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Aaaaaah! They're back 3 years later and this time hubby's done with chickens. Any easy way to deal with these? My organic way was not easy. I might even be willing to use something less safe and natural. I just want them gone and I just can't lose sleep because of these bites again. We have...

Almost 2 years later and we're still BUG FREE! We're still putting food grade DE in the coops (have 2 now) and a tiny bit of cedar shavings. They still get garlic in their water. I still have a couple of light scars where those bugs bit me on my upper thighs! I'd do it without chemicals...

UPDATE: The chickens got individually dusted with DE by hubby and son (about 3-4 days after their baths and cleaning everything out). Then a few days later I reapplied DE to the ground where the tractor was sitting. Hubby also put either DE or borax or washing soda or a combination of them on...

Thanks, gypsy2621--I'm a little confused, though. You said "if they look like this"... Did you mean to put a pic in there. They are smaller than all the bed bugs I've seen online (showing mm measurements), and the wrong color. They are dark brown or black, smaller than a poppy seed. My...

I'm going crazy! We discovered tiny (.5 mm or less) black bugs in the chicken tractor about 1 wk ago. They crawl mostly on me (and the chickens). My 6 kids aren't bothered or don't notice them. They (or something else) are biting me at night and I am itchy all night and wake up with new...