HELP! tiny red bugs on baby silkies

[Wolvesry]

There are tiny red bugs on my baby silkies. Idk what they are, and if they are bad. I think I found a picture of what they look like online. I am very worried because I love my birds.

 

[Wyorp Rock]

There are tiny red bugs on my baby silkies. Idk what they are, and if they are bad. I think I found a picture of what they look like online. I am very worried because I love my birds.

How old are your Silkies? Can you take some photos of the Silkies and the bugs?
Where are you keeping them - are they inside your house or outside?

Chickens can get bedbugs - that is the photo that you attached. They can also get red mites and poultry lice which are a tan looking bug.

If they have bugs on them - you need to treat them with a permethrin based poultry spray or dust - you can find this at most feed stores like Tractor Supply. Treat the chicks, clean out the bedding and housing they are in and treat that as well.

Here's a good article along with photos that may help you identify what you are seeing.
https://the-chicken-chick.com/poultry-lice-and-mites-identification/

 

[Wyorp Rock]

You can use products like this to treat your chicks. Check with your feed store to see what they have. Follow the directions on the label.

 

[True Patriot]

When you treat them clean out the brooder thoroughly. Remove and preferably burn all bedding and disposable items. If burn isn't possible double bag and take out immediately. The rest clean well and treat with the same product as the chicks. Feeder/waterer can be washed in dish soap and rinsed well.

 

[jsimplytx125]

Hello Wolvesry, I don't know if your birds are feathered in, or just babies, but as soon as my birds all fully feathered, I drop on cattle Ivermectin. 1 drop on skin of shoulders. That works for 6 months. It's increased as birds get larger,( barred rocks here). My adult birds get 2 drops per hen, 3-4 per rooster. I have had chickens since 2009 and never had pest problems. I try to keep the coop clean (deep litter- cedar shavings)and use Daimateous earth under nesting material. Use wood ash in the Chicken run, in a spot they like to dust bathe. This makes it easy on me, as I only have to remember to treat birds 2 X a year!

 

[Kiki]

Martin's PERMETHRIN spray

• Kiki
• Mar 22, 2018
• 6
• flies lice mites permethrin

 

[Wolvesry]

 

[Kiki]

Have you looked up red mites yet?

 

[Wolvesry]

Have you looked up red mites yet?

Yes they did not look like what I saw. Granted, it was tiny and moving through my chicks thick fluff, but what I did see looked like the photo I posted. They are only 1 or 2 weeks old.

 

[Kiki]

Yes they did not look like what I saw. Granted, it was tiny and moving through my chicks thick fluff, but what I did see looked like the photo I posted. They are only 1 or 2 weeks old.

Get some permethrin today. Bugs will suck the life right out of them.