Parasites!! Help me!

[21henmom]

The stuff at the base of the feathers is lice eggs.
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They are white but looks pretty much the same.

 

[21henmom]

Looks like lice. Permethrin spray is usually the recommended treatment.

I accidentally posted Ho trying to comment on your post!

 

[21henmom]

Yes, those are lice eggs. If you part feathers, you will usually see them scurrying off. Permethrin 10 concentrate mixed with water 37 ml per gallon of water is good and safe to use once, and again in 10 days to get the newly hatched lice before they lay eggs. Treat the coop, nests, and roosts as well after removing the bedding. You may also use Ivermectin Pour-on 0.1 ml per pound put on the back of the neck along the spine, and repeat in 14 days. Ivermectin is not an approved drug for chickens.

Do I need to toss the eggs during either treatment?

 

[21henmom]

Ewwwwww.... That's a bummer. I'm sorry.

But more that you know what it is, you can treat it! Permethrin, as @sylviethecochin and @Kris5902 said. I bought some recently @ TSC. You'll have to treat all your birds and clean out the coop and spray it, too. All the info is on the bottle.

Heading there tomorrow!!

 

[21henmom]

Ewwwwww.... That's a bummer. I'm sorry.

But more that you know what it is, you can treat it! Permethrin, as @sylviethecochin and @Kris5902 said. I bought some recently @ TSC. You'll have to treat all your birds and clean out the coop and spray it, too. All the info is on the bottle.

Do you spray the birds directly?

 

[21henmom]

This article is very good with pictures, medications, how often to treat, etc:
https://anrcatalog.ucanr.edu/pdf/8162.pdf
Thank you so much! Everyone here is so amazing. I had read the second article earlier this evening. Ever used the Elector PSP?

And this one as well:
https://the-chicken-chick.com/poultry-lice-and-mites-identification/

 

[21henmom]

I hate lice! I’ve never seen such large egg clusters. What I hate the most is when they run up your arms when you’re trying to dust the chicken. Permethrin, or if you can get it, carbaryl (next to impossible to find, not approved for use in Canada anymore, I don’t know about the USA...) kills the little buggers like nobody’s business! And you’ll have to repeat the treatment (to kill the newly hatched ones) in I think it is a week?

I looked it up and we can get carbaryl -- it's labeled as Seven Dust (or spray) here. We used it on dogs years ago. Still use it some on plants (but not very often because I don't want to kill the pollinators).