My new silkie chickens have mites or something

[Pierre duck drake]

I went to a show yesterday and got silkie chickens. I just gave them a bath because they have scabs on their face, while I was drying them, I saw a few bugs on their face. Does anyone know how to treat mites, or whatever they have? Also, the day I brought them home, I put them in a dog kennel in case they had something. So they didn't give anything to my flock.

 

[Pierre duck drake]

There's one more thing wrong with the silkie. It can't open its eye all the way. They are eating, drinking, laying eggs, and are active.

 

[Aunt Angus]

Make sure those birds are as far away from your flock as possible, and be super clean- like, change clothes and shoes between handling them and your new birds. They should be 100 yards away to prevent airborne illnesses, but do whatever you can. And I'd keep them separate for at least 6 weeks. Poultry shows are hotbeds if poultry illnesses.

The eye might be a result of a respiratory illness. Clean the eyes with saline and treat with ophthalmic ointment. Is her beak clear? Any nasal discharge or bubbles in the eye?

Treating mites involves spraying or dusting them and their environment with products containing permethrin. You will need to repeat this process every 7 days. You will need to change out their bedding each time, too. Bag the bedding to suffocate the mites - don't compost it or just throw it away without bagging it.

 

[Eggcessive]

Can you post any pictures of the faces? Do you see any tiny bugs crawling on skin around the head, under the vent and elsewhere, or specks of dirt or eggs at the base of feathers? Is the eyelid swollen? Are there any bubbles or gunk in either eye?

 

[Pierre duck drake]

Can you post any pictures of the faces? Do you see any tiny bugs crawling on skin around the head, under the vent and elsewhere, or specks of dirt or eggs at the base of feathers? Is the eyelid swollen? Are there any bubbles or gunk in either eye?

Her eyelid is swollen. I can post pictures later. Only bugs are on her face.

 

[Pierre duck drake]

Make sure those birds are as far away from your flock as possible, and be super clean- like, change clothes and shoes between handling them and your new birds. They should be 100 yards away to prevent airborne illnesses, but do whatever you can. And I'd keep them separate for at least 6 weeks. Poultry shows are hotbeds if poultry illnesses.

The eye might be a result of a respiratory illness. Clean the eyes with saline and treat with ophthalmic ointment. Is her beak clear? Any nasal discharge or bubbles in the eye?

Treating mites involves spraying or dusting them and their environment with products containing permethrin. You will need to repeat this process every 7 days. You will need to change out their bedding each time, too. Bag the bedding to suffocate the mites - don't compost it or just throw it away without bagging it.

She is in our garage. Do you think that's ok? I'll quarantine her and her sister for 2-3 months just to keep my flock safe!

 

[Eggcessive]

If you have a magnifying glass try to see if the bugs have 6 or 8 legs. It might be easier to pluck one off with tweezers. Permethrin spray or garden dust are both effective against lice and mites. Repeat in 7 days. Here is a link with pictures to help identify lice or mites:
https://the-chicken-chick.com/poultry-lice-and-mites-identification/

The eye swelling and drainage could be a sign of a chronic respiratory disease such as mycoplasma gallisepticum (MG.) You may want to flush the eye with saline eye wash and apply Terramycin eye ointment or plain Neosporin ointment twice a day to the eye. An oral antibiotic such as Tylan 50 or Tylosin powder can be used to treat symptoms of MG. It could be contagious to your other poultry. Survivors are carriers. Testing could be helpful to know if it is MG.

 

[Pierre duck drake]

If you have a magnifying glass try to see if the bugs have 6 or 8 legs. It might be easier to pluck one off with tweezers. Permethrin spray or garden dust are both effective against lice and mites. Repeat in 7 days. Here is a link with pictures to help identify lice or mites:
https://the-chicken-chick.com/poultry-lice-and-mites-identification/

The eye swelling and drainage could be a sign of a chronic respiratory disease such as mycoplasma gallisepticum (MG.) You may want to flush the eye with saline eye wash and apply Terramycin eye ointment or plain Neosporin ointment twice a day to the eye. An oral antibiotic such as Tylan 50 or Tylosin powder can be used to treat symptoms of MG. It could be contagious to your other poultry. Survivors are carriers. Testing could be helpful to know if it is MG.

I THINK it is a mite. It looked bigger than lice to me and didn't run very fast. It still ran though. Now no on will even go near or pet my silkies!

 

[Eggcessive]

Can you post any pictures? Mites are smaller than lice. Permethrin dust or spray, and Elector PSP are products that can be used against either. Here is another link to read with pictures of what to look for:
https://poultryhealthinspection.ucd...-files/treatment-of-lice-mites-of-poultry.pdf

 

[samanthaoverton]

Sometimes animal auctions can be pretty bad..some people knowingly bring there sick animals. There are some good places but a lot of the times no. My dad purchased quite a few sick goats unknowingly quite a few years ago. There is so much going on that sometimes you don't get a good look at animals. There is a lot of dishonesty. Your seller had to of known those animals had a problem..