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  1. M

    Does this look like mites or abuse?

    This little olive egger has been with me for about a year. She was straggly when I got her, but now it's starting to look really bad. She seems incredibly healthy and she lays an egg everyday. Now I'm noticing that she's even stragglier, and I saw one of the other girls pecking on her head. I...
  2. Sljanik

    How Long to wait before repeating Elector PSP in coop/ on hens?

    Hi all, I have red mites in my chicken coop. I took all bedding and nesting pads out of my coop, swept it out, and sprayed it (drenched) with elector psp; I also sprayed my hens. After everything dried I sprinkled first Saturday lime and replaced all bedding/ pads. I also sprayed the chicken run...
    • Sljanik
    • Thread
    • elector psp mite treatment mites mites chickens mites coop bugs infested redmite treatment advice treatment for mites
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Predators and Pests
  3. C

    Help! Is this lice or mites?

    I'm new to chicken keeping and hoping someone can offer some advice as I do not have a local vet that accepts chickens. All suggestions are welcomed and appreciated. I have 6 hens, they are about 2 years old. They are all free-range, except at night. The area is kept clean. They do not bully...
  4. A

    Feather loss on frizzle silkie. I don’t know if it’s mites. Help!

    Hey everyone! So my bantam frizzle silkie Midnight, for about 5 months, has been experiencing feather loss on her back, tail, near the vent, and partly on her neck. I've tried DE on her once, but it did not help much. An 8lb Cochin rooster was overnating, and I think that is what started her...
  5. T

    Adventures in mite control

    Hello. I have been dealing with mites for years. They can be seen crawling on the perch and really bother the chickens at night, so I think they are roost mites. I’ve used permethrin, sulfur, lime, Elector, Ivermectin, added a sand box for dust bathing into the coop, and last summer took out...
  6. ChickenDude90

    Scaly Leg Mites

    Is this Scaly Leg Mites? These legs are from my White Andalusian Hen. She roughly about 13 months old. I heard you could use Bag Balm as a natural remedy.
  7. N

    Bully and mites.

    I am a year old new silkie mom. I had 3 hens and one past after about 6 months. Now I have two and one is pecking at the other one at feeding time and when I put them in my big plastic coop at night. It’s so bad the pecked one is staying inside the coop a lot. I just cleaned the coop and...
  8. balletchickenmom

    Help! Hen Balding for weeks-Mites?

    Hello! This Hen has been balding for weeks and I’m trying to narrow down what’s causing it. She is currently laying normally (our most consistent layer) and is behaving totally fine. We do have a Rooster that loves her, so we initially got her a mating cape (pictured cause it’s cute) but that...
  9. A

    Mites Infection in the Winter | Elector PSP Application

    Hi everyone! My silkies have mites and I want to get these off ASAP. I have elector PSP and I want to spray each of them down and their coop(and clean the coop), but I’m worried to stress them out or to do this application in the cold. I’d try to take them inside to my basement to try to let...
  10. Missmackworth

    Mites or molting?!

    Hello all 👋 We have 10 laying hens all a variety of ages from 23 weeks to 2 years. I’ve noticed this past season that a handful of them have lost feathers, the bearded EE lost her beard, our lavender OP was giant and now is super small due to significant feather loss and our Brahma is also...
  11. C

    Molting or Mites (or Both)?

    The only girl left in my original flock is about 2.5 years old and has started losing a lot of feathers. Over the last week she started losing the down feathers on her body, and last night she lost some of her tail feathers. She does not seem to be following the typical pattern of feather loss...
  12. bothpawsoff

    Is it the weather that causes??

    Hi all, I have been battling mites with my girls and I thought I had them! Then we have had some insane weather. I live in nothing IL and we have had some monster storms and heat and now it’s like the mites have exploded again. So does the weather have something to do with it? We also have our...
  13. L

    Lame Hen

    Greetings, I have a backyard chicken that's been having problems walking. I thought I'd give it a look and took these photos. Is this scaly mites or something worse?
  14. G

    Pecking or Mites?

    I have my one hen who has had a bald scabby head for almost a month. I don’t see any evidence of lice or mites anywhere, and I am favoring she is just getting picked on. Vent and under wings clear. I don’t observe anyone hen pecking her during the day, but she is lower on the totem pole. If she...
  15. Lspears218

    Molting or Mites!? (Pics attached)

    Please help! This is my first time going through this so I am not sure what I am looking at. 1 hen is loosing a lot of feathers a lot in back/tail and neck area. Another one is fluffy above her tail. Is this mites or molting? Any advice would be great. Thank you.
  16. krissyweso

    Elector PSP: How Often to Use, Safe to Use with Permethrin?

    Updated with some answers (in red)! Good day, chicken friends! I recently adopted this sweet girl. After bathing her (she was CAKED with feces), I noticed a large, mite-infested bump on her head. I've checked around her vent, under her wings, on her neck, etc, and it seems like the mites...
  17. makNcheese

    I can not get my birds to gain weight!!!

    Hi everyone! I’d like to think I’m pretty knowledgeable about chickens at this point, but this is something I have never struggled with before. I absolutely cannot get my birds to gain weight. I thought it was their feed so I switched to higher protein and add game bird feed. After that I got...
  18. theroosternamedrooster

    I’ve experimented with mites found on my rooster

    This DIY mini experiment list is brought to you by a curious mind’s disdain for blood suckers and love for a rooster. WHAT I’VE DONE WITH MITES: - put them into a bag with nothing else. Result: they lived for days, some almost a full week - diatomaceous earth directly on rooster, under his...
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    • Thread
    • chicken mites chicken pest control diatemaceous earth experiment house rooster mite infestation mite treatment mites mites chickens northern fowl mites
    • Replies: 20
    • Forum: Predators and Pests
  19. Allie44820

    Swollen, Red Legs, from Mites?

    Hi, I have 4 birds and noticed a fowl mite infestation a few days ago so I applied permethrin powder to birds and coop with plan to reapply in 1 week. Today Onyx (dark Brahma) appears lethargic, not active, I watched for a bit, no eating/drinking/pooping. I thought it was mite side effects, so I...
  20. C

    Help with Mites/lice treatment

    Bit of a quick Hx on the situation: I have 25 chickens, 10 were integrated after and 1 month quarantine and treatment for black mites. Only found on 2 out of 10 but treated all with a garlic juice + essential oil blend, sprayed to vent and under wings every second day, missing a couple...
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