Parasite treatments

Charles Miller

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What are we all using to keep those pesky fowl mites away this time of year?

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Matt McSpadden

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I generally make sure they have access to a dust bath with sand/ashes/DE. I also try to make sure the nesting box material gets changed regularly. And of course, keeping the coop clean.

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Timothy Norton

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I make use of diatomaceous earth and wood ash.

I will do my best to hit perches/cracks/crevices with DE inside the coop as well as adding it to dust bathing areas like Matt.

I was recently talking with my grandfather about chicken maintenance and he mentioned the usage of sulfur dust for treatment of mites. I'm unsure of any further information on it so please don't take that as an endorsement. It just might be another avenue of thought for treatment.

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