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I don't know if the wild birds here tend to have lice, if they do no wonder the chickens have them as there's birds everywhere. And the rest makes sense; I'll definitely get on to it as soon as possible.

I'll see what the weather's like, if it's good drying weather I'll do it twice; ones the first time and ones the last time.

Oh, I am going to treat them all, it's just I had read, with some parasites like worms in horses that its actually best management to tolerate small populations; they don't do the horse harm unless they get out of hand and then you treat them. So I was wondering if it's the same with external...

I think the lice came with the chickens when we first bought them, and were pretty much though all the birds by the time we noticed them. There isn't any neighbours with chicken for at least a few kilometres. And I meant to say we're not selling birds at the moment so the cockerels go to the...

Thanks very much! We're got Permethrin based dust, so good to hear that works well. I think what I'll do is wait until the flocks a bit smaller (there's quite a lot of cockerel in the moment) and then treat them all and clean out the coop. Does the coop need cleaning every week too, when the...

It's definitely lice on the chickens, there was I think red roost mites awhile back in the coop, but after a thorough clean (we did clean it then but that was a different time to when we treated the lice) they seem to have gone. So I guess the thing is to just treat them when necessary, as in if...

I can't really remember, possibly not, so that could be it I guess. Is it the eggs or the actual lice that end up in the coop? I've only ever seen them on the actual birds. Is it actually possible to eradicate them?

I did treat them ones a week for 3 weeks, I think (it was a little while ago) and they still came back. They don't seem to be building up, it's only if you're really looking that one finds them, which is why I thought it might not be to much of a problem.

@Eggcessive I was wondering if you could give an opinion on my original question? It would be really appreciated, but don't worry if you're busy.

Can one buy something to put in water? I've only heard of dusting them, which I did do, although it's very hard to get everywhere. As far as putting it in the bathing spots, I did consider it but decided against it as I didn't really want to spread it around the garden to much, as it could run...

I was wondering if some lice is ever OK? Ever since we got chickens about a year and a half ago, they've had some. I've tried treating them, which clears the problem for a while but then they come back. The chickens never seemed to be bothered by them, laying well, growing well, have been broody...