Lice, please help my girls

[emjay]

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thankyou.

I think I am going to try the pillowcase method for dusting the birds. As well, is the sevin good for all the creepy crawlies, as I still have no idea what the heck the bugs were on my bird, I've ruled out the mites, I think lice, but, ack, don't know that either.

 

[The Funky Chicken Dunce]

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these are not my pics, but they are good ones I found on a search the light colored bug may have been a louse

the mites are darker and smaller, and they are easily seen at night after the chicken is roosting, you would need a flashlight after dark

I would dust the chickens and their bedding, nestboxes, and perch.

Then after three weeks and after the second application, I would change bedding.

Thanks for that! Those are the bugs I've seen

 

[Break an Egg]

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http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d23/SirToppamHat/DSC01413.jpg
http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcS3zHMZv32jaYmCAJsoETEHyGjI67NngiLkjiqYIuj5Bl3s7xqn
these are not my pics, but they are good ones I found on a search the light colored bug may have been a louse

the mites are darker and smaller, and they are easily seen at night after the chicken is roosting, you would need a flashlight after dark

I would dust the chickens and their bedding, nestboxes, and perch.

Then after three weeks and after the second application, I would change bedding.

Thanks for that! Those are the bugs I've seen

Make sure you dust them again after 10 days. The lice eggs should have hatched by then, and you will want to break the cycle.