White bug on the back of pullet's head?

[Mac in Wisco]

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I think you're right, they are two different types of lice.

 

[australorp_breeder]

Ironically enough, I Googled to see if people could get chicken lice and my answer came from a link to BYC, lol!: https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=211782

It says that we can't, so that's good for me. Especially since I had the cockerel up on my shoulder earlier this afternoon.

Oh, I apologize. Welcome to BackYardChickens Hutton!

 

[seminolewind]

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Thank you, but I have two kinds of Permectrin. One is the powder, which I apply directly to my chickens, and the other is the spray, which I spray the coops with once every two months. The powder hasn't seemed to do any harm for me, and I bought it back when some of my chickens had mites. It got rid of them within the week. It works wonderfuly!

Wait, people can get the lice from chickens? I thought chicken lice only stayed on chickens? I've never had lice myself before, which is why I'm asking.

Permectrin dust powder, or Sevin powder for veggies both work well for lice. If I find one louse on one chicken, I powder them all. Chicken lice can't survive on people, the food is not the same

 

[Hutton]

sorry about providing link.i do need to read the rules.i do quartine all new birds for at least 2 weeks.and de bath every 3 or4 days .i love my birds.and would never put any thing on them that would shorten their life.de works in 24 hrs for any external parasites.not weeks..

 

[Mac in Wisco]

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Hey, no problem... It's just that your advice to use DE sounded a little self serving when you posted a link to what looked like your own business, which just happens to sell DE.