HELP VERY WORRIED NEED ADVICE

[equustears]

Help I'm redoing a few bantam cages and I know I've had problem with mites with them in the past and underneath the cages I found these what r they? Should I be worried I'm very concerned for my little bantams

Look up “pill bugs “. Or “sow bug”. They aren’t bad .

 

[slowloris]

I think these are roly poly bugs. Also called pill bugs or potato bugs. My guess is that they are harmless. They're not actually bugs, but crustaceans. I've heard chickens won't eat them. (or at least not with any enthusiasm). But we all know you can't predict what your chicken will eat.Of course they could be something else entirely. Do they roll up into a ball when you poke at them with a stick?

 

[jspeese]

I don't think they are rollie-pollie bugs, which by the way are actually land-living crustaceans. Isopods is the technical name. To me they look like the larvae or puparia ("coccoons") of some kind of fly, like soldier flies as Halfpasthen suggested. Anyway, they are not parasites.

 

[aart]

Look up “pill bugs “. Or “sow bug”. They aren’t bad .

I think these are roly poly bugs. Also called pill bugs or potato bugs. My guess is that they are harmless. They're not actually bugs, but crustaceans. I've heard chickens won't eat them. (or at least not with any enthusiasm). But we all know you can't predict what your chicken will eat.Of course they could be something else entirely. Do they roll up into a ball when you poke at them with a stick?

I don't think they are rollie-pollie bugs, which by the way are actually land-living crustaceans. Isopods is the technical name. To me they look like the larvae or puparia ("coccoons") of some kind of fly, like soldier flies as Halfpasthen suggested. Anyway, they are not parasites.

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[7happycluckers]

Help I'm redoing a few bantam cages and I know I've had problem with mites with them in the past and underneath the cages I found these what r they? Should I be worried I'm very concerned for my little bantams

I can confirm those are Pillbugs; they eat decayed plant material and live in moist places. You'll often find them under garden pots, old logs, rocks.

 

[SkyBlue49]

Help I'm redoing a few bantam cages and I know I've had problem with mites with them in the past and underneath the cages I found these what r they? Should I be worried I'm very concerned for my little bantams

They look like fly larvae or woodlice, sodbugs, or pillbugs. Chickens love them! Free food.