mites

  1. K

    Lice? Mites? What are these!

    On several occasions now I’ve spotted a bug of some sort scampering between my hen’s feathers! It’s larger than what I would expect any kind of mite to be - about the length of a fingernail. It was dark coloured. And it was FAST. Zoomed away when I tried to flick it off. I’ve not seen any on my...
  2. Maleficent265

    I think I found northern poultry mites on my eggs?

    I went to my coop to take a out the eggs and saw little crawlies all over them… it’s the first time I’ve noticed this… I’ve got around 30 birds and I’m honestly at a loss. I don’t know what to do and I’m not even sure if that’s what I saw. But after some research that’s what it looks like. I’m...
  3. C

    Old log coop, dirt floor, straw attic… mite/lice control?

    Hi all! I’m a long time lurker, and I know there are lots of similar posts but I haven’t seen any that *quite* match my situation. Please bear with me if I give too much information! I recently had a young chick pass away. She’s not the first to die, it happens once in a while, but I’d brought...
  4. M

    Help! Feather mites??

    Hello everyone, My girlfriend and I have a small flock up in the mountains of Colorado and have a hen with a very interesting problem. We added two laced Wyandotte’s to our flock last year and they’ve been good producers, but not super friendly towards us (which is fine). When they first came...
  5. 6

    Depluming Mite Infestation?!

    Fall 2020 two of my hens had a hard molt, while one lost feathers around her neck. The two hens who hard molted, grew their feathers back like normal, within a few months. However, my featherless necked hen didn’t grow her feathers back. In fact, she lost a bit more around her wing shoulder...
  6. V

    Mites during molting?

    How do you know if your quail has mites, and if they are gone? They are molting, I see the one with baby feathers replacing for adult feathers. Sometimes I see a broken feather, is it because I stress them out so much because I keep checking them, or would it be mites? I don't really see...
  7. Motherof12

    Severe Missing Feathers

    Hello, I have been on this site for several years and found some good suggestions, but this is the first time I have written. Now I am at my wits end! I have 11 chickens, 3 are 7 years old, 1 is 3 years old and the rest are 2 years old. I do not eat my chickens so plan to keep them till they die...
  8. agold23

    Possibly anemic hen due to mites ADVICE NEEDED ASAP

    I have a 1 y/o silkie hen who has really been having a rough go the past few days. I was handling her the other day, looking for mites and I couldn’t find any physically on her but when I got inside I found 3 crawling on my arm so I figured she (as well as the rest of my flock) must be...
  9. dgirlschickens

    Favus, Mites? Brooding hen has crusty face

    Our silkie hen has been sitting on eggs for awhile and we finally had one successful hatch yesterday. She has been isolated from the flock for about a month, once she started to go broody but about a two weeks ago I noticed her face getting crusty. She has also lost feathers (though she was a...
  10. agold23

    Treating mites as a first time flock owner HELP!

    I am a first time chicken owner and I have a flock of 7 chickens the youngest is 5 weeks. A few days ago I noticed my silkie hen was lethargic, had puffy feathers, was not moving much and had a pale face, I’m guessing she’s anemic now but she won’t eat the egg I offer her. We treated for...
  11. J

    Rooster with red skin all around vent and little bugs!?

    I was sitting in the coop watching my chickens and my rooster was doing his little dance for a hen when I noticed his butt looked red. I caught him and quickly saw that his skin looked red and irritate all around his vent, I also saw some kind of white build up around some of the smaller...
  12. S

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  13. Greystone farm

    Dried poop or mites of some sort?

    Penny, my blind duckling, has little whitish spots around her vent. Is it just dried poop or mites/eggs of some sort? Thanks
  14. W

    How to treat entire flock for illness?

    Hi everyone! I suspect parasites or worms in my small flock of 7 hens. We just unexpectedly lost one of our girls yesterday, and the others are beginning to have pale combs, and lustreless feathers. Does anyone have any suggestions for treating the entire flock as a preventative measure? I was...
  15. BigBlueHen53

    Question About Scaly Leg Treatment

    A couple of my hens show signs of scaly leg mites, so tonight I started treating them all with Bag Balm. Will this work? I know the aim is to smother the little buggers, which reside up under the scales on the legs. Vaseline is usually recommended, but I thought Bag Balm seemed more therapeutic...
  16. Katattack29

    Do mite eggs stay on feathers a while?

    So I have two buff orphingtons that showed signs of mites. I checked their vents and there were visible bugs. Dusted with permethrin the past two weeks and no visible bugs, the girls seem happy again, but there are still what I assume are egg clumps at the base of their feathers. Do these take a...
  17. amynw

    HELP!!!! Swollen eye and mites

    Hello everyone. This morning when I let my girls out I noticed one had a swollen eye. When I picked her up and held her I saw two teeny little white “mites” crawling in that general area. panic mode. How do I treat mites? How do I treat her eye? Are the two related? I’ve never had this problem...
  18. M

    Mites on ducklings? Missing feathers around eyes

    I just picked up 4 call ducks that are about 3-4 weeks old. When I got them they had just taken a bath and were wet. Now that they’re dry I see that they’re missing feathers around their eyes. This is only on the 3 yellow ones. I have a brown one that looks fine. These are my first ducks so I’m...
  19. eknielsen

    Help me identify this tiny bug!

    Apologies in advance to anyone who gets itchy from reading this, I got itchy writing it! I’ve recently noticed tiny bugs that make their way onto me every time I go out to the coop, and I can’t figure out that they are. They’re fast but I haven’t seen them jump. They’re so small that I can’t...
  20. E

    New member needing advice :)

    Hi! I'm Emily I currently have 2 chickens (and will be getting a third chicken very soon) One is a hen (2 years old) and the other is a rooster (nearly a year). My hen was walking past my house one evening (I live in an urban area) which we spotted and lured into our house which is how we...
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