Mites? Help

[NikkiCole5]

I became concerned with my chickens because our wild birds are suddenly dying with no injuries. This concern made me look at my chickens and I found mites possibly, they are the size of ticks and yellow, only seen around the vent. If they are not mites what are they? How do I fix or treat this? Only one of my chickens has diarrhea and is balding on her rump, the others have "clumped feathers" next to the vent with no other issue. Thank you!

 

[enola]

Where do you live?

 

[NikkiCole5]

Oh sorry!
I live in New Mexico, USA

 

[enola]

When posting for help your location is sometimes useful. You could include it in your profile. Right now with the avian flu problem, I would be very concerned if I was finding dead wild birds that did not appear to be injured. Maybe you should call your local vet and ask him what should be done with the dead birds.

Lice on your chickens can be treated with poultry dust or Sevin garden dust.

 

[NikkiCole5]

When posting for help your location is sometimes useful. You could include it in your profile. Right now with the avian flu problem, I would be very concerned if I was finding dead wild birds that did not appear to be injured. Maybe you should call your local vet and ask him what should be done with the dead birds.

Lice on your chickens can be treated with poultry dust or Sevin garden dust.

Yes I know location is useful, I totally forgot, I'm new to the site
We do not have a vet anywhere near us that cares for birds, so there is nothing I can do about it. But thank you about the dust! Do I just put it on them or in the yard?