mite infestation

  1. buffy-the-eggpile-layer

    Permethrin 10 Liquid: Dosage for Coop and Hens?

    Hello! I'm hoping that someone in this community might have experience battling mites specifically using Permethrin 10 Liquid (diluting and using as spray). I'm having trouble coming across a consensus on this one. I found red mites in the coop and I'm sure my poor hens are suffering because of...
  2. Tylerblockbuster

    Baby chicks exposed to mites

    My 4 day old baby silkie chicks are with there mother in a cage in the chicken coop. Once a week I do mite checks and 2 of my chickens came back positive.these 2 chickens hang out around the chicks cage and have slept on top of it. I dont know if the chicks or the mother have not checked but I...
  3. buffy-the-eggpile-layer

    Vaguely Sick Chicken - So Frustrating!

    I recently noticed that our 1 year old GLD--one of our sassiest/most vibrant--started going to bed with an empty crop. She was always on of the ones with almost a tennis ball-sized crop at night so I knew something was amiss. I monitored her for a few days and she was showing signs of some...
  4. A

    Mites or Lice

    Hi guys, So I’ve been having a rough month. I have been treating my dog and cat for fleas...nothing has been working. Well today after picking up a chicken I put her down and noticed the same bugs on my hands. After a huge freak out and a long shower, I’ve come to realize that what is in my...
  5. TurkeyCaruncles

    Anemic chicken from chronic northern fowl mite infestation

    Hello! Very long story short I brought a new girl home who, despite my best efforts, managed to spread northern fowl mites all over my flock. Now my white polish crested is absolutely covered. She’s extremely lethargic, pale, weak, etc. I’ve looked through the other mite threads, but I’ve...
  6. sassfras

    Mites, mites, everywhere....

    Hey all, so I’ve been having a VERY difficult time ridding my coop/flock of mites. I have sprayed diatomaceous earth in the areas they most like to bathe, and I spray the areas where the mites seem to be hiding within the coop with a water/vegetable oil/soap mix. While this mix does seem to be...
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    • Forum: Predators and Pests
  7. D

    Mite infestation + odd walk

    Hello! New user here, made my account as I am currently in need of desperate help for one of my cockerels. Recently I had a cockerel who has a sever mite problem. His vent was quite covered in mite eggs (I only realised how bad it was today when I noticed the base of his neck feathers are...
  8. Aryetheral Waalburgus

    New bantams have crusty white feet?

    I am about to get four new Japanese Bantams from my mother's flock (one rooster, three hens). They have crusty white "growth" on their feet. My mother says that this is mites, and has been treating it with Scalex Mite and Lice spray for birds. She says that one of her other roosters actually...
  9. SenpaiChickens

    Mite question/Problem?

    Can mites crawl inside Chickens? Our most recent rescue, Derp has mites. When we got her,she was mistakend for being blind...? I'm not really sure what her owners where thinking? Yes we are treating her for the mite . But my question is can mute crawls inside the ears mouth etc.
  10. L

    Leg mite opinions needed

    Hello, When I was inspecting my hens this morning I noticed they had rather dry bumpy legs (with some dark spots under the edges of a couple of the scales) and was wondering if these were early signs of leg mites. I recently got three new hens I currently have in quarantine, and I noticed they...
  11. emmagat

    Scaly leg mites?

    Hi! I made an account here a while ago, but this is one of my first posts. Well, I've had chickens for a long time, and I've had an infestation (if you will) with scaly leg mites on my ladies (the mites started a couple months ago). I've researched multiple treatments online, and multiple...
  12. L1H2B3

    Mite Help

    Would u please address How To Get Rid of Mites! I was sick fr about two and a half months and couldn't clean out the girl's coop. They came down with a bad case of Mites. I thought one of the girls was being attacked by another so I brought her inside and put her in a carrier. Well, I have an...
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