mites

[crooked stripe]

I came in the house after putting the chickens up and saw a small white bug of some kind on the table. Is this a mite or some kind of bug that infects chickens? My chickens apear to be healthy and not bothered by any insect. What are your thoughts? John

 

[MissPrissy]

Go out after dark with a flash light. Turn up the chickens rear end and use the flashlight to look all around the vent area. If you see little whitish bugs crawling on the skin those are chicken lice. You can dust them with sevin dust. Clean out the coop, dust it, put in fresh bedding and mix more of the sevin in. In 7 - 10 days treat the chickens again.

See this thread about how to dust them -

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?pid=635883#p635883

 

[msrma7670]

Their are many diffrent types of mites, most lay under the skin to drink your blood,
normaly a rash will develop, the only treatment is a nasty paste solution
a doctor can prescribe to sufficate them and posions them.
Color range from red brwon white. It might have been a flea or lice.

P.s. I have applied this nasty paste to people I know I work in a hospital!

 

[Dilly]

Will DE help with mites?

 

[msrma7670]

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I would not use sevens dust IT IS A POSION.
I WOULD NOT PUT IT ON MY MOTHER-IN-LAWS EQUIPMENT(private area) and certainly not a chicken.
yes it would kill the bug may be harmful to animals read the label!

 

[MissPrissy]

Sevin workd perfectly fine and is widely used for chicken lice and mites.

Chicken lice and the bugs humans can carry are not the same things.

Why in the world would your mother-in-law have chicken lice on her private parts??!!??

Dilly - DE will work it just takes a lot longer to get the same effects. you can mix FOOD GRADE DE with the sevin dust, too.

 

[RayP]

I barely contained myself from writing a very bad joke

 

[DuckLady]

Sevin or Poultry dust is the best thing to use to wipe out an infestation of chicken lice and/or mites. DE after you get it under control is ok for maintenance.

As for the mother in law, if she has human mites or lice she needs to see her doctor. I wouldn't apply anything to my MIL's parts, either.

Chicken mites and human mites are not interchangeable.

 

[CarriBrown]

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Time for me to drink a bottle of wine.

 

[msrma7670]

YOU HAVE NEVER SEEN MY MOTHER IN LAW!!!!