Not a newbie chickenista, I've been through every possible pest infestation with my flocks over the past years and thought I knew how to handle whatever got thrown my way - but this mite infestation is driving me crazy!
Need your fellow expert advice please...
My flock free-ranges, we are in eastern Canada. It's been a very wet summer so far.
There have been nymphs crawling over some of the eggs the past month and no matter what we do, they just keep multiplying. Haven't seen any adult mites yet but where are these newly-hatched ones coming from and why aren't we getting rid of them?
-dusted each hen with carbaryl dust twice (normally once does the trick)
-changed all bedding, rubbed carbaryl dust on all sleeping spots
-cleaned out all nesting areas, put fresh hay, sprinkled with DE
-filled the kiddie pool with fresh peat moss and DE, so the girls could bathe if they wanted to in the coop
-none of that worked, so we dosed each bird with the recommended amount of Eprinex (fresh bottle, not expired) 8 days ago
AND THERE ARE STILL MITES, hundreds of them crawling on about half the eggs
Your thoughts, suggestions, opinions, stories?
I'm about to sob with despair!
Need your fellow expert advice please...
My flock free-ranges, we are in eastern Canada. It's been a very wet summer so far.
There have been nymphs crawling over some of the eggs the past month and no matter what we do, they just keep multiplying. Haven't seen any adult mites yet but where are these newly-hatched ones coming from and why aren't we getting rid of them?
-dusted each hen with carbaryl dust twice (normally once does the trick)
-changed all bedding, rubbed carbaryl dust on all sleeping spots
-cleaned out all nesting areas, put fresh hay, sprinkled with DE
-filled the kiddie pool with fresh peat moss and DE, so the girls could bathe if they wanted to in the coop
-none of that worked, so we dosed each bird with the recommended amount of Eprinex (fresh bottle, not expired) 8 days ago
AND THERE ARE STILL MITES, hundreds of them crawling on about half the eggs
Your thoughts, suggestions, opinions, stories?
I'm about to sob with despair!