Mites!

[Chicken Lily]

Last week, I checked my chickens for lice and mites, and unfortunately found some. Over the weekend, I did a very thorough cleaning...scrapped, scrubbed, and dusted my coop, bathed and dusted my chickens, etc. When should I dust them again? I want to be sure to get rid of all the mites and lice now, but I was also wondering how to prevent future infestations. Should I dust them every month? A few times a year? Any advice is greatly appreciated. Thank you!

 

[Tadkins472]

I have heard of alot of people using Food Grade Diamatacious Earth. You have to make sure it is foor grade though.

Here is a good link on it. Its what i am going to be using in my coop.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/food-grade-de-diatomaceous-earth

Hope this helps i am also new to this.

 

[4 the Birds]

Hopefully you have a few places in the run or in the yard if they free range where they can give themselves a dust bath. DE dusting in the coop or you can get livestock dust at places like Tractor Supply. You can dust them and or add in their shallow dirt bath spots. I don't dust my birds... just the coop and the few places they like to bathe.