Help! Is this Mites, lice or just a dirty bum

[seminolewind]

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I end up trimming dirty butt feathers every summer. It gets hot here in Florida and the chickens drink alot of water, and have some watery poop from it, and messy butts. The messy butts all get a trim. I get tired of mess on eggs.

 

[cocosandy]

well, it was like night and day when I checked them tonight...where there had been these colonies of mites that looked like dirt, it was clean. I think they dustbathed alot today because it was a nice warm day and they were in that area...they looked great! I will repeat the dusting a couple of times ....maybe weekly and Im going to do the eprinex again just to be sure.

I did not see one live mite...I suggest the powder to get rid of them fast....repeated, Im sure....and DE/fireplace ashes if you can get em, for dustbathing. I also had some sand put around the coop.