Blood mites

Red mites, how to fight and recognize?

How to fight?

At Puur van't veld you can order and buy predatory mites against red mites online. These predatory mites are offered under the name "Chickenheppie" because you want to see your chickens happy again, right? Chickenheppie is also available all year round. Even in winter, you can fight red mites with predatory mites in heated rooms.

Chickenheppie is offered in different quantities. On the one hand, there is a preventive red mite package, in which you buy a tube of 500 predatory mites in combination with a blood mite trap. On the other hand, tubes with predatory mites are available for 10 or 25m2 to effectively fight red mites.

How to recognize Red mites?

You recognize it in several ways:

You don't want animals in the pen anymore?
Chances are this is due to red mites.
Do your chickens stop laying eggs or does the comb become pale?
Then you already have a major procedure for red mites.
In the evening, when it is dark, you go with a lamp to check the chicken coop.
This way you can see if the blood mites are present, because when it is dark, they are not present.