sticktight fleas

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    Flea treatment - South Africa

    Hi, my chickens are infested with sticktight fleas. It's the middle of summer and the fleas had a population boom. I currently have one week old chicks. The vet asked me throw my Karbadust (https://www.hadeco.co.za/efekto/pet-care/efekto-karbadust-500g/) powder away because he says it's very...
  2. thecarmiearmy

    Sticktight Fleas and Treatment

    Hello all, I was checking over my bantams yesterday and found these tiny brown bugs attached to the skin around their combs and in the folds of their waddles. I used a pair of tweezers to pick and pull off what I found. They're stubborn and stay attached to the skin, I had to tug them off. Not...
  3. C

    My chicken has sticktight fleas

    My chicken got sticktight fleas and I don’t know what to do. Most of the cures I’ve seen on here are for when they have A LOT of fleas. I’ve been taking out the fleas with tweezers and cleaning her coop since I noticed them and they keep coming back. She doesn’t have many fleas but they are...
  4. chickencheerios

    Whole flock has chicken fleas/mites. How do I get rid of them?

    TL;DR-- My whole flock has mites/fleas, is there a permanent solution to getting rid of them at this point? It's been a while since I posted here, so hello again BYC. Over the past few months our flock of 29 chickens has picked up little flea-looking pests, chicken mites? I'm not entirely sure...
  5. MotherOfChickens

    Sticktight Fleas

    My rooster (he lives at my dad's place, on 22 acres of woods) has gotten sticktight fleas. What is the best way to treat him for these nasties? Tia!
  6. N

    Bit by something cleaning the coop! HELP!

    hello! I was cleaning the coop yesterday and as I was walking up my yard after being in the coop I felt something behind my ear, so I quick swatted it. I looked at my hand and it was filled with blood. I was bleeding. I quickly looked in my mirror and there was a small hole in my skin that was...
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