RustyBucketFarmGirl
Songster
So about 2 weeks ago i noticed mites on a few of the eggs i collected. I had 13 eggs and 3 mites. So next day on the roosting bars i night i tried to inspect them. Didn’t see anything but the girls were very hestitant to let me inspect.
Weekend came and it was nice so i gutted the whole coop. And i mean whole coop. It’s the back half of a 10x10 shed and i pulled every single thing out of the whole shed. Swept, wiped, changed liter, sprayed permethrin 10.
Couple days later i didn’t get the eggs until dark and lo and behold like 20 mites on them this time. Inspected the birds again and found a few on one.
Added quite a bit of DE, sand and wood ash to refresh dust bath yesterday. Checked today and the one that had a few had more than i wanted to count.
All are still acting in good health and laying regularly. If i didn’t find one on the eggs i wouldn’t have known they had them.
How long must this go on?!?!? Used permethrin 10 2 applications so far. I am so frustrated!
Weekend came and it was nice so i gutted the whole coop. And i mean whole coop. It’s the back half of a 10x10 shed and i pulled every single thing out of the whole shed. Swept, wiped, changed liter, sprayed permethrin 10.
Couple days later i didn’t get the eggs until dark and lo and behold like 20 mites on them this time. Inspected the birds again and found a few on one.
Added quite a bit of DE, sand and wood ash to refresh dust bath yesterday. Checked today and the one that had a few had more than i wanted to count.
All are still acting in good health and laying regularly. If i didn’t find one on the eggs i wouldn’t have known they had them.
How long must this go on?!?!? Used permethrin 10 2 applications so far. I am so frustrated!