What are these bugs? (pictures)

[LizzyOwls]

I found these bugs 2 days ago in my coop. Have no idea what they are, if they are harmful, or how to get rid of them.

Looks like they have 6 legs, antae, they fly, are a brownish color with a slight red tint, and about the size of a poppy seed.

I've checked the flock, but there are no signs of the bugs on them. Clean skin under wings and vent. They are inside and outside of the coop. They haven't overwhelmed the coop, but I don't want to give them the chance.

Its June and I'm in northern Texas, if that can make a difference.

Calling on the help line for advice from experienced chicken owners!

 

[sourland]

Not a chicken parasite - perhaps some sort of grain beetle.

 

[CluckerFamily]

A future chicken treat

 

[LizzyOwls]

Not a chicken parasite - perhaps some sort of grain beetle.

Interesting - not sure why they are in my coop, I use pine pellets for the bedding inside and there is straw in the nesting boxes.

 

[LizzyOwls]

A future chicken treat

If only I could get the chickens to reach them! The bugs are higher on the walls.

 

[Folly's place]

Maybe the chickens are eating the ones lower down in the coop? No idea what they are either, sorry.
Mary

 

[LizzyOwls]

Maybe the chickens are eating the ones lower down in the coop? No idea what they are either, sorry.
Mary

Well that could be very true, lol. I definitely don't watch them all day long, lol.

 

[Painted Calls]

Some sort of grain beetle. Harmless to you and the birds.

 

[swampfox440]

Perhaps, foreign grain beetle . Looks a lot like it .

 

[cmom]

They look like a grain beetle to me also. Good luck...