Stick tight fleas?? Yarghh!

[Moochie]

I read they go on people too.

Where on earth did they come from? We had a ground squirrel checking out the chickens last month. Only other thing I can think of is the cat that keeps coming onto our property.

 

[Moochie]

I put baby oil on the chickens?

 

[foxypoproxy]

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Thats what it said in the link i read.
try to put it on the fleas themselves, it should suffocate them.
Any animal could have given it to them or it could have just been in their environment.
Either way your probably going to have to clean where ever they have been staying.

 

[OvertheHenHouse]

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I just looked at pics of them. They look exactly like what I see on the silkies! Where the heck did fleas come from? Of all things! I have heard of this Ivermectin. Unfortunately father refuses to buy anything online because of an incident last time, so hopefully our feed store sells it.

here is the treatment for stick tight fleas: Smear a light coating of an oily substance over these insects and they suffocate very quickly. Olive oil and baby oil are useful, as they do not irritate the birds' eyes. Treat the shed floors as for mites and ticks. Like mites, all fleas will infest your home if left unchecked and will feed on any warm-blooded animals.

Thanks for this information. I just heard about stick tight fleas this morning. Fortunately, I don't have them but they're in my neighborhood. I'm going to guess I'll be seeing some soon...

 

[dawg53]

Here's a link regarding stick tight fleas, scroll down:
http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/ig140

 

[OvertheHenHouse]

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Wow, Dawg53 - thanks a million for this! Really good information -