Mites?

[aart]

Obviously as hydrated lime can be caustic you will not apply it directly on to a bird.Just scatter it on the floor of your coop

No concern about the chickens feet?

 

[Three Little Bunnies]

No concern about the chickens feet?

I was wondering too. The chicks in this coop are mostly Bantam Cochins.

 

[It was the bantam]

No concern about the chickens feet?

When using the lime you are not shovelling in massive quantities of the stuff so you will not have any problems with feet burn.After the last mite infestation I got I cleaned all the bedding from the coop and even got an old Hoover I had and used it to clean all the crevices in the coop.Then you just lightly dust the floor of the coop before putting in the fresh bedding.I then get a used talcum powder container and fill it with lime and use it to get in to the hard to reach crevices.I avoid putting any lime on the perches as the hens would have too much prolonged contact with it while roosting.In 5 years I have never had any problems with any of my birds feet.The real key point is getting all the crevices treated as it is here that the little buggers hide out during the day before emerging once it gets dark to do all the damage.In the 5 years I haven't had any scaly leg mites either.

 

[AgnesGray]

I have an order of first Saturday lime sitting in my entrance. I can't say how it will go as I haven't tried it yet, but some others recommended it as well and I'm looking forward to trying it out.