Please help my chickens have mites. I think..

[Farmgirl283420]

I’ve had chicks with lice so I’m pretty sure these are mites.

 

[Farmgirl283420]

I was going to treat the chickens by putting ivermectin in their 5 quart waterer, but I’m not 100% about the dose. Could one of you help me out? It’s 0.08 percent ivermectin.

 

[Farmgirl283420]

@Eggcessive

 

[Wyorp Rock]

One of my chickens has bumble foot and long story short she has all these super tiny whitish clear bugs crawling all over her comb and ears. At least that was what I saw. What kind of mites are these and how do I treat my chickens?

I have the dust so I can use that. The sock is a good idea! If the mites are on the face will it kill them?

I was going to treat the chickens by putting ivermectin in their 5 quart waterer, but I’m not 100% about the dose. Could one of you help me out? It’s 0.08 percent ivermectin.

I'd dust her with the Permethrin if you have that. You can put a little of the dust on your fingers and carefully work that into the head feathers.

Ivermectin 1% Injectable or Pour-On, can be used to treat Mites in poultry, dosing is based on weight. Injectable can be given orally or topically, Pour-On is apply topically by weight. If you have the Sheep Drench 0.08% you'll have to look that up and figure out how to use that.

You will still need to clean out housing/coop and treat surfaces with either a Permethrin based poultry spray or something like Elector PSP. Treating just birds when you have mites will not be all that effective since most mites live in the coop/housing too. Make sure to get into all the nooks/crannies, nesting boxes, roosting bars, etc. Repeat treatment of housing in 5-7day intervals.


1% Ivermectin dosing by weight.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/mites-lice-now-hen-growling.1242981/post-19965544

 

[Farmgirl283420]

I'd dust her with the Permethrin if you have that. You can put a little of the dust on your fingers and carefully work that into the head feathers.

Ivermectin 1% Injectable or Pour-On, can be used to treat Mites in poultry, dosing is based on weight. Injectable can be given orally or topically, Pour-On is apply topically by weight. If you have the Sheep Drench 0.08% you'll have to look that up and figure out how to use that.

You will still need to clean out housing/coop and treat surfaces with either a Permethrin based poultry spray or something like Elector PSP. Treating just birds when you have mites will not be all that effective since most mites live in the coop/housing too. Make sure to get into all the nooks/crannies, nesting boxes, roosting bars, etc. Repeat treatment of housing in 5-7day intervals.


1% Ivermectin dosing by weight.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/mites-lice-now-hen-growling.1242981/post-19965544

Ok. I have Elector PSP so I can spray that in the coops. I can also do the permethrin powder, since I also have that on hand. Would putting first Saturday lime in the coop help at all? Thanks for helping.

 

[Wyorp Rock]

Ok. I have Elector PSP so I can spray that in the coops. I can also do the permethrin powder, since I also have that on hand. Would putting first Saturday lime in the coop help at all? Thanks for helping.

Read up on tips on the FSL Website, they have information about how it can be used in chicken coops.