Mites

[Wmaddox]

Hi I have 3 Chickens that are two years old. Two are laying normally ( golden buff and Easter egger) and my cuckoo maran isn’t laying at all. Cuckoos comb has been rosy for over a month and she’s squatting but no eggs. My golden has tattered wings with like feathers pulled out all the way to the stem of the feather. My golden is laying eggs with a watery white. I am worried that the tattered wings and / or non egg laying is due to mites. I’ve searched their bodies abs don’t see any mites or sores on skin. Any ideas?

 

[GermanKennhuhn]

I have had great luck with permethrin powder in dust baths or permethrin spray under the wings and on their bottoms.

 

[Eggcessive]

Do you have any pictures of the chickens and feather loss? You should be able to see something on the skin moving or mite poop if they have mites. Feather mites can be hard to see. Feather mite treatment is a little different than regular mites. I think ivermectin is used for those. Here is a good article on what to look for:
https://the-chicken-chick.com/poultry-lice-and-mites-identification/

https://poultrykeeper.com/external-problems/depluming-mites/
Have your chickens had any respiratory symptoms or sneezing recently? Infectious bronchitis virus exposure can cause watery whites and wrinkled egg shells.

 

[Wmaddox]

I have had great luck with permethrin powder in dust baths or permethrin spray under the wings and on their bottoms.

I’ve tried the dust for 2 weeks now, sprayed coops and even put ivermectin on neck.

 

[Wmaddox]

Do you have any pictures of the chickens and feather loss? You should be able to see something on the skin moving or mite poop if they have mites. Feather mites can be hard to see. Feather mite treatment is a little different than regular mites. I think ivermectin is used for those. Here is a good article on what to look for:
https://the-chicken-chick.com/poultry-lice-and-mites-identification/

https://poultrykeeper.com/external-problems/depluming-mites/
Have your chickens had any respiratory symptoms or sneezing recently? Infectious bronchitis virus exposure can cause watery whites and wrinkled egg shells.

I’ll have to get better pictures but this one shows feathers missing on one side of feather. Some feathers on wings and tails are completely bare to the feather stem - looks like a thin bone almost. No sneezing or upper respiratory that I’m aware of.

 

[Wmaddox]

Do you have any pictures of the chickens and feather loss? You should be able to see something on the skin moving or mite poop if they have mites. Feather mites can be hard to see. Feather mite treatment is a little different than regular mites. I think ivermectin is used for those. Here is a good article on what to look for:
https://the-chicken-chick.com/poultry-lice-and-mites-identification/

https://poultrykeeper.com/external-problems/depluming-mites/
Have your chickens had any respiratory symptoms or sneezing recently? Infectious bronchitis virus exposure can cause watery whites and wrinkled egg shells.