Lice?

[Airean]

I'm not sure what I'm looking at. Lice or sand. I feel so dumb for not knowing what lice looks like. I've had a nagging feeling about lice in my flock so I did a PSP spray (not sure if I did it good enough though)

Pics below is close to her oil gland are of her body.

 

[Wyorp Rock]

To me, it looks like sand. You should be able to see Lice crawling on the skin or attached to the feathers.

Photos of lice/mites in the article below, I've found them to be helpful.

https://the-chicken-chick.com/poultry-lice-and-mites-identification/

 

[Airean]

To me, it looks like sand. You should be able to see Lice crawling on the skin or attached to the feathers.

Photos of lice/mites in the article below, I've found them to be helpful.

https://the-chicken-chick.com/poultry-lice-and-mites-identification/

I'm not sure how many times I've read that article and I still feel like I'm going to miss it if my chickens have lice or mites. Ahhhhh. Lol.

Thank you for the reply.

 

[Wyorp Rock]

I'm not sure how many times I've read that article and I still feel like I'm going to miss it if my chickens have lice or mites. Ahhhhh. Lol.

Thank you for the reply.

With mites, most people report they feel something crawling on them during/after they handle their birds.
It's good that you are keeping check on them.