Massive infestation of red mite - in hen house, on hens everywhere. But we got rid of them. Here's how.
Sealed the henhouse with plastic sheeting and ignited a sulpher smoker inside (for killing pests in greenhouse - from your garden centre. This takes 24 hours. Inside - millions of dead mites.
Plus - a daily spray around the joints of hen house with aerosol flea killer from vet - the sort you spray your furniture with if your cat's got fleas.
Then - once a week, dust the coop with mite powder.
4 weeks later - not a single mite to be found anywhere. The one hen that became very ill with mite infestation has fully recovered.
Sealed the henhouse with plastic sheeting and ignited a sulpher smoker inside (for killing pests in greenhouse - from your garden centre. This takes 24 hours. Inside - millions of dead mites.
Plus - a daily spray around the joints of hen house with aerosol flea killer from vet - the sort you spray your furniture with if your cat's got fleas.
Then - once a week, dust the coop with mite powder.
4 weeks later - not a single mite to be found anywhere. The one hen that became very ill with mite infestation has fully recovered.