Python powder for mites in winter??

[1motorpsycho]

I usually don't have to deal with cold, but I understand your concern. If warm, I dunk em in a bucket of diluted permethrin, then pour bucket in sprayer and clean, spray coop. If it's colder, or im lazier, I mix permethrin, put in a spray bottle and spray each bird, back of neck, under wings, around vent . Make sure you spray next to skin, not just on feathers. Then spray coop, use the powder in nest boxes any it can be used on birds.

Do that once a week, spraying. Best the life cycle. Find out which ones they are. Red mites only get on the hens at night. I had them so bad last summer. Red mites. Some lice. So bad I just transported them out during the day (important because red mites only get on at night) for 2 weeks. Meanwhile, I replaced my coop with a plastic one, I moved my wild bird feeder fun the back yard (the girls loved to eat fallen seed), sprayed coop and pen once a week with permethrin 10 (local feed store), I did dip them in very diluted mix. I also put permethrin powder in the coop and lime around the edges. I wasn't messing around! None died or got sick. Also, have a change of clothes ready and bold ones right into the hot wash!