Mites?

[hispoptart]

All of my chickens have what appears to be dandruff on their feathers. They have been molting for the past month or so, at least that's what I thought they were doing. But maybe I am wrong and they have mites. Here are a couple of pics. Thanks for any advice.

 

[86121]

The mites would be at the base of the feathers I think? I have only ever had lice on mine, and I never knew about them until I looked for them?

 

[ChickensAreSweet]

Chickens do get dandruff when they get new feathers in. You can especially see this around 3 weeks old when they are still partly fuzzy.

So yes if it looks like dandruff it probably is.

http://anrcatalog.ucdavis.edu/pdf/8162.pdf


http://ohioline.osu.edu/vme-fact/0018.html

 

[hispoptart]

Thanks for the replies, looks like I better get them some head and shoulder shampoo...LOL