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Red Mite Powder
Product Code: T208
In stock
£10.80
Suitable for
Hygiene:
Steriliser
Red mite powder is essential for keeping chickens, as red mites are classed as one of the biggest problems you will face. They live in the cracks of chicken houses (typically under perch ends), coming out at night, crawling onto your birds for a feed. They start as very small greyish-white mites that swell up red after a feed, and at their biggest are only 0.7mm.
Red mites in chicken houses are active during the summer months (usually May to October) and will become dormant over the winter.
They multiply at an incredible rate, and their life cycle is just seven days. Red mites need to be checked routinely, and some preventative treatment, such as red mite powder, must be used in the house before they get a hold.
Problems occurring when hens are bitten are:
- Refusing to go into roost at night
- Becoming anaemic
- Combs will go pale
- May stop laying
- Red blood stains on the egg (squashed red mites)
- Eventually, losses in the flock
Red Mite Powder is an effective and long-lasting repellent for controlling insect pests on chickens and other poultry. H.S.E. Approval No. 8854
Suggested use for our red mite powder vitamin supplement
Apply as necessary, dust on and rub well into the skin (5g to 10g covers an area 10 cm x 15 cm)
Available only in 500 g