mites

I’ve been noticing my hens have places where there feathers are just broken off and plain bald spots. One doesn’t have a tail either just the heads of feathers trying to grow. Another has a very bright red crop with no feathers and I don’t know why. I will attach pics. I can’t see any bugs...

Good afternoon, I noticed my girls have poopy butt feathers, so I gave them a little check and found mites. I ordered elector psp and will treat the coop and the chickens. I've had chickens for 5 years, and this is my first mite infestation. I've also had a flock of wild turkeys move in the...

Help! Just noticed this today and I keep a pretty good eye on my chickens. Does this look like mites/lice or like someone was pecking at her? She’s acting completely normal, eating and drinking well, and not itching/picking at all. One other chicken as a similar but less severe look. Some have...

I have no idea what is going on with my quail but it’s getting to the point where I can’t control it. I have been under the assumption they have mites, I have taken a bunch of advice online to try but nothing is working. I don’t know what more to do for them. It’s only their eyes nothing else on...

What is a good “mite spray” I could use to get rid of the mites in my chicken coop? My 2 chickens picked up some from a fair and now all 4 seem to have them. I have DE but it hasn’t worked- so I’m going to clean the coop again and pair it with a spray. The mites don’t seem to be bothering them...

I made a post on here not too long ago asking about a hen of mine that is ill. This one: https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/hen-struggling-to-poop.1517661/#post-25544467 This is a follow-up post because she has gotten worse. I have confirmed that she isn't egg-bound, and doesn't have...

Hello there! Looking for advice- I noticed yesterday my Legbar hen had an eye that was shut. I brought her in to clean it and apply treatment. It appears to be an injury because I noticed a small tinge of blood as I cleaned the area. As I was cleaning the area and right after I applied an...

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...

My little silkies rooster has a serious mite infestation. I've tried to use Pure Planet Mite spray and giving him garlic by mouth, but nothing works! I've checked the Internet and people say diatomaceous earth works, others say it doesn't. Meanwhile, I've given him a bath and nothing happened...

I was planning to give my broody hen some eggs tomorrow, because the hatch date would coincide with the date that the nearby co-op get chicks (I want to add some new breeds to my flock), but I have had two hens die in the last week. I think it was caused, or at least worsened, by a mite problem...

Warning for pictures of a dead chicken One of the roosters I have died. He had been active my sickly and I had quarantined him inside the coop. Today I went down and he was dead and he’s absolutely covered in mites. Are these opportunistic? Or do I have a serious infestation on my hands? I...

Hi y'all. I currently have a lice/mite infestation but I'm having a really hard time deciphering what critters I actually have. It is winter here. Two weeks ago, I discovered some small brown to black things crawling on my chickens' vent areas (they had just arrived since I check their vents...

HI! I have been hearing conflicting evidence on whether DE works for controlling mites, lice, and worms and things of that sort, does it work or is it just a waste of money and if it doesn't work why is that? Thanks!

Hi everyone, and Happy New Year. My 2022 is off to a rollicking start battling mites. I first noticed them crawling around one of my chicken's vents who I have been treating for EYP. She was teeming with them, and her mates were too (though to a lesser degree). This must've been recent as I've...

We have a 4 yr old rooster that can't walk at all. It seemed to started a month ago; he was limping so we were soaking his feet in Epsom salt. It seemed to get a bit better until paralysis developed in both legs. He is eating and drinking and very alert. He was poopy cause he can't move out of...

So yesterday I found my hen fluffy limping, I checked her foot and I wrapped it a bit. Today I gave her an Epson salt soak, and then I decided to give her a little bath too. Well I couldn't find a Bumble and so I'm looking for help with that buttt, when I was drying her I found Mites or lice I'm...

So yesterday I found my hen fluffy limping, I checked her foot and I wrapped it a bit. Today I gave her an Epson salt soak, and then I decided to give her a little bath too. Well I couldn't find a Bumble and so I'm looking for help with that buttt, when I was drying her I found Mites or lice I'm...

I treated 13 hens, cleaned & treated coop WELL (crevices, etc) for possible mites or lice. Can’t confirm. Used permethrin. Followed again about 2 weeks later. Since then I’ve cleaned and treated coop and run again. Have 7 2 yr olds rest 5 years. All were laying. still no eggs. Inspected each...

-For a shorter version, read the "TL;DR" in red, below ⬇... On the 1st of December, 2021, we lost a beloved rooster friend of ours, Jack (~a 3.5yo Red Orpington, 3-4kg). For probably at least 2.5 months before his death, he had (mostly secretly) been battling little swarms of parasitic mites...

My pekin bantam has recently stopped being broody (she was broody around 3 weeks to hatch out some eggs) and I have noticed alot of white feathers scattered everywhere(like ALOT of feathers), so I inspected her and her legs seem to be missing feathers (she's a pekin so her legs grow feathers) I...