Mites, Lice

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I just checked my little pullet and she had a bunch of these little brown things crawling around her head and I dusted her liberally with DE, I hope I can save her, I feel so bad cuz I didn't check her out closer for this, I thought she was sick from an illness not from bugs!!!!!!!!!
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I am so upset about this i cannot even say!!!!!!!!
 
DE can be a good preventative, but if she's heavily infested your going to need to dust her with poultry dust.
 
The hardest thing about learning to care for animals is that they are so vulnerable to our mistakes. One thing that can help us to feel better is to pass on what you have learnt and help others not to make the same mistakes. I hope and expect that your pullet will be OK.
 
lice mites bugs..bug me they are real buggers. treat your foul with the poultry dust or 7 dust what ever you want to call it but......don't forget where your bids live live they are there to and very hard to get rid of! I go to the feed store and buy the strongest stuff they have in an arisol spray and spray my birds each time I handle them ....maybe once every 2 or 3 months. spray the vent , under each wing, base of the tail and the base of the neck. I can't recite the names of the active ingredients but the lable will tell what it kills. If you have a bad out break I like to buy a bottle of something that will kill lice and poultry mites and mix it with water and spray their roosting area heavy. If you have wooden roost poles these bugs are so small they can get in the cracks in the wood and hide until night and come out to feed on our birds so spray the roost pole really good maybe 2 or 3 times in a week until you don't see them on the vent of your birds.
Remember if you handle a bird with mites you have mite now and soap and water will rid yourself of them.
 
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Thank you for stating that in such a concise, well thought out and true statement.
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Very good advice, my understanding is that you have to be very thorough!
 
I gave her a long bath in Dawn and warm water and was expecting all these things to come floating to the top so I could see them but not much only saw a little bit of black stuff on the bottom of the sink when I let the water out!!! She will not stand and her little body well there's not much to her. Her beak is open slightly and she is maybe breathing abnormally not sure! What in the world can I do? thank you all!
 

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