Marie7
In the Brooder
- Apr 17, 2019
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Hello every one, my name is Marie and I'm new to thisforum, I found it after putting a questions regarding ticks on the internet.
I wanted to share some pictures of a problem I discover recently on my chicken and I believe are ticks.
My hens which one die and another 2 was eaten by a racoon few nights ago start to act strange, the production of eggs decrease and also i start to see one of my hens shaking her head, then i saw her laying down on the floor and hardly moving but after careful looking at her i saw that she had some black stuff around her eye after carefully inspect the hen i saw that she has massive clusters of what i thought was fleas it was looking like those things was eating the top of her head, i got panic completely and send my husband to buy me some powder at the agriculture place for thicks and fleas after show them the pictures, I apply the powder all over their heads and also sprinkle all over the floor of their coop, I repeat the following day and the next as the infestation was so severe.
Today they are doing much better, the rooster is singing again and the hen is walking again being herself, still have some of those pest that im continuing working on it but i removed a lot of dry and dead ones already.
I wanted to share some pictures of a problem I discover recently on my chicken and I believe are ticks.
My hens which one die and another 2 was eaten by a racoon few nights ago start to act strange, the production of eggs decrease and also i start to see one of my hens shaking her head, then i saw her laying down on the floor and hardly moving but after careful looking at her i saw that she had some black stuff around her eye after carefully inspect the hen i saw that she has massive clusters of what i thought was fleas it was looking like those things was eating the top of her head, i got panic completely and send my husband to buy me some powder at the agriculture place for thicks and fleas after show them the pictures, I apply the powder all over their heads and also sprinkle all over the floor of their coop, I repeat the following day and the next as the infestation was so severe.
Today they are doing much better, the rooster is singing again and the hen is walking again being herself, still have some of those pest that im continuing working on it but i removed a lot of dry and dead ones already.