mite treatment

  1. CalBickieMomma

    What is the Best and Safest Way to Eliminate Mites?

    Hello chicken folks! I've had an on-and-off-again issue with mites on my birds (doesn't seem too serious - am only seeing the little beasties near the vent area on my chickens - but I don't want it to get worse and I hate that my girls and boys have itchy things all over them). Anyway, I have...
  2. 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...
  3. 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...
    • sassfras
    • Thread
    • mite infestation mite treatment mites mites chickens mites coop bugs infested
    • Replies: 52
    • Forum: Predators and Pests
  4. 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...
  5. 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...
  6. OliveGreen

    Help! Did de-worming cause my Drake’s death?

    Hi everyone, I could really do with some advice. Two weeks ago my lovely little drake Frankie passed away just short of his 12th birthday. He had been getting a bit run down in his last month or two and was looking a little scruffy with a case of wet feather, and then one morning I noticed...
    • OliveGreen
    • Thread
    • de-wormer eye infection mite treatment mites moxidectin sinus infection wet feather worming
    • Replies: 9
    • Forum: Ducks
  7. TKSalberg

    Correct Sulfer product to use on chickens

    HELLO _ thank you in advance! Im looking for confirmation/suggestions if I purchased the wrong thing. I ordered the following product from Amazon: Sulfur Powder - 99% purity - Elemental Sulfur - Commercial grade I would like to confirm that I CAN use this powder directly on my birds (via a...
  8. 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...
  9. Devw

    Got Mites? I Found a Solution

    Hi everybody! I'm not sure if anyone else has posted something similar, but I figured I post it anyways for the good of all poultry owners. For the last two or three years, I have been fighting mites. I have tried Everything. I have tried garlic in the water, essential oils, weekly baths...
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