You can never be sure of being free of them as starlings and other wild birds can bring them in at any time. The light then prevents any red mite from breeding there. If it needs removing, either replace it with Onduline, which is a corrugated bitumen sheet and does not condensate as it is warm, or put corrugated clear Perspex on instead, on top of the boarding. Felt on the roof of the henhouse creates a sanctuary for red mite as they can crawl under there in the hated daylight and prove almost impossible to destroy, short of removing the felt. Red mite can live for 6 months without feeding and are then grey and very hungry. Red mites live in the hut during daylight and suck the blood of the birds at night causing anaemia, debility and sometimes death. A whitish powder is sometimes the only betraying factor around the perch sockets and around cracks in the woodwork and eggs may have tiny blood spots on the shell. It is nocturnal and sucks the blood of the hens at night, making it comparatively easy to control, if you are looking for it.
This tiny bloodsucker causes anaemia in hens and can pass disease on from hen to hen. Sponsor Content External parasites Red Mite ( Dermanyssus gallinae) (1mm long, red in colour when fed)
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