- Oct 2, 2013
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For the past 3 weeks, I've been seeing fleas in the water every morning. There are so many of them. The thing is I'm not sure if they are chicken fleas. They are a smaller than ants, but with yellowish brown color and 2 tentacles coming out of the head and they jump. I don't have any pictures at the moment, my camera really sucks. I tried google images but I can't find a similar picture.
Anyway, the good thing is I haven't found them on my chickens yet. They had a mites problem recently but I got rid of them with Diatomaceous Earth and Ivermectin Pour-On.
The only place where I find the fleas are in the water. I have a 50 gallon plastic container filled with water to the top. I lost the lid to the container so I replaced it with a flat plywood. Every morning when I open the lid that's when I see them. Then I use a small bowl to scoop them up and I pour them out into the grass. By the way, the chickens don't have access to the grassy area, they are completely blocked off, and yes I do give the chickens the water from the container but I make sure that there are no fleas in it and that they drink from a seperate bowl.
So how do I get rid of the fleas? I will upload a picture as soon as I get a good camera.
--EDIT--
I'm so retarded, since they are not on me or my chickens and I don't see theym anywhere else, I'll just cover the container completely and hope that they go away.
Anyway, the good thing is I haven't found them on my chickens yet. They had a mites problem recently but I got rid of them with Diatomaceous Earth and Ivermectin Pour-On.
The only place where I find the fleas are in the water. I have a 50 gallon plastic container filled with water to the top. I lost the lid to the container so I replaced it with a flat plywood. Every morning when I open the lid that's when I see them. Then I use a small bowl to scoop them up and I pour them out into the grass. By the way, the chickens don't have access to the grassy area, they are completely blocked off, and yes I do give the chickens the water from the container but I make sure that there are no fleas in it and that they drink from a seperate bowl.
So how do I get rid of the fleas? I will upload a picture as soon as I get a good camera.
--EDIT--
I'm so retarded, since they are not on me or my chickens and I don't see theym anywhere else, I'll just cover the container completely and hope that they go away.
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