Please note that now that the spring is here and the temperature is above 10C the dreaded Red Mite are back in town.

Does anyone have a secret potion to get rid of these little pests?

We got so inundated with redmite a few years back we now have a plastic keter shed rather than the wooden one we had, so it can be easily cleaned out!

Those red mite are a nightmare!

Hopefully this will serve as a timely reminder to forum members to keep on top of these little pests. This year I am going for a 2 pronged approach using both a powder and a spray.

My wife tells me that I have spent too much on the current hen house infastructure so I dont think that trading wood for plastic will be a viable option. It will still take a few years to balance the books at the current egg production rate!