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Dusting a new mum

By Debb11, in Chickens, Eggs and Hatching

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Debb11

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Hi All

 

I have just had some new chicks hatch and I noticed that one of them was scratching alot. Mum got dusted with DE last Thursday due to having a bad infestation of red mite in her nest and got placed in a clean home also dusted with DE. I would like to know if it's safe to dust her again as I know it's not safe to dust the chick, but if I dust mum, I'm bothered about it might not be good the the chicks being so young?

 

I have also noticed that after when I've been around the hen house, i seem to have some very small grey like mite looking things crawling over my hands, what are they and how can I get rid of them?

 

Debb

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DE is fine around chicks so I would dust her again

 

The small grey mites could be one of two things - red mites that havent fed or Northern fowl mite. If you are getting the mites on you from the house its red mite, if from the bird its probably NFM

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