Sticktight Fleas

[casportpony]

Here she is six days later. These fleas are dead and came off easily by scraping with my fingernail.

Her comb and wattles were dry, so I applied some Neosporin.

 

[MotherOfChickens]

Here is my hen on 9-24-2018

Spoiler: Lots of flea pictures - click to open

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What is the 10th pic down of???

 

[MotherOfChickens]

Wow! What a difference! Do they mainly just get on the head and neck area and vent?

 

[casportpony]

What is the 10th pic down of???

The 10th one down? Is that the scab picture? If so, I think she had been sitting on a nest somewhere and something bit here. Those are fleas around the edge of the scab.

 

[casportpony]

Wow! What a difference! Do they mainly just get on the head and neck area and vent?

I haven't seen any on the vents, but they can be found there according to what I read.

 

[MotherOfChickens]

I haven't seen any on the vents, but they can be found there according to what I read.

Well, he tried to flog me today lol, luckily he is still young, even though he is huge. He still only has nubs for spurs. But I discovered why he flogged me. I had a garden hoe in my hands and he didn't like that.

Anyway, I cleaned out his coop and sprayed it good with the medicine. I let it dry good before I added bedding. Then I raked out his run and sprayed the ground. Lastly, dad held him for me while I took a Q-tip and wiped down his comb and wattles and around his ears. Surprisingly, he didn't have any under his beak/neck area. The sticktight fleas came right off. Then I sprayed near his vent and under each wing. I'll check him over good next weekend when I come back over here.

What is strange is, my dad's chickens dont have them. But they are bantam seabrights and something else and barely have any combs and wattles... so I'm wondering if my rooster just has them bc he has such a huge comb and wattles.

 

[MotherOfChickens]

In the top pic you can see the black spot that is a group of fleas. He also had them down the fold of his wattles and where his comb folds near his beak.

 

[casportpony]

He's a handsome boy!

 

[MotherOfChickens]

He's a handsome boy!

Thank You! He was a surprise rooster lol

 

[Eggcessive]

Kathy, in your 2nd picture, that is a good shot of a nictitating membrane.