***OKIES in the BYC III ***

[ashtree]

As much as non-poison sounds nice, a good dose of something chemical to kill them all of including a spraying of the coop and roosts is sometimes what it takes.  Remember in the meantime they are feasting on your birds- sucking their blood, etc- affecting their health as well.  If I were you I would do a single treatment on every bird and on the coop, then repeat again in 5-7 days, and keep your kids from handling the birds in the meantime if that bothers you.

What do you use to spray the coops? I do have a poison powder for them I can and have used. Guess I'll give it a go again.

 

[Sagetown]

Fortunately; my coops haven't been infected with mites. That said; my Purple Martin Houses have. I used dishwater soap to clean each compartment, and spray rinse with clean water. Once that was done, I place an adequate amount of Cedar Shavings in each one. No more mites.
When cleaning my Chicken Coops, I use a quart spray bottle with a mixture of bleach, Palmolive dishwater soap, and water. After spraying it on, I take a horse brush, or shop brush which has an extended handle, and scrub the roosting perch, and corners of the coop. Then with a water hose and spray nozzle , I give it a good rinse.
I change out the old nest box Cedar Shavings, and replace with new. Cedar Shavings is known to repel fleas, so I presume it performs the same with mites. Seems to work for me so far.

 

[MrsDickey]

Here they are!

 

[MrsDickey]

And the keets in the temp. pen until the hubby gets home to put the last needed nails in the coop.

 

[Sagetown]

Here they are!

Beautiful chicks. My; they're big. But, that's because I only have bantams. LoL !

 

[Loriemarler]

Here they are!

That is so weird! The three I hatched out look exactly the same.

 

[RoosterLew]

Fortunately; my coops haven't been infected with mites. That said; my Purple Martin Houses have. I used dishwater soap to clean each compartment, and spray rinse with clean water. Once that was done, I place an adequate amount of Cedar Shavings in each one. No more mites.
When cleaning my Chicken Coops, I use a quart spray bottle with a mixture of bleach, Palmolive dishwater soap, and water. After spraying it on, I take a horse brush, or shop brush which has an extended handle, and scrub the roosting perch, and corners of the coop. Then with a water hose and spray nozzle , I give it a good rinse.
I change out the old nest box Cedar Shavings, and replace with new. Cedar Shavings is known to repel fleas, so I presume it performs the same with mites. Seems to work for me so far.

Cedar shavings are also said to be toxic to chickens.

 

[MrsDickey]

That is so weird! The three I hatched out look exactly the same.

What breed did you hatch out?

 

[Nuggetirl]

Do any of you sell at the Norman farmers market?

 

[lonnyandrinda]

Cedar shavings are also said to be toxic to chickens.

Yes cedar can release fumes that are bothersome to their respiratory system. Use pine not cedar.