Allotment Gardening Advice Help Chat
Poultry and Pets => The Hen House => Topic started by: shell on July 05, 2009, 09:02
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Hi everyone,
I have been lurking for a while, but now have problems with red mite, With how much water to I dilute the Jayes fluid?
Thanks :)
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I found it was pretty much useless unless it was super concentrated, then it really did wipe them out. But expensive to do a whole coop:(
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is jeyes fluid safe to use in the coop????
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I really hope so as I use it to clean mine out regularly :ohmy: :) Make sure it has dried out before bed time - in this weather not a problem, but in winter do it early on to give it a chance and you'll be fine.
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I found it was pretty much useless unless it was super concentrated, then it really did wipe them out. But expensive to do a whole coop:(
When you say super concentrated to you mean half and half?
I have two 6 x 4 sheds to do :(
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I personally haven't found the need to superconcentrate. Have mixed at 250mls to 5ltrs water and have kept on top of problems.
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I've just had my first experience of red mites, found them on & under the ends of the perches when I took them out last Wednesday and turned the hose on them - there seemed to be thousands! I was advised to use Jeyes and dashed out to buy some, diluted it for cleaning animal housing (65ml per 5 litre) and applied with a pressurised weedsprayer, let it dry then reapplied. Not sure if that was strong enough as I haven't seen any since but have been itching and even dreaming about them running all over my walls! Woke in a sweat... I also used a powder on the birds and will reapply both in the next day or two, although a bloke at work whose dad used to keep poultry told me I'd never get rid of them, Jeyes wouldn't do anything and I'd better prepare to lose my lovely ex-batts - Job's comforter or what!!!
So, have I done the right thing or is there more I should be doing??
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Foxy recommends Milbenex for red mite now that Creosote is banned.
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I brought some Duramitex to clean my shed. it's sold for pigeon lofts but can be used on chicken coops as well.
Diane
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i use a jeyes fluid spray
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Thanks for the input everyone. I redosed the house with a higher concentrate of the Jeyes mix on Monday, there was already a new gathering of the mite brethren under one of the perch blocks so gathered the congregation and condemned them to the flames, along with the bedding! The girls are all looking really well and I'm hoping to have caught it in time.
I've Googled Milbenex looking for where I can buy it here (no luck so far) and have found, via another forum, that it also trades under the name Mite Ex, distributed by Solway.
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Thanks for the input everyone. I redosed the house with a higher concentrate of the Jeyes mix on Monday, there was already a new gathering of the mite brethren under one of the perch blocks so gathered the congregation and condemned them to the flames, along with the bedding! The girls are all looking really well and I'm hoping to have caught it in time.
I've Googled Milbenex looking for where I can buy it here (no luck so far) and have found, via another forum, that it also trades under the name Mite Ex, distributed by Solway.
If you have such a heavy infestation, forget Jeyes. Mitex is just another name for Diatom. Milbenex is available from Bowden and Knights
http://www.bowdenandknights.com/
They are more geared towards commercial usage,Milbenex is a very powerful chemical. Have you tried Poultry Shield yet?? :)