jools+6 Posted October 1, 2008 Share Posted October 1, 2008 we have found some red mite in the coop while cleaning out . has anyone tried one of those steam cleaner things ? the ones that do miraculous things to your tiling grout etc . just thought that they might zap the damned things . was thinking it might be worth buying one to use once a week while cleaning out and then ( once dry ) powdering ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HENthusiastic Posted October 1, 2008 Share Posted October 1, 2008 My favourite red-mite advice was to blast them with a blow torch! Now that sounds like my idea of fun. Sorry, not a very helpful response I know. So far, I've been luckily enough to avoid red mite. Hope you get it sorted okay. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted October 1, 2008 Share Posted October 1, 2008 Worth a try. They have been mentioned on other forums as a method of shifting the dreaded redmite. Might be worth following up with a spraing of Poultry Shield as a belt and braces approach. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jomo1972 Posted October 1, 2008 Share Posted October 1, 2008 I have. Its OK but its not a miracle cure. I can't quite understand why it doesn't kill them all because not much survives steam. But they do! I like the blow torch idea. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karen & co. Posted October 1, 2008 Share Posted October 1, 2008 I steam cleaned my cube too and the roosting bars, twice actually as they needed a soak to help clean them properly, then I steamed them afterwards too, I must have looked totally mad trailing the steam cleaner and electric flex into the chicken run There wern't any mites when I looked yesterday but I thought I'd try again in a few days just to make sure. Karen x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
missuscluck Posted October 1, 2008 Share Posted October 1, 2008 I have just won the red mite battle! Its been a long painfull war but I am victorious I have a wooden coop not an eglu or cube. The method was.... Blow torch Jet wash Scrub with Jeys fluid Powder with poultry sheild Powder hens with Poultry Sheild Blow torch Scrub with dettol Spray with pet flea spray (£20.00 ) Blow torch Paint with fence paint Spray with Pet flea spray (£15.00 ) Powder with poultry sheild Then after all that resort to an age old formula of a mix of petrol and diesel painted on and rubbed in with a rag. ITS WORKED . No one light a match! Not advisable on a plastic eglu though!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karen & co. Posted October 1, 2008 Share Posted October 1, 2008 That must have taken some doing Brill about getting rid of the little blighters though I promise not to throw my lit dog ends anywhere near the coop Karen x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Digbydodar Posted August 6, 2021 Share Posted August 6, 2021 My hubby has just vacuumed , steamed and then used his heat gun on the little blighters🥵. We hope this will help, for good measure we have dusted our ladies with demetrius earth. Don't want to use chemicals so limited on what we can do. Just read about some predatory mites that feed on the red mites. Android predator mites. You can apparently buy them and they are an effective way to rid your coop of red mites. I will keep you posted 📫 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
