Do mite eggs stay on feathers a while?

[Katattack29]

So I have two buff orphingtons that showed signs of mites. I checked their vents and there were visible bugs. Dusted with permethrin the past two weeks and no visible bugs, the girls seem happy again, but there are still what I assume are egg clumps at the base of their feathers. Do these take a while to go away? I tried to pull them off and they were very hard and didn’t budge. I just haven’t been able to find a thread about this. We sprayed the coop with permethrin but in case of red mites due to summer, but pretty sure it’s northern fowl mites since there were so many on the bird during the day. We will dust them again today and this will be the 3rd time.

 

[JacinLarkwell]

You will have to scrape the eggs off, pluck the affected feathers or wait for them to hatch and treat again.

 

[casportpony]

I usually pluck the feathers.

 

[Katattack29]

You will have to scrape the eggs off, pluck the affected feathers or wait for them to hatch and treat again.

Oh how daunting! Haha. So basically, they aren’t the remnants of old eggs, they are live eggs that will hatch?

 

[JacinLarkwell]

Oh how daunting! Haha. So basically, they aren’t the remnants of old eggs, they are live eggs that will hatch?

Yes

 

[casportpony]

Oh how daunting! Haha. So basically, they aren’t the remnants of old eggs, they are live eggs that will hatch?

Pluck a feather with the eggs, squish it with your fingernail like you would squish a flea. If they pop the way a flea pops, they are live.

 

[Linda1218]

Pluck a feather with the eggs, squish it with your fingernail like you would squish a flea. If they pop the way a flea pops, they are live.

So the only way to get rid the eggs is to pluck the feathers?

 

[JacinLarkwell]

So the only way to get rid the eggs is to pluck the feathers?

You can scrub them off in a water tub with a toothbrush, but it's a heck of a lot of work and you'll inevitably accidentally pluck a few anyhow

 

[Linda1218]

You can scrub them off in a water tub with a toothbrush, but it's a heck of a lot of work and you'll inevitably accidentally pluck a few anyhow

Usually how long the mite eggs hatched ? Because idk I could pluck out all the neck feathers lol .. I try to scrub while bathing the hen it didn’t really work n I tried the lice comb but it didn’t help either.

 

[JacinLarkwell]

Usually how long the mite eggs hatched ? Because idk I could pluck out all the neck feathers lol .. I try to scrub while bathing the hen it didn’t really work n I tried the lice comb but it didn’t help either.

They hatch about 7 days after they're laid