Fleas???

[mickeymousears]

I rescued 2 hens (3years old- I was told) on Friday. Today I was checking them out and they both have what appears to be fleas all over their waddles/combs/earlobes, even in the sparse feathers around their face.

I checked the rest of their bodies- I don't see any mites/lice. Poop looks normal. They seem to eat/drink normal. No sneezing or nasal discharge

I dusted them with 7powder. I didn't even know birds could get fleas.

Advice?? Thanks.

Barred rock and a welsummer(?)-both have laid fairly normal looking eggs, got a soft egg one day and the BR eggs seem brittle/thin shelled- but maybe that's from the stress of rehoming?

 

[mickeymousears]

Here they are-my daughter named the brown one "Rosie"

 

[dawg53]

You might be dealing with stick tight fleas. Here's a link with suggested treatments along with stick tight flea pics:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/a-cure-for-stick-tight-fleas

 

[mickeymousears]

Thank you- that's what they look like (not that severely infested tho). Gross!!

I've got my girl in my lap now and don't see any fleas- so this is something those 2 came with (I hope I didn't infect everyone). I already dusted them- tomorrow I'll find some flea spray.
Does frontline make a SPRAY?? Or did she mean the drops?? (I've only owned birds and bunnies for the last 15 years- neither get fleas...or so I thought)