A week ago I did a major overhaul of the outside of the chicken coops, bleach cleaning, primer, then painting, all within a 3 day process. Not until I was painting the coop with the final coat of color, that my arms had tiny little bugs crawling on me. I couldn't tell if they were mites, really tiny baby spiders or what. They didn't squish easily, so I ruled out spiders. From what I can tell from the naked eye, and what I have seen on the Internet, they have the shape of maybe a bird mite? They are kind of a translucent tan in color, with a little head and bigger body. But like I said, super tiny.What is weird, is I have check a few hens at night with a flashlight, and a few birds during the day, and no one has any signs of parasites. They have sand in their coop as bedding, and I am down there every single day cleaning up poop, and up till now, never had bugs on me. My girls do free range, and we do have wild birds and squirrels that frequent the yard. I have checked over the coop closely, plus went over handfuls of the coop sand and have found nothing as well. About 4 -5 months ago, my neighbors had a bad case of red mites, and actually lost some hens. However, our hens are at least about 50 yards or so away from them. I have lice and fly dust, but it is for horse, cattle and sheep. I also have lice and mite spray that I got for my finch a few years back, when I thought he had mites. (turned out he just grooms excessively) but not sure how far that would go. Anyway, anyone know what these could be? I do have Ivermectin pour on that I have used on my goats, plus Ivermectin injectable 1%, though I have never used either on my chickens. ( except when one bird had scaly leg mite, then I used the injectible mixed with water and applied to legs) I would appreciate any suggestions. Btw, the bugs seem to just be on the upper half of my body, mostly arms, when this happens, and went away when I showered.
Thanks!
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