long story short i noticed one of my hens had a bad pasty butt "about the size of a golf ball" Turned her upside down to take a look at it and once it was removed by my clippers i almost cringed in disgust. She had these little bugs all over her butt below her vent. They were very fast and they were a creamy yellowish color. They looked way too big to be mites. I check some fresh poop they dropped in the yard and i saw no worms or these "things" crawling around in their poo. The weird thing is, they had built these little hard white nest's around the quill or "pin" part of the feather that comes out from the skin. The best way to describe it would be a sugar cube but in the shape of a teardrop fastened around the pin of the feather just above the skin. They look to be crawling in about out of these weird nest things as well. They are only crawling around on the skin too when they are out and about, they don't seem to be on the feather's themselves.
What could these little things be??? Of course the other 6 girls had them too, just the one girl had them worse than the others. I keep them clean, change their bedding, clean their waters.....i thought i took very good care of my birds....so needles to say im very embarrassed. I feel so bad for them because i know they must feel un-comfortable. They hen's are just over a year old and i have yet to worm them at all. I don't know the first thing about worming chickens so i would have no idea what i need to buy or go about the whole process. The first thing that came to mind was getting a warm soapy bucket of water and putting them in it to where the water is only up to their vent's and washing/gently scrubbing where the bug's are. They only seem to be below the vent area, i checked their entire bodies and found no other area with the infestation. Other than that i got nothing. I hope you guy's can help me out with finding out what they are and helping me out with their situation. Thanks for your time in reading my post.
What could these little things be??? Of course the other 6 girls had them too, just the one girl had them worse than the others. I keep them clean, change their bedding, clean their waters.....i thought i took very good care of my birds....so needles to say im very embarrassed. I feel so bad for them because i know they must feel un-comfortable. They hen's are just over a year old and i have yet to worm them at all. I don't know the first thing about worming chickens so i would have no idea what i need to buy or go about the whole process. The first thing that came to mind was getting a warm soapy bucket of water and putting them in it to where the water is only up to their vent's and washing/gently scrubbing where the bug's are. They only seem to be below the vent area, i checked their entire bodies and found no other area with the infestation. Other than that i got nothing. I hope you guy's can help me out with finding out what they are and helping me out with their situation. Thanks for your time in reading my post.
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