Mites

[12chicks]

Our chickens have feather mites. We have dusted our chickens twice with a powder that contains permethrin (.25). Should we dust them another time? How often should we dust them to avoid having this issue again. Also , we were surprised that the chickens had mites in the winter. We are in a cold climate. Is this common? Should we be dusting the nesting boxes as well as the coop?

 

[SugarDuck]

Yes you should dust the coops and replace the bedding with cedar shavings before hand.

 

[dawg53]

This should help. Please click this link and read. http://ohioline.osu.edu/vme-fact/0018.html

 

[Super Chickenman]

I had heard that ceder shavings were poisonous to chickens???

 

[shelleyd2008]

Don't use cedar shavings, just sprinkle some sevin dust on the bedding.

 

[Aj1911]

the smell of ceder is bad for a chickens lungs

if i was doing ceder i would do 1/4th ceder and 3/4ths pine and mix well

should help with the bugs and be easier on the birds