I lost all my silkies to the gnat plague

[Vamp-A-Billy Princess]

I am so sad. I lost all my favorite birds and all my silkies to the stupid gnats. I really want to replace them. Hope fully I eill have some luck hatching some buit the weather and the post office are not doing good so far. I lost over 25 birds in the last week which oif course was when I had to go to court for my divorce. I am so bummed.

 

[BearSwampChick]

Oh, hon, that's too bad.

There are several people on here who have lost chickens to gnats recently. What are you doing about them?

 

[SundownWaterfowl]

How did the gnats kill them?

 

[Cuban Longtails]

I don't understand the gnat plague either. Someone else lost birds to them.

I've never heard of it until I saw mentions of it on BYC.

 

[dogzrule5]

What the heck is gnat plague?????

 

[Lea71]

Sorry to hear that.

 

[Chickenmagnet]

Quote:
what they said^

 

[arlee453]

There are types of gnats and blood sucking insects that can literally bite so many times that blood loss leads to severe anemia and death.

Since the floods in the midwest, these populations of biting insects are at plague levels...

here's just one of the many news stories about them:

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,271436,00.html

 

[Yanna]

The good thing about bad weeks is that they inevitably draw to an end.

I'm sorry about your loss.

 

[Eggseronious]

Gnats like moisture so one must have wet surroundings for this to become a problem. Chicks eat ever gnat that they can get there beak to if everything is dry around here. They love to have the lights on and the coop door open.