Mites in my Waterer

[2 many chickens]

Too big to be grain mites. Not sure what they are. They are pretty big for a mite tho. Maybe their something else?

 

[21hens-incharge]

I believe they are a type of wood mite.

 

[21hens-incharge]

Correcting myself a bit here.

They appear to be globular springtails.

https://www.whatsthatbug.com/category/springtails/page/6/

 

[ChickForLife]

That's good news! What should I do about them? Thank you!

 

[21hens-incharge]

I would read up on what habitat they like and remove that sort of thing first.

I am not a fan of randomly spraying for bugs but that is another option. Permethrin 10 would kill them if it comes to that.

 

[ChickForLife]

Ok, thanks for your help! I'll tell you if they don't go away.