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langdon · « **on:** April 15, 2010, 08:17:19 pm »

today as i was cleaning out the chuck house i decided to replace the nesting box the perch
and the ladder in which they use to climb up onto the perch with.
as said i am so p****d of with these little creppie crawlies around the place.
as i pulled back the nesting box i seen a few, alive in the powder in which i put down
not so long ago.

i was at one point thinking of just giving up keeping chucks because we just seem to be spending
more money on powders than what the chucks are actually worth

we have been using redmite powder, poultry shield and diatom and we are still having these little
so and so in the house.
we do love our chucks and the kids think the world of them and we adore the lush eggs for breakfast mmmmm
so we are going to continue with it there has to be a some form of treatment that works.
we are getting in a new house for our new light sussex chuck soon, only hope we dont have the same problem
with these girls.

littlelisa · « **Reply #1 on:** April 15, 2010, 08:39:00 pm »

have you tried a blow torch or ant powder??

langdon · « **Reply #2 on:** April 15, 2010, 08:43:03 pm »

blow torch???
flipping heck i pursume the flame is only tiny!
have you tried this method yourself?
as for ant powder never have thought of it since i have never seen any ants in the house or
is it another way of killing of lice and mites?
thanks for your reply

langdon

RUSTYME · « **Reply #3 on:** April 15, 2010, 08:55:09 pm »

you could try using a blow lamp !!!!
Make sure all the poultry are out of the way ...and go over every part of the shed with the blow lamp. Take special care of doing under all perches and in any hidden nooks and crannies....Make sure you have cleared all bedding out before hand though !!!! and treat everywhere with gallons of Jeyes fluid or similar . When you do the blow lamp bit , make sure you have either a running hose pipe right next to you , or loads of buckets of water , as you are most likely to set fire to a wooden shed somewhere.
If you do it on a very warm/dry day , you can spray the whole interior with something like virkon-s after the lamp instead of the JF .
http://www2.dupont.com/DAHS_EMEA/en_GB/products/disinfectants/virkon_s/index.html

You could also try a sulphur bomb/candle ....I don't mean blow the bloody shed up !!! but get a sulphur bomb/candle from the garden centre and light that in the shed and seal it up for 12 hours. You obviously need to keep all animals out of the shed for the whole time , as the sulphur bomb/candle will kill anything in the shed , mites , bugs , insects any creepy crawlies at all.
http://www.selections.com/GF2550/sulphur-candle/
The blow lamp works well with red mite , if done on a regular basis , 3/4 times a year , it will keep the numbers down to virtually nothing . You could also put sticky fly paper under the perches , if you don't fancy the blow lamp !!! . Just pin it to the underside of the perch ..it does work , I used to do it !!!

Hope that helps ...

cheers

Russ

RUSTYME · « **Reply #4 on:** April 15, 2010, 08:57:53 pm »

littlelisa answered while I was typing and beat me to it ... lol
I used to use a blow lamp all the time and it works ... no small flame when I did it though ..... I wanted the buggers dead , not lightly tanned !!!!

cheers

Russ

doganjo · « **Reply #5 on:** April 15, 2010, 09:31:51 pm »

I like the flypaper idea - never thought of that!

sandy · « **Reply #6 on:** April 15, 2010, 09:52:33 pm »

I never thought of fly paper...so simple..like me

Lavinia · « **Reply #7 on:** April 15, 2010, 10:02:22 pm »

i used fly paper last year in the summer we had a small problem with the red mite an old friend recommended it and it worked....

doganjo · « **Reply #8 on:** April 16, 2010, 12:33:30 am »

Next question - where do I get fly paper?

RUSTYME · « **Reply #9 on:** April 16, 2010, 12:53:26 am »

http://www.ppcsupplies.co.uk/RNKFLYPAPER8

thats one place Annie, there will be loads more , maybe cheaper ....but that is for a pack of 8 ...

cheers

Russ

RUSTYME · « **Reply #10 on:** April 16, 2010, 12:58:31 am »

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/PACK-OF-10-STICKY-FLY-PAPER,-FLY-CATCHERS_W0QQitemZ300416760318QQcmdZViewItemQQimsxq20100413?IMSfp=TL100413168001r20899#shId

another one , this time for 10 and the delivery is cheaper too ...

cheers

Russ

Wizard · « **Reply #11 on:** April 16, 2010, 08:24:28 am »

Hello all Hey Russ I thought while there's nowt in the greenhouse I'll treat it to a Sulphur Candle so I goes into the local garden center and asks because I didn't see any.Oh yes sir they are at the far end of the next row .So off I go Yes there they were OWWW MUCHHH £8.25p Not bluddi likely My the Garden Center owners aren't half mekkin their teeth meet on this Grow You Own they think no one knows about anything I'm sure

littlelisa · « **Reply #12 on:** April 16, 2010, 08:41:55 am »

i have found ant powder the easyest and quickest method. has killed every bug i have ever found in my hen houses. are you 100% sure there are even bugs there??

langdon · « **Reply #13 on:** April 16, 2010, 08:54:50 am »

have you read my post right!!!
i wouldnt have gone through all that replacing things when i was cleaning and then typing it up on ere!
are you sure you got bugs indeed

langdon

hope all is going well for you

littlelisa · « **Reply #14 on:** April 16, 2010, 09:28:58 am »

what i meant is are you sure they are bugs that are affecting you chickins?? sorry

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