Please help my chickens have mites. I think..

[Farmgirl283420]

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?

 

[WhatsUpDuck]

I'm sorry I don't have any experience with mites. I would try searching for past posts in the search bar on the right hand corner. Hopefully you can find some good advice on what to do, and what type of mite it is.



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[alinas2010]

Can you post a few pictures of her feathers and of them?

 

[C Siena]

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?

Go to this Forum on predators and pests, then search for mites and then lice, to make sure you identify the correct pest.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/forums/predators-and-pests.13/

 

[C Siena]

Also Articles on Predators and pests.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/categories/predators-pests.28/

 

[Farmgirl283420]

Sorry I got back so late everyone! I’ve had a busy day.

Can you post a few pictures of her feathers and of them?

I can try to get some when we check her foot tomorrow. They are pretty tiny, so I’m not sure if you’d be able to see them though.

Go to this Forum on predators and pests, then search for mites and then lice, to make sure you identify the correct pest.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/forums/predators-and-pests.13/

Also Articles on Predators and pests.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/categories/predators-pests.28/

Thank you!

 

[Farmgirl283420]

Do ya’ll know if you can use ivermectin?

 

[alinas2010]

Do ya’ll know if you can use ivermectin?

Ivermectin does treat some external parasites but not all. You’d have to know what kind of mites they are and it takes the mites biting the chicken to kill them, usually. Here is more information about it:
https://poultrydvm.com/drugs/ivermectin

The easiest thing to do to treat mites is use permethrin dust. I just treated mine for northern fowl mites using the dust method and it worked really well. And it was easy and less of a fight. This is what I used:

You simply put it in a sock and powder the chicken paying special attention to the vent area, back of the neck and under the wings. Repeat in about 5-7 days. I repeated one more time in another 5-7.

You will also need to remove bedding and nesting material and clean the coop out well after treating the chickens. I used a permethrin spray to spray the corners and crevices of the roosts.

 

[Farmgirl283420]

Ivermectin does treat some external parasites but not all. You’d have to know what kind of mites they are and it takes the mites biting the chicken to kill them, usually. Here is more information about it:
https://poultrydvm.com/drugs/ivermectin

The easiest thing to do to treat mites is use permethrin dust. I just treated mine for northern fowl mites using the dust method and it worked really well. And it was easy and less of a fight. This is what I used:



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You simply put it in a sock and powder the chicken paying special attention to the vent area, back of the neck and under the wings. Repeat in about 5-7 days. I repeated one more time in another 5-7.

You will also need to remove bedding and nesting material and clean the coop out well after treating the chickens. I used a permethrin spray to spray the corners and crevices of the roosts.

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?

 

[alinas2010]

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?

Well try not get it in their face so much. You don’t your chicken to breathe the dust in. If you apply to the back of the neck the mites should die. Be sure to try to get the powder all the way down to thw bottom of the feather shafts. It may take a couple of cycles of application every 5-7 days but eventually all of the mites should die.

It is important you try to identify what kind of mites these are to treat properly. Is there a chance they could be lice? Do you see any eggs at the bottoms of the feather shafts? Like this: