Some of my birds have some bald spots
here's an example. I had the same problem last year with my other birds and it just went away. I've been worried it was mites but was unable to confirm this upon examination.
Today my 4 year old brought in her a basket of eggs, they were covered in little black insect about the size of ground pepper, mites right? I've never seen not one on any of our eggs before.
My son just went to our neighbors house to pick up some wood ash. I'm going to have him clean the coop tomorrow especially paying attention to the nest boxes (plastic) replace all shavings and dip all the chicken in the ash.
I want to start using garlic but I'm unsure of how. Just chop it up and toss it in the feeders? Use it daily?
Should I be worried about infesting the (human) house with the mites? Will the live on people?
here's an example. I had the same problem last year with my other birds and it just went away. I've been worried it was mites but was unable to confirm this upon examination.
Today my 4 year old brought in her a basket of eggs, they were covered in little black insect about the size of ground pepper, mites right? I've never seen not one on any of our eggs before.
My son just went to our neighbors house to pick up some wood ash. I'm going to have him clean the coop tomorrow especially paying attention to the nest boxes (plastic) replace all shavings and dip all the chicken in the ash.
I want to start using garlic but I'm unsure of how. Just chop it up and toss it in the feeders? Use it daily?
Should I be worried about infesting the (human) house with the mites? Will the live on people?