Re: Any tips for red mite!


"Peggy" <fampom@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Hi Every one,
> Thanks for the info .
> "OmManiPadmeOmelet" <Omelet@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:Omelet-05EB18.09174025072005@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> In article <6G1Fe.2075$hc4.1211@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
>> "jewels" <jools4jesus@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> > Hi y'all,
>> >
>> > Ever since I got my girls and the henhouse I have found red spider mite
> on
>> > the ends of the perch [except in the winter when I guess it was too
>> > cold
> for
>> > them].
>> >
>> > I spray with derris and have put an old galvanised bath in their run
> filled
>> > with soil so they can dust bath regularly but I wondered if there is
>> > anything else I can do, any tips?
>> >
>> > Jx
>> >
>> >
>>
>> I only had red mite once.
>> I dusted liberally with 5% sevin and have never seen them since.
>>
>> I also use a mix of cedar and pind shavings for bedding.
>>
>> Cheers!
>> --
>> Om.
>>
>> "My mother never saw the irony in calling me a son-of-a-bitch." -Jack
> Nicholson
>
>

I'm not sure I approve of this method but a farmer friend of mine wipes
diesel using a cloth along the perch and round affected areas of his
henhouse. He stands and watches the mites "sizzle" as they come into
contact with the diesel.
Not sure whether diesel is toxic to chickens, so I couldn't recommend this
method although his girls don't seem to mind.


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