What are these bugs?

[slordaz]

Hey all,

I am new to this site and have been raising chickens for a few years. My love for birds began as a kid when my dad and I would hatch chicks together. I have ran into an issue lately and I have been unable to identify what this pest is. They don’t seem to be causing any harm to the birds, but all the research I have completed has come up empty. Any ideas? I have killed nearly a 1,000 in the past few days and believe the treatment I am using is working (pyrethrin for the past two days), but would like to identify what they are so I can better treat the issue. I use lime around the coop and DE within. Picture attached.

looks like Darkling beetles, they are what make those meal worms my chickens love so much

 

[WthrLady]

It's also stink bug season.

 

[ChickenCanoe]

Not stink bugs or darkling beetles. I don't recognize them but without consulting a good entomologist and with tens of thousands of possibilities, you may never know the species.