MITES!?!?!

[Annalyse]

Putting the flock to bed. I found mites. I keep a small chick water in the second part of the coop. There’s 2 parts, the main coop and the add on for more room. I have one silkie in a standard flock so she gets bullied and she stays up in the add in of the coop so they don’t bug her. I’ve had a chick water there for a while so she has water and food up there. I always every night clean the waterer and give new fresh water in the morning. The rest of the flock does use this waterer sometimes as well and overall they make a mess with it. I do clean it up but it sits on a price of wood and when that gets wet I can’t really soak water out of the wood so I leave it. I picked up the water tonight and the whole bottom of it was covered in white tiny mites. At least that’s what they look to me. I took the water and the food out. I through away the food that was in the bowl and cleaned the waterer and food bowl. I through the piece of wood out of the coop. I didn’t see any mites but the bedding they can still get into. I checked the flock and no sign of mites on them. Tomorrow I am deep cleaning the entire coop. Throwing away all bedding and vacuuming everything. We are getting a separate coop for our silkie and getting her friends so this will be resolved but does anyone know any other things I should do when cleaning the coop for mites? I can’t hose it down because it won’t dry fast enough. The sun doesn’t hit it.

 

[Aunt Angus]

Ran into the same problem here. I treated the birds, the coop, and the run. Cleaned out the entire coop and most of the run. No more mites, but what a P. I. T. A.

I'm sorry you have them, too.

 

[Aunt Angus]

idk how I would clean the run it’s just dirt.

If it's just first, you can probably just use the dust. I do deep litter. Had to shovel it all out.

 

[McChooky]

There are lots of different louse & mites.Some are microscopic & burrow underneath the skin. (You won't see those)They're harder to get rid of and may require ivermectin. I'm battling microscopic mites currently (I thought the rooster was causing feather loss on their backs) After using pcp & permethrin a week apart I bought ivermectin.It works from the inside out and kills those that burrow in the skin.

 

[nuthatched]

You need permethrine poultry dust, dust everywhere.

 

[Annalyse]

You need permethrine poultry dust, dust everywhere.

Is this it? I got a whole bunch of stuff to be prepared for this stuff

 

[nuthatched]

It won’t harm the birds right? If I were to dust it everywhere

Nope, that's why it's called poultry dust. Don't vacuum, that's a good way to kill your machine. What spray do you have?

 

[nuthatched]

The spray says it can be used to spray around the coop as well as the chickens.

I'd stick with the dust for now. Can you hang the waterer from the ceiling?

 

[Annalyse]

I'd stick with the dust for now. Can you hang the waterer from the ceiling?

Should I spray the flock in case or just keep an eye on them? And no i can’t hang the waterer but she’s broody right now so the water will be outside with her in the cage.

 

[Annalyse]

Ran into the same problem here. I treated the birds, the coop, and the run. Cleaned out the entire coop and most of the run. No more mites, but what a P. I. T. A.

I'm sorry you have them, too.

idk how I would clean the run it’s just dirt.