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Product Review: Red Mite Powder
Do you regularly dust your hens? Once Hen Mites have set it, its too late so, we regularly use
Twitter question: To dust or not to dust, Battery Hens
Following on my from “Battery Hen Spa Day” post, I recieved the following twitter question from Val Darroch (
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Spa day for Ex Battery Hens!
Well, it was time for our Ex Battery Hens to suffer their regular red mite dusting regime again. With 18 hens it’s never a 2 minute job. So donning the old clothes (I get as much a dusting as they do) I set off down the garden to sort them out. First I took their coop apart and gave it a thorough clean and dusting. This meant any lurking beasties hopefully were cleaned out too. So far we haven’t seen any sign of red mites and I’d like to keep it that way too, nasty little critters. Ok hutch cleaned … Continue reading
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Hens, Scaly Mite and Vaseline
It’s now nearly four weeks since we rehomed our latest hens and Liz is still treating them for Scaly Mite. Every morning Liz cleans their feet and legs in warm water and uses a little Swarfega to remove the previous days vaseline. Liz then liberally coats all the scales with a fresh layer of vaseline. This is to suffocate any scaly mite still left under the raised scales.
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Tagged Battery Hens, Chickens, Dusting, Hen Mites, Lice, Poultry, Powder, Rehoming, Scaly Mite
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