Chiggers which are in the same family as Leg Scale Mites will also infest the coop and bite you. Horrid little things that are invisible but chew you up badly, itch for a very long time. They leave a small red dot usually on your lower body, legs especially, itches worse than any mosquito bite. Permethrin sprayed in the floor every 7 days for a few weeks will stop these things.I am covered in more bites. I never see the mites but I am being bitten every night. I have tried Pestene on the chickens but got fed up afyer going though 2 boxes of it. It was burning my throat too even with a mask. My chickens were wheezing as well afterwards. I bought some Ant and Termite spray as someone on here said 5% strength works. It doesn't. Petrol works but only on the coops. I don't know what to use on the chickens. I wake up with a dozen new bites every morning. It's driving me mad scratching all night. Even aeroguard does nothing.
