White specks pecked at?

[ClareScifi]

I've noticed my chickens occasionally peck at white specks on each others' feathers as if to eat them. Could it be lice? The white specks are very small, the size of a grain of salt?

Anyone know of a link with pictures of chicken lice to look at?

Thanks in advance,

Clare

 

[cindylo]

http://anrcatalog.ucdavis.edu/pdf/8162.pdf

See if the above link works for you.


Good luck with your flock!

 

[crawfordmama]

I usually catch my girls picking tiny white pieces of feather sheath off each other. It's like community grooming.