Eye mites

[WhiteWyan]

Of course! It might be locked in a glass case.
You can repeat treatment a week later if you think it's necessary but I never had to. One dose and we were good.

 

[louiseschwieker]

Will do!

 

[dawg53]

If you live down south, you might be dealing with stick tight fleas. The fleas attach themselves around the eyes and face. Birds scratch around their eyes/face and an open wound can become infected.
Smothering the fleas with vaseline will kill them as will any oil based product. Ivermectin pour on will kill them as well. The problem is that the fleas will still be stuck or buried in the skin even when they're dead. If you dont pluck them out, chickens will continue to scratch and/or the effected areas can become infected.
You'll have to pluck them out one by one.
This is the time of the year stick tight fleas are at their worst. They come up out of soil to feed and reproduce.
You can spray liquid permethrin on the soil or malathion to kill them. A freeze would be best to kill them all.
Please post a close-up pic when you get the chance so we can see if they're lice/mites or stick tight fleas.

 

[louiseschwieker]

I'll go get a pic now. They were little white mites

 

[louiseschwieker]

I think I got them all off. I put the ivermectin high on her neck so she doesn't preen it. It was blue and smelled like rubbing alcohol. I hope i got the right stuff lol. She looks like crap right now

 

[louiseschwieker]

Her earlobe is swollen too

 

[WhiteWyan]

I hope she gets better soon! That sounds like you got the right stuff. Glad you found it!

 

[louiseschwieker]

I think I put a little too much on her because i picked up the broken dropper. Do you think itll be okay

 

[WhiteWyan]

How many drops did you use?

 

[louiseschwieker]

Maybe 8. It kind of spilled from the dropper