- Jul 27, 2009
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Like most of you, I love my chickens and like to pick them up, pet them and they like to jump on my lap and dig in my pockets for the bread treats.
But lately, I have been feeling like there is something crawling on my skin, even though I never could see anything...until this evening, I felt an itchy feeling on my arm and looking closely, saw some incredibly tiny bug of some sort. Would this be a mite or lice?
I am throwing out all my bedding and pillows in case they got there...fortunately I have a water bed and I won't have to get a new mattress...but what can I shower with that will kill what ever these critters are?
Tomorrow I will change out all the nesting boxes and thoroughly spray the inside of the coop with whatever the local Wilco farm store recommends.
I am "itching" to hear some replies from anyone who has gotten a transfer like this from their chickens..Thanks, Ray
But lately, I have been feeling like there is something crawling on my skin, even though I never could see anything...until this evening, I felt an itchy feeling on my arm and looking closely, saw some incredibly tiny bug of some sort. Would this be a mite or lice?
I am throwing out all my bedding and pillows in case they got there...fortunately I have a water bed and I won't have to get a new mattress...but what can I shower with that will kill what ever these critters are?
Tomorrow I will change out all the nesting boxes and thoroughly spray the inside of the coop with whatever the local Wilco farm store recommends.
I am "itching" to hear some replies from anyone who has gotten a transfer like this from their chickens..Thanks, Ray