Need help getting rid of mites!!!

[Mama fluff]

Can someone help me please ?? I lost a hen today to mites!! Found her dead in run ! Saw mites crawling over her face! I took out everything in the coop today and sprayed with permethrin and dusted all birds with poultry dust !! How do I know if it worked ? Or how long will it take ? Any other methods to rid these nasty blood sucking pests before it kills more!! Need something that works fast !! Thank you ! RIP Tulip!

 

[adickenscoop]

You need to figure out what kind of mites they are, in order to properly eradicate them. Here is an infographic which explains it better - http://www.poultrydvm.com/featured-infographic/identifying-common-ectoparasites-of-backyard-poultry

 

[Folly's place]

I'm so sorry! It happened here too, years ago, before I realized what was wrong.
Permethrin, properly mixed, will kill them. Repeat in ten days or so, or weekly for three treatments.
At night when they are roosting, go out with a flashlight and look at their vent area, necks, and under wings, for any evidence of mites or lice. They will reoccur because the wild birds carry them to your flock and coop. Hate them!
Mary

 

[Mama fluff]

I'm so sorry! It happened here too, years ago, before I realized what was wrong.
Permethrin, properly mixed, will kill them. Repeat in ten days or so, or weekly for three treatments.
At night when they are roosting, go out with a flashlight and look at their vent area, necks, and under wings, for any evidence of mites or lice. They will reoccur because the wild birds carry them to your flock and coop. Hate them!
Mary

Thank you !

 

[nuthatched]

Try making a dust bath bin with diatomaceous earth, it's sharp on the microscopic level and slices up their exoskeletons, dries them (and eggs, larva, pupa) out so they die.

Edit, the mites, not the chickens.

 

[Folly's place]

DE is dangerous for all of us to inhale, including the chickens. It would help a bit for mites, but not enough to justify the side effects.
Mary

 

[nuthatched]

DE is dangerous for all of us to inhale, including the chickens. It would help a bit for mites, but not enough to justify the side effects.
Mary

Really?! I've never heard that before, I've always sprinkled a bit in the nest boxes to prevent mites. Looks I'll have to find something else. Thank you for letting me know!

 

[Folly's place]

And if you look up how it's produced, it's not pretty. It's open pit mined, an ugly situation.
Mary

 

[nuthatched]

Ok, you can use dried thyme/ oil of thyme in their feed. it will help repel them.
https://www.fresheggsdaily.com/2017/10/controlling-poultry-mites-with-herbs-in.html

 

[Mama fluff]

DE is dangerous for all of us to inhale, including the chickens. It would help a bit for mites, but not enough to justify the side effects.
Mary

It’s so hard to know what to use some ppl say it’s safe and even put it in feed and others say not to use! I don’t find it to work anyway! I have permethrin liquid can anyone tell me the dose of permethrin to gallon for applying directly on bird? It says 8 ounces per 12 gallons and I can’t figure it out ! I can’t think right now I’m stressed out treating for these nasty bugs right now !