white granul things on roos feathers?

[PianoTheSilkie]

My rooster ha been getting white things leaving on his feathers. Mostly on his face and crop. I have scoured the internet for a cure but it has nothing. Help!

 

[Chickensandhorsesforlife]

looks like mites or lice. Any other birds affected? are the white things moving? Is it only on his face?

 

[PianoTheSilkie]

My rooster ha been getting white things leaving on his feathers. Mostly on his face and crop. I have scoured the internet for a cure but it has nothing. Help!

Sorry about the spelling errors. Still trying to understand my new phone.

 

[Chickensandhorsesforlife]

Sorry about the spelling errors. Still trying to understand my new phone.

lol! I have had the same problem

 

[Lacy Duckwing]

I call those mites nest. I've seen that on red fowl mite infected birds. I typically see them around the neck and fluffy bum-bum feathers areas. They can form anywhere, and they can get really nasty. Like big clusters of them.

 

[PianoTheSilkie]

looks like mites or lice. Any other birds affected? are the white things moving? Is it only on his face?

I think one of my girlies has it too. They don't move and are on other feathers too. They only are on feathers.

 

[Chickensandhorsesforlife]

are the white things moving?
your horse in your profile pic is so pretty! I love horses

 

[PianoTheSilkie]

Can this be cured with poultry dust? We are getting some in a day or two.

 

[PianoTheSilkie]

Yes. It's mites. Gonna treat all my birds asap

 

[coach723]

The pictures are too blurry to tell for sure, I would guess those are poultry lice nits. They are deposited around the base of feathers like that. Some pictures here:
https://the-chicken-chick.com/poultry-lice-and-mites-identification/
You can use poultry dust or spray that contains permethrin, which is usually available at most tractor supply stores, feed stores, in the US. You can also use Elector PSP, but it's much, much more expensive. You should also clean out and treat the coop, remove all bedding and nesting material and get rid of it (burn it if possible) and replace.