New pullet has mites

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hlhutchinson said:
So far the dusting of my chickened, isolating the new chicken for a couple of days, cleaning out the coop and spraying has worked have not seen anymore. I will Dust my chickens one more time as recommended on the poultry dust bottle and keep my fingers crossed.

I think once a month I will dust my chickens with DT and put some in the dusting box along with in the run as a prevention. Does anyone els do that or will it be over kill?
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I would say that NOTHING at this point is overkill. After my experience with millions of mites, I've been trying everything (as you saw in my previous post). I like DT, but it didn't help once the mite population super-exploded! Will post an update soon to let everyone know what results I'm having with the newest products.
 
Wow, started doing a lot of research just trying to find out what the "inert" ingredients are in Sevin since someone on a thread said that it was mostly DT. I can't find anything that says that.
BUT, I found out a lot of info that I don't like, especially about it being a neurotoxin and a carcinogen, and after reading the following article, I'm getting rid of my Sevin. This may explain why my dog got sick, too, since my chickens and dogs co-mingle in the back 1/4 acre and in and around the henhouse: https://www.indyweek.com/indyweek/poisoning-our-pets/Content?oid=1195319
 
Debbi H said:
Wow, started doing a lot of research just trying to find out what the "inert" ingredients are in Sevin since someone on a thread said that it was mostly DT. I can't find anything that says that.
BUT, I found out a lot of info that I don't like, especially about it being a neurotoxin and a carcinogen, and after reading the following article, I'm getting rid of my Sevin. This may explain why my dog got sick, too, since my chickens and dogs co-mingle in the back 1/4 acre and in and around the henhouse: https://www.indyweek.com/indyweek/poisoning-our-pets/Content?oid=1195319
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There was another thread that said Sevin was banded or something like that
 
Use DE in their bedding. You can even dust the chickens with it. Be very careful when you use it, and preferably wear a mask. The DE will damage your lungs. You can put ashes in a dust bathing box too for them to dust bathe in. Good luck!
 
Just want to give you all an update. And the news is GOOD! I've been mixing up my own magic elixir that I found after months of research a few years back when I had spider mites. It is doing the job. There are no mites crawling on the walls at all anymore. I still have a few in the shavings that I had just put in the henhouse a few days ago right after spraying with enzymes.
Today, I'm going to remove the shavings, totally spray the henhouse again with my mixture, and replace with new shavings. Besides getting rid of the mites, the henhouse now has a very pleasant smell of cloves!
Then hens are already looking better and happier.
As for Archie, I wasn't able to even find the Tylan suggested by the vet from UCDavis, but I happened to find that I still had a bag of over-the-counter oxytetracycline to mix in the chickens' water, so am doing that and changing it daily. Archie's eyes have already cleared up, and no more of that weird "yawning" from him or the couple other hens that were starting to get respiratory infections. Will continue the meds for a week as per directions. Am not throwing the eggs away, but rather scrambling them up and feeding them back to the chickens! No wasted eggs, no wasted meds!
So my mixture is: Monterey Garden Insect Spray (concentrate) and SaferGro Pest Out (a cottonseed, clove, and garlic oil mix). The Monterey contains spinosad. I was able to get the Monterey at a local organic farm/garden supply store, and the SaferGro I found at a Hydroponics store. But I see that you can get both online at Amazon, too.
I use a garden sprayer -- the kind that you fill the jug and then insert the pump unit that builds up the pressure. I mix 1.5 oz (3 Tablespoons) Pest Out and 2 oz (4 Tablespoons) Monterey to a gallon of water. I spray all the walls, ceiling, nest boxes, roosts, floor, etc of the henhouse, until everything is covered and wet. I even sprayed the outside of the henhouse, and beneath it where there is an open area that the hens use in the summer to dust and stay cool when they aren't running around on the property.
Now I can actually grab the door jamb and not find my hand covered with mites! YAY! My henhouse is built of wood (2x12 lumber...I was lucky and got it free from a construction school that had previously used it and was throwing it away) and its dimensions are 6' x 8' x about 7' tall. I have one "window" on one side with shutters that are the same wood and covered with chicken wire to let in the breeze during the day, with the shutters closed at night. It took less than two gallons to do the entire thing.
I sprayed a bit on the chickens feet, too, to keep any mites from crawling up on them at night.
The hens themselves have just had DE, and a light spritzing of my mixture. I'm still going to get wood ashes from my son to add to their dusting holes.
But at this point, I'm ECSTATIC that the mite population has almost been completely eliminated!
 

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