Ok, so I had 2 people check out these bugs, in person. The first one thinks they are fleas, and the second one says they're definitely fleas. So is there a way to prevent this from happening again? Does DE help with fleas? I'd like to use the most natural methods as possible for prevention...
I wish I could get a better pic, but I know it's my not-so-great camera that's limiting me. Maybe I can get a friend to take some better ones...I'll work on that...
There are no eggs or any other signs of critters on the chickens or their feathers. But that lice pic is interesting...the only...
The larvae are squirmy (thought they were some kind of worm at first).
I didn't think about the jumping part till you said something so I decided to go watch em (even though I had not seen ANY jumping whatsoever so far). After watching them in the jar for a while, without disturbing them...
Thanks so much for your help! I checked out the bed bugs and it's not them. These guys don't have a flat body. I'm thinking more and more that they may be fleas. Most things I've found when I look up poultry and fleas say it's not common and always lead back to mites or lice. Since these...
Please help me identify these bugs. I've searched and I'm really not sure, although they look like fleas...
I discovered these after removing a broody hen and finding what looked like blood spots on the eggs. As I dug around in the nesting box I saw movement from these tiny things that...