Little bugs everywhere!!!

[ShrekDawg]

Go look on a chicken or two with your phone flashlight.

Okay will do

 

[ronott1]

Yeah, that’s probably what they are but they oddly don’t seem to be inside the coop, only outside so

But I will definitely spray them!!

Is it safe to put the powdered permethrin inside the coop???

I think I will do a full coop clean out and spray everything tomorrow. Maybe also throw out/move a bunch of stuff and see if that helps.

As far as I know, mites are not out in the day time

 

[ShrekDawg]

Do they jump or stink when squished?

They do jump. Quite far. Although today they were quite sluggish and I could squish a few. I think because of the cold. Yesterday was below freezing the whole day but today got to 50.

They don’t stink when squished and don’t appear to be full of blood.

 

[Qwerty3159]

I get them too I live in southern New England.
Did it just rain? I see them all over everything right after it rains especially in cooler weather. I only started noticing them after I got birds. I've never ever seen one on a bird and I treat mine for mites and lice with chemicals so even if they were parasitic they'd have to be feeding off something else which seems unlikely.

 

[ShrekDawg]

As far as I know, mites are not out in the day time

Yeah I just read that somewhere. That’s another thing that’s throwing me off. And also aren’t they usually inside? These seem to be only outside.

 

[ronott1]

Bird mites are very small:

 

[ronott1]

To me they look like springtail bugs. They look similar and behave like you are seeing

 

[ShrekDawg]

I get them too I live in southern New England.
Did it just rain? I see them all over everything right after it rains especially in cooler weather. I only started noticing them after I got birds. I've never ever seen one on a bird and I treat mine for mites and lice with chemicals so even if they were parasitic they'd have to be feeding off something else which seems unlikely.

Not in a few days but it did snow/rain a bit the other day. It’s definitely been pretty wet recently. So they are harmless then? They don’t seem to be bothering the birds which is weird to me. I just hate having bugs and rodents and anything like that around

Grosses me out and I try to keep it clean out there so in my mind the bugs mean it isn’t but maybe that’s not so.

 

[ShrekDawg]

To me they look like springtail bugs. They look similar and behave like you are seeing

Are those harmless?

 

[ShrekDawg]

Bird mites are very small:

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These are pretty small too I think