Lice?

[Millylou18]

I treated my flock with permethrin due to lice. I did one day then a week later. Today i checked them and one of them did have a spot on her neck with what looks like eggs. Did I not do it correctly/ not do it enough? Please help I want my girls to get their pretty feathers back into shape. My poor polish look awful. Pick below i zoomed in this is the only area she had them. None of my other girls have any eggs just missing or not nice looking feathers. I do see new feathers coming in tho.

 

[Wyorp Rock]

I treated my flock with permethrin due to lice. I did one day then a week later. Today i checked them and one of them did have a spot on her neck with what looks like eggs. Did I not do it correctly/ not do it enough? Please help I want my girls to get their pretty feathers back into shape. My poor polish look awful. Pick below i zoomed in this is the only area she had them. None of my other girls have any eggs just missing or not nice looking feathers. I do see new feathers coming in tho.

You're right, those are Lice Nits (eggs). Permethrin will not take off the eggs, they are "glued" to the feathers. And unfortunately it will not kill the eggs either, so you may need to repeat treatment in 7 days intervals to kill what hatches.

That said. Those large batches of eggs that I'm seeing in the photo, I'd pluck those feathers out (if plucking, hold the skin too so you don't tear the skin) or you can apply coconut oil to them and this will help loosen them up, so they come off more easily.

Don't throw those eggs or the feathers in the run/yard/compost, place them in a ziplock and throw them out or put them in your burn pile and burn them.

Missing feathers may grow back fairly quickly if the feather shaft is not intact in the skin. Any feathers that are damaged, ragged, broken, etc. will not be replaced until the birds go through a molt.

 

[Millylou18]

You're right, those are Lice Nits (eggs). Permethrin will not take off the eggs, they are "glued" to the feathers. And unfortunately it will not kill the eggs either, so you may need to repeat treatment in 7 days intervals to kill what hatches.

That said. Those large batches of eggs that I'm seeing in the photo, I'd pluck those feathers out (if plucking, hold the skin too so you don't tear the skin) or you can apply coconut oil to them and this will help loosen them up, so they come off more easily.

Don't throw those eggs or the feathers in the run/yard/compost, place them in a ziplock and throw them out or put them in your burn pile and burn them.

Missing feathers may grow back fairly quickly if the feather shaft is not intact in the skin. Any feathers that are damaged, ragged, broken, etc. will not be replaced until the birds go through a molt.

Thank you, makes sense shes the only one I found with eggs so hoping I caught it early enough.