[Carla]

I recieved my BHWT magazine today and it has an artical about red mite in. It talks about a thing called 'predator mite', which is a mite, indigenous to the uk, that hunts down and eats red mite. You empty the predator mite into the infested coop...and leave them to do their work. They'll eventually kill all the red mites, and then die themselves. Sounds too good to be true!?! Anyone any experience of using them??

[Aunt Sally]

Here's an article about it:

http://poultrykeeper.com/chickens/health/predator-mites-for-red-mite-control.html

[Carla]

Ooooh...that sounds promising!! I like the idea of fighting nature with nature 

[Aunt Sally]

Well if you live within 10 miles of Melksham, Wiltshire you may be able to trial it FOC.