Mites! Please help!

[aggiemae]

Pyrethrum (not permethrin or sevin) is made from chrysanthemums. Here are some good links to read with pictures of lice and mites for identification:
http://www.the-chicken-chick.com/2012/08/poultry-lice-and-mites-identification.html
http://anrcatalog.ucdavis.edu/pdf/8162.pdf
http://ohioline.osu.edu/vme-fact/0018.html

Pyrethrum is what I usually use. I have a huge bag of Sevin and I thought was the same thing. I just used it for the first time for a lice infestation and it worked great.

Usually I sprinkle Pyrethrum in the favorite hen dusting spots and the coop but have lately slacked off which is how we got the lice in the first place. Lesson learned.

I just did this Fri.....same thing...a bizillion of them.....after your done you feel like you need to take a bath in Gas!

still feel itchy 3 days later!

Gross right? I want to suggest that anyone undertaking a lice/mite clean up take some Motrin before starting.