4m x 3m Omlet pen, cube, new auto door still boxed and coop light

[alison]

I seem to have the redmite under control in the cube, BUT, when I went to put the droppings from the nesting box into one of my black plastic bins, that I store it in ( until a lovely freeecycler collects it!) it was moving, heaving with tiny grey mites!

 

I had lifted the lid with realising and my hand was covered in seconds! I have doused it in poultry shield and when dry, will Diatom it.

 

I am amazed, they must have flown to it, as the bin is at least 4 feet away, no free ranging for a while, as a precaution I think!

[..lay a little egg for me]

I think red mite can hide under droppings, so I wonder if you transferred them to the bin when clearing up the droppings before you got the red mite under control in the cube?

[Redwing]

I agree, this happened to me so all my bedding goes in the council green bin if I suspect red mites (then they bred in the green bin until that was doused with poultry sheild ) little so and so's