Mites / lice, or molting.., what say you?

[Panhandler80]

I’ve purge the water. I hosed out the inside. I sprayed them all down. I sprayed down every crevice in the coop. That’s my best effort. From here on out it’s up to nature

 

[Panhandler80]

 

[Panhandler80]

And here’s how I sprayed the stuff for the mites and lice. Worked pretty well. I also sprayed every single crevice inside the coop

 

[Panhandler80]

 

[Panhandler80]

And a crab net came in pretty handy.

 

[Cluckatar]

Did your treatment work?

 

[KauaiChickenMama]

Yeah, I was wondering the same.

 

[Panhandler80]

Yeah, I was wondering the same.

By in large it has not. They seem happy. Some have grown feathers back and ones that had full plumage have lost some. I looked for mites and nice a couple times at night but didn’t see any.

 

[KauaiChickenMama]

So....are you saying your treatment did NOT work then? Or that it DID? I’m a little confused by your reply.

 

[Panhandler80]

So....are you saying your treatment did NOT work then? Or that it DID? I’m a little confused by your reply.

I would say that it did not. Some of the chickens with lots of missing feathers have gotten a lot better. But, some of the ones that were with all of their feathers have lost some. They all seem fairly happy. Egg laying is about where it should be.