Mites, lice, something else?

[ReelFaster]

Was just out to clean the coop and noticed these guys all in the bedding kinda jumping or flying a bit. I check two of my girls and didn't see anything on them I could find, other two are molting and didn't want to handle them to much. Any idea's what these guys are?

 

[ChickyCh00k]

They look to be moving like fleas . I don't think mites or lice are jumpers.

 

[Matejka]

Gnats? I am seeing the same thing outside my coop.
If I sit out there they swarm and land on my arms

 

[ReelFaster]

Praying they are gnats, they sure do look like them. Upon closer inspection they look to have small wings not really shaped like a fleas.

In any case I am going to clean the coop, spray it down with some Permethrin 10, and give the girl a DE bath.

 

[ChickyCh00k]

give the girl a DE bath.

Just offering info I have seen repeated multiple times in these forums (because I haven't had to deal with pests (yet)) - DE is said to be really quite worthless in treating much of anything, and it can actually be harmful to you and your birds when inhaled. I would skip the DE, and focus on the coop (unless you see bugs on the birds, in which case you might think about using an effective treatment on them - hopefully someone with more expertise will chime in about what product to use, although I believe you can use permetherin to treat coop AND birds). Good luck!

 

[Matejka]

Permethrin on birds and in coop.
No de it does cause respiratory issues. My birds are eating these bugs. I think they are gnats.

 

[Geena]

Was just out to clean the coop and noticed these guys all in the bedding kinda jumping or flying a bit. I check two of my girls and didn't see anything on them I could find, other two are molting and didn't want to handle them to much. Any idea's what these guys are?

They are probably fungus gnats. I wouldn't bother treating for them. They like decomposing wood and such, and won't bother your chickens.