Worms, mites, something else?

[casportpony]

I found it under the wing area. We checked them all over but gave the wing and vent areas extra attention. Any idea what this littlw critter is? I've been googling photos to try and identify now I'm wondering if it's a lice?

Oh course you can use my photo, not a problem at all. All the best with your website. I'll be sure to check it out

Under the wing sounds like lice:

Figure 1. Chicken lice (not to scale) collected in survey of backyard poultry in California. (A) Chicken body louse, Menacanthus stramineus; (B) Menacanthus cornutus; (C) Shaft louse, Menopon gallinae; (D) Fluff louse, Goniocotes gallinae; (E) Wing louse, Lipeurus caponis; and (F) Chicken head louse, Cuclotogaster heterographus. Image by A. Murillo, UC Riverside
http://veterinaryentomology.ucr.edu/chickenlice.html

 

[aart]

we found ONE mite (i think mite)

That's a louse(lice)....did you look around vent?

 

[casportpony]

That's a louse(lice)....did you look around vent?
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Good zooming picture!

 

[KatefromOz]

Under the wing sounds like lice:

Figure 1. Chicken lice (not to scale) collected in survey of backyard poultry in California. (A) Chicken body louse, Menacanthus stramineus; (B) Menacanthus cornutus; (C) Shaft louse, Menopon gallinae; (D) Fluff louse, Goniocotes gallinae; (E) Wing louse, Lipeurus caponis; and (F) Chicken head louse, Cuclotogaster heterographus. Image by A. Murillo, UC Riverside
http://veterinaryentomology.ucr.edu/chickenlice.html

Wow so many types of lice! Thanks for the info

 

[casportpony]

Wow so many types of lice! Thanks for the info

You're welcome! I found out that they can have more than one a the same time.

 

[KatefromOz]

That's a louse(lice)....did you look around vent?
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Great, thanks heaps for that. After a bit of googling I thought it could be a lice. Yes, we did check her vent. It looked relatively clean to me (not that I really know). I could post a photo?

 

[casportpony]

Check the whole body. The different types like different areas. What types of poultry insecticides can you get in AU?

 

[KatefromOz]

You're welcome! I found out that they can have more than one a the same time.

Poor chicks. I never knew there were so many things (big and small) out to get them!

 

[KatefromOz]

Check the whole body. The different types like different areas. What types of poultry insecticides can you get in AU?

I bought some Pestene powder (ingredients in pic). There are quite a few different things on the market but I thought this looked alright!?

 

[casportpony]

Interesting. Should work.