Meganymoo Posted July 24, 2011 Share Posted July 24, 2011 (edited) Found loads of mites and the eggs in the eglu yesterday along with millions of earwigs! YUCK! Washed it all out and disinfected it though so should be ok! Anyone else experienced this? Edited July 25, 2011 by Guest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plum Posted July 24, 2011 Share Posted July 24, 2011 Not yet Poor you and them. Fancy getting blinkin earwigs as well what would they be after? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jess1merlin Posted July 24, 2011 Share Posted July 24, 2011 We seem to have earwigs everywhere in our garden this year, don't normally ses them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meganymoo Posted July 24, 2011 Author Share Posted July 24, 2011 I thought they were maybe eating the mites! Dont know wat they do eat though!? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meganymoo Posted July 25, 2011 Author Share Posted July 25, 2011 Just had an egg and there was this thin black stuff on it a bit like soil but it wouldn't brush off! What I this? Worried now! What should I do? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dixie chick Posted July 25, 2011 Share Posted July 25, 2011 I am still itching after the disgusting clumps of red mites I found on the wooden roosting bars today! I took the bars outside and drenched them in mite spray but the blighters were still crawling all over the place.... drastic action was required !!! So I got the blow torch and scorched the bars all the way along - hopefully exterminating any living mites. For someone who normally loves all living creatures - I found it very satisfying ........ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plum Posted July 25, 2011 Share Posted July 25, 2011 Murderer! Meganymoo sounds like you have a problem still. If I was you I would get some Johnsons mite killer and spray the girls as well as treating the house. If it's bad enough to stick to eggs then they are probably getting anaemic. Have you treated the house with anti mite stuff or just household disinfectant. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coco Posted July 25, 2011 Share Posted July 25, 2011 I had mites [ luckily not red mite] in the chicks house this morning. After pulling house apart, poultry shelding it and loads of diatom I am still itching. Horrible things Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dixie chick Posted July 26, 2011 Share Posted July 26, 2011 Can someone explain the red mite life cycle? Do they stay on the chickens once hatching? Can they live on humans? I am still itching after my first encounter with them yesterday ... I am sure there is one in my hair - and I killed a tiny one on my arm (that was not red though - unlike the cluster on the wood) I am going to have another blast with the blow torch in a day or two, in case the eggs survived the inferno yesterday! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meganymoo Posted July 26, 2011 Author Share Posted July 26, 2011 Meganymoo sounds like you have a problem still. If I was you I would get some Johnsons mite killer and spray the girls as well as treating the house. If it's bad enough to stick to eggs then they are probably getting anaemic. Have you treated the house with anti mite stuff or just household disinfectant. I used animal disinfectant like the ones you can buy in pet stores. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted July 26, 2011 Share Posted July 26, 2011 Have a look at this thread I've worked my way through various treatments over the years and settled on Total Mite Kill Concentrate to wash/spray it with and Buz Busters powder. Works a treat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowy Posted July 26, 2011 Share Posted July 26, 2011 They are tiny grey specks unless they have fed, then they become dark red and slightly bigger. They are attracted to the heat of a living body so will migrate to your hands when you reach into the chicken coop. They tend to hideaway in the daytime but come out at night to feed. You will catch them hitching a lift in the daytime though, looking for new 'victims' If you manage to destroy them all, you will need to spray again in 3 days to catch any that have hatched from eggs since the first blast. You really need something like Total Mite Kill or Poultry Shield which kills them on contact, rather than normal pet disinfectant. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meganymoo Posted July 27, 2011 Author Share Posted July 27, 2011 I haven't actually seen any mites on my chooks but will definatley look tonight! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
