Re: Any tips for red mite!


"Sally" <sally.nospamhemming@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> "Peggy" <fampom@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> > Hi Every one,
> > Thanks for the info .
> > "OmManiPadmeOmelet" <Omelet@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> >> 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.
>
>
Yes Sally diesel dose kill the mites really fast and affiant.
BUT it is a hydrocarbon which gets into the eggs & meat . It takes up to 8
weeks to get out of the system.
The eggs are inedible for 2 of those as they smell and taste b***y
horrible.
I am would rather use a organic method as I am allergic to hydrocarbons
(asthma) .
Thanks for the suggestion any way.
Peggy


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