Red mites.. I think!! Need advice.

If the girls are going to bed as usual, you may be lucky and have caught the red mite early when there are only a few. If the hens are hanging about outside much later than normal, thats a sign they are putting off going to bed so they don't get bitten.  

Hillfooter's diatom slurry will deter red mite, but to kill them you need a different product.  I've only had them in the coop once and I used Poultry Shield, which you dilute with water and spray the coop with.  It was very effective and cleared them completely, but you do need to spray those nooks and crannies well  

There is tonnes of info here about red mite. Read through the sticky information and the various threads and there is a wealth of advice 

Thanks Geo, i'll be spraying it every 3 days, how long do i spray them till? A week or 2 weeks?

I seem to have an outbreak in the grass too.  We used to let the girls free range on the top lawn but don't anymore as I have a bunny boarding business and the runs for the bunnies are there but the mite has appeared on the wooden runs and wooden huts that it on the lawn!  How can I get rid of it from th lawn?

I sprayed the coop inside, you couldn't imgaine they would be hidding there. While i was spraying it was turning green i guess killing them :-) i didnt get time to let get dry n wash it i was running late for work, it would have got dry by the time chooks go bed.

I think i might spray it again tomorrow or should i wait?