Red Mites

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Red Mites

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ess-kay
Help, we seem to have the red mite pests about and so early this year, any ideas on the best way to destroy them, they make the chooks so miserable and me also - thanks

Wendy
Oh please not so soon.
I was hopeing for a little time before battle commences.
Last year the only way I did it, was to scrub out with the 'old' type of Jeyes Fluid. Apparently the new stuff hasn't got creosote in it. Then to repaint the inside of the house with oil based paint [gloss] we did get on top of the problem eventually. But they are nasty horrid things.
I did hear that diesel works, I assume you paint it on rather than set light to it LOL
Wendy

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