Lice on Chickens

[LondonKallie]

I am assuming this is lice, but I haven't noticed my chickens showing any symptoms. Honestly, the only way I found out of these bugs/eggs on them was because my rooster started mounting my hens more and they were losing feathers on their back so I was putting saddles on them. In their vent area, there were bugs running around/ and or (not on all 5 hens) they would have some eggs on the shaft of the feathers near the vent. I searched my "teenage" chickens - nothing. Searched my 2 roosters - nothing. None on my ducks or geese. So I cleaned the entire coop out, applied DE everywhere, fluffed each chicken individually with DE, and gave it a few days. Then one of the chickens lost their saddle and the cloth fabric under it is covered in eggs. Mites or Lice - I've seen online you can use permethrin, but I'm unsure on how they suggest it applied. Does anyone know?

 

[592667]

You should use Manna Pro Spray.

It helps with getting rid of lice, mites, etc... I have used it many times to get rid of a lice infestation, and it worked great!
I like it because it is safer for chickens all around, and you can spray this on them (even their roosting bars, and coop!) many times a day.

 

[LondonKallie]

You should use Manna Pro Spray.

It helps with getting rid of lice, mites, etc... I have used it many times to get rid of a lice infestation, and it worked great!
I like it because it is safer for chickens all around, and you can spray this on them (even their roosting bars, and coop!) many times a day.

And is this something I apply to the chickens or to the coop?

 

[592667]

You can apply it to both: the chickens and their coop once or twice a day for as long you deem necessary.
You just spray it directly on the hens, on their skin underneath their feathers and on their feathers, avoiding their face.