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We have second year of chicken mites. They affecting our barn flock the worst, but as we clean out the barn, now they're in the barn cleaner / manure pile and our free range birds will get them (if they haven't already).
The source of the mites is wild birds. We have managed to get most of the pigeon population out of our barn, but no luck on the swallows.
The mites died off sufficiently in winter and chickens regrew their feather. I put DE in nest boxes and in the litter. Problem with medications is there is no known withdrawal time, in other words, the eggs and meat would never be safe for consumption.
What can I do?
The source of the mites is wild birds. We have managed to get most of the pigeon population out of our barn, but no luck on the swallows.
The mites died off sufficiently in winter and chickens regrew their feather. I put DE in nest boxes and in the litter. Problem with medications is there is no known withdrawal time, in other words, the eggs and meat would never be safe for consumption.
What can I do?