Can't get rid mites and lice

[Al Gerhart]

How is your bio security? Wild birds or rodents might be bringing them in. I know that not all pests share hosts but some do.

 

[Pampered chicken girl]

How is your bio security? Wild birds or rodents might be bringing them in. I know that not all pests share hosts but some do.

They are kept in a covered run

 

[Al Gerhart]

Impossible for a mouse, rat, or wild bird to enter?

 

[Pampered chicken girl]

Impossible for a mouse, rat, or wild bird to enter?

Yes

 

[triciayoung]

Are you treating the underside of the roosting bars?

 

[Pampered chicken girl]

Are you treating the underside of the roosting bars?

Yes, I spray the coop and perches very thoroughly

 

[casportpony]

When applied correctly, permethrin will treat red mites, fleas, and all types of lice, but it might not treat the Northern Fowl Mite, those have been showing resistance to permethrin for many years. As already suggested, try the liquid permethrin and see if that helps.

Whatever you use, it must be applied in a way that gets it on the skin, and there are different types of lice that live on different parts of the body, so you will need to treat the entire bird, not just the vent.

 

[Pampered chicken girl]

When applied correctly, permethrin will treat red mites, fleas, and all types of lice, but it might not treat the Northern Fowl Mite, those have been showing resistance to permethrin for many years. As already suggested, try the liquid permethrin and see if that helps.

Whatever you use, it must be applied in a way that gets it on the skin, and there are different types of lice that live on different parts of the body, so you will need to treat the entire bird, not just the vent.

We do treat the entire body. I'll try liquid

 

[casportpony]

We do treat the entire body. I'll try liquid

Do you know what type of mites they are?

 

[Pampered chicken girl]

Do you know what type of mites they are?

No