Chicken lice!!!! Please help!!

[Ms Clucky]

Location does help From what I understand the gnats are pretty rough this year. I think every year there are deaths, but some years worse than others I suppose. Either way, sad news for the backyard keeper. I don't know if that's what is biting/swarming @Ms Clucky but my understanding is the gnats like to bit anything.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/gnats-killing-birds.1305726/
https://the-chicken-chick.com/protecting-chickens-from-killer-black-flies-buffalo-gnats/
https://blog.mcmurrayhatchery.com/2...-alert-black-fly-buffalo-gnat-poultry-deaths/

They are little round bugs that don't have wings.

 

[aart]

They are little round bugs that don't have wings.

Google 'chicken mites and lice' and look at pics, maybe then you can ID the bugs you have.
If you can get one into a jar and freeze it for a couple hours then you can get a better look at it.

 

[Wyorp Rock]

They are little round bugs that don't have wings.

Can you get a picture of them?
Are they biting the chickens too?

 

[Ms Clucky]

I think they are mites. Looked them up on Google. I am going to get some D Earth powder tomorrow. Hopefully that will work. Thank you all for the suggestions.

 

[AmyJane725]

I think they are mites. Looked them up on Google. I am going to get some D Earth powder tomorrow. Hopefully that will work. Thank you all for the suggestions.

That stuff is a respiratory hazard. Don't use it. Just get some Ivermectin.

 

[aart]

I think they are mites. Looked them up on Google. I am going to get some D Earth powder tomorrow. Hopefully that will work. Thank you all for the suggestions.

DE won't work, get some Permethrin, spray or powder.
It's approved for use on poultry.

Just get some Ivermectin.

Is NOT approved for use on poultry...but I guess many don't mind eating it.

 

[AmyJane725]

Is NOT approved for use on poultry...but I guess many don't mind eating it.

Well, Elector Psp would be my first choice, but I doubt OP wants to spend like $150.

 

[aart]

Well, Elector Psp would be my first choice, but I doubt OP wants to spend like $150.

Permethrin is 'cheap' and effective if applied properly.

 

[AmyJane725]

Permethrin is 'cheap' and effective if applied properly.

Did OP ever say what kind of mites they were? I had read that certain mites are immune to Permethrin.

 

[Wyorp Rock]

I think they are mites. Looked them up on Google. I am going to get some D Earth powder tomorrow. Hopefully that will work. Thank you all for the suggestions.

DE is not effective against infestations, go to Tractor Supply and get a Permethrin based poultry spray or dust. Clean out your coop, treat the roosts/nesting boxes, walls, etc. plus treat all your chickens. Repeat in 7 day intervals.