CAN CHICKENS GIVE HUMANS MITES?

[sunbury chick]

I DON'T KNOW IF I JUST HAVE DRY SKIN (FROM WINTER WEATHER)OR WHAT, bUT I ITCH ALL OVER.COULD IT BE MITES FROM MY CHICKENS....EVERYTIME I THINK ABOUT IT,I HAVE TO SCRATCH!PLEASE TELL ME IT'S NOT SO.....HELP

 

[debilorrah]

I have never heard of a human having mites, so if I were you I would get some gold bond lotion and slather yourself down.

 

[rooster-red]

Nope.

The mites chickens get are species specific, they can't live on humans.

 

[English Chick]

Not sure on that one....however if you have other animals....horses, sheep etc you can pick up the scabies mite.....

Need a better description of "itch all over".....do you have little red spots anywhere?

 

[redhen]

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....i hope not!...

 

[stephys_fluffybutts]

I have accidently gotten in to wild birds nests before. And They will go to any place that are warm even if it is a person. But they can not live on other species for a long period of time.
So make sure you have lots of flea shampoo lol

Sometimes if you just think about it then you will itch.

 

[EweSheep]

No, they are host specific. If I sit here and think about it, I would start itching.

 

[seminolewind]

God, I have the same itchies. Since it's where my clothes have the most contact, I'm thinking detergent. Or dry skin. One thing that I know has been making me itch is it's "no see-ums" season. I know they're not from the chickens cause I've been getting them on me sitting on the porch. They're very tiny and I am slathered right now in caladryl. They are very tiny like the name says.

 

[bheila]

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My son just finally got rid of his scabies. It took 3 Dr's visits to figure out what he had. It is horrible. I hope you don't have it.

 

[al6517]

This was good to know, I have often wondered about this. If I accidently brought these into the house without knowing I know I would be the first to get blamed hehehe.