I hang my head in shame, just cleaned out the chicken coop and put the bag with the old straw/shavings from the coop and i droped the bottle of diatom earth in the bag and took the whole lot out as you do when cleaning out, and i went to pick the bottle up and dropped it again with a small scream as it was almost coved in red mite.....
I know that there is a lot of help here but i need help finding out where i can find some of the stuff that is used,
1/ i have frontlined the hens 2 weeks ago and did do a good clean and used diatom earth evey where floor sides and any holes that i found..
so is there anything esle i can do
ps after reading that someone had red mite in their compost bin, it didnt go in there my o/h put it on the fire to burn them(i hope it kills them ) then we can use the ash to put on the compost heap afterwards..
so sorry it's a long post but im woundering if it had anything to do with health problems my hen had (she had lost the use of her legs yesterday, and sadly had to be put to sleep this morning)
zoe