill them off.
Hi everyone,
Sorry - this was ages ago, but I just thought I should let you know that I tried the Home brand surface spray and it worked perfectly! I changed the wood shavings in their nest boxes and sprayed the nests, perches and walls of the coop twice a week for about 3 weeks and the mites seemed to be gone. Now that we're coming back into spring I think I might do another big clean out and spray in case there were any hibernating in there over winter!