mites chickens

I have my one hen who has had a bald scabby head for almost a month. I don’t see any evidence of lice or mites anywhere, and I am favoring she is just getting picked on. Vent and under wings clear. I don’t observe anyone hen pecking her during the day, but she is lower on the totem pole. If she...

Please help! This is my first time going through this so I am not sure what I am looking at. 1 hen is loosing a lot of feathers a lot in back/tail and neck area. Another one is fluffy above her tail. Is this mites or molting? Any advice would be great. Thank you.

Updated with some answers (in red)! Good day, chicken friends! I recently adopted this sweet girl. After bathing her (she was CAKED with feces), I noticed a large, mite-infested bump on her head. I've checked around her vent, under her wings, on her neck, etc, and it seems like the mites...

Hi everyone! I’d like to think I’m pretty knowledgeable about chickens at this point, but this is something I have never struggled with before. I absolutely cannot get my birds to gain weight. I thought it was their feed so I switched to higher protein and add game bird feed. After that I got...

This DIY mini experiment list is brought to you by a curious mind’s disdain for blood suckers and love for a rooster. WHAT I’VE DONE WITH MITES: - put them into a bag with nothing else. Result: they lived for days, some almost a full week - diatomaceous earth directly on rooster, under his...

Hi, I have 4 birds and noticed a fowl mite infestation a few days ago so I applied permethrin powder to birds and coop with plan to reapply in 1 week. Today Onyx (dark Brahma) appears lethargic, not active, I watched for a bit, no eating/drinking/pooping. I thought it was mite side effects, so I...

Bit of a quick Hx on the situation: I have 25 chickens, 10 were integrated after and 1 month quarantine and treatment for black mites. Only found on 2 out of 10 but treated all with a garlic juice + essential oil blend, sprayed to vent and under wings every second day, missing a couple...

Hey all! We picked up 10 pullets today. I inspected them at the breeders, didnt notice anything until we were on the way home and I picked up a feather one dropped on the floor. No less than 5 tiny mites were crawling on the feather and then onto me. Black, red and black with grey all present...

Our silkie hen has been sitting on eggs for awhile and we finally had one successful hatch yesterday. She has been isolated from the flock for about a month, once she started to go broody but about a two weeks ago I noticed her face getting crusty. She has also lost feathers (though she was a...

I have three leghorn chickens that are looking a little rough lately:( They are pretty big (fat) compared to an average bird of their breed. They have full roam in my backyard although they eat mostly layer pellets and stay in the same couple spots most of the day.One chicken has a balding spot...

I've been dealing with mites on and off for a couple of months now it had been going fairly well until a few days ago when I saw mites on some of the eggs again. After checking the girls I found that all of them had some mites around their vents and I found mites in the nesting boxes when I...

Hello I have problem. Never have problem with any kind of parasites in my chickens flock, until now :( Few days ago I've noticed tiny, and I mean TINY bugs on my young rooster, happily he is separated from the rest of the flock (because he is aggressive) but he was separated in the "summer"...

I am in need of help/advice ASAP!! I go to check on my broody Cochin bantam girls yesterday evening to see if their eggs are hatching yet. I reach my hands into their brood box and lift their fluffy rumps up just a tad to look under them and I see two extra little gray feet! I get super excited...

My hen has mites I just have one she’s like a pet to me. I will clean her coop and treat it but I want to know if I can use this Ivermectin on her if so how much? Once I used dog flea and tic shampoo and that worked but have read some bad stuff about it. Any help appreciated. I’ve used the...

Hi, I just read that the fungus Beauveria bassiana can be used against the poultry red mite Beauveria bassiana. This fungus can be bought as a liquid, and then either sprayed or applied to cardboard/sponges where the mites then go, and get infected. There are however different strains of the...

In this thread, we will discuss the use of ivermectin both in treatment of our chickens for things like mites, and its possible use against COVID. I don’t want to take any position on ivermectin except as an excellent anti parasitic medication for cattle, pigs, chickens, and more. One of the...

How soon after treatment will chickens feel relief from mites? I know it will take a few treatments to completely eliminate the problem but do chickens feel at least slightly better after the first application? Does anyone have any remedies that they swear by?

Hi! I’ve had chickens for a few years but this is my first time raising silkies. I’ve got three, one rooster and two adorable girls. We got them from a local breeder in May. My black silkie, Judy has some crusty/crunchy white residue on the tips of her wings. Not sure what it is. All of my...

So almost a month ago my rooster was acting very sick. He wouldnt eat or really drink. He was constantly sleepy and he didnt seem to want to lay down. His balance was also pretty off. After about a week of me putting water on his beak and mixing it with wet chicken seed he finally started to...

One of my roosters has been very sick the past few days. He's about 6 years old so I dont think its an old age thing. I first noticed his odd sickly behavior 3 days ago. He wouldnt eat much and he was staying away from most of the chickens in the pen. The day after that I immediately knew...