pest

Summary: I have 19 chickens that have mites and intend to dip them in permethrin and have questions regarding the situation. If you wish, skip to MY QUESTIONS at the bottom. Also, my qualifier is not meant to be rude, but I am looking for experience and help and knowledge. Not opinions, not...

Tonight I caught on video a rat in my run, a couple weeks ago one died by drowning itself in a bucket of water behind my shed. I have H/C a foot underneath all around underneath my run and I filled any holes I saw in the ground with moth balls, how do I prevent it from getting in?

We have a bad rat infestation. We have started picking up food at night several weeks ago. The rats have become desperate and are killing our chickens, so we closed them up completely at night as well. Now recently they chewed their way into our rabbit hutch and killed one of our big bucks! (We...

I spotted quite a few of these tiny bugs in my chicken coop on the wood around the nesting boxes. I've had chicken & ducks for years & I've never seen these before! Hoping to get some help to identify & how to get rid of! I'm live on the border of Mass & New Hampshire.

Hi I haven’t been on BYC for a while but recently we have been haveing a pest problem we have been working hard on trying to solve and unfortunately last night this *thing* got my favorite bird I was thinking that later this year when it comes to butcher season, I would save a few heads and...

Hi, i have a 6 day old Serama chick with so many tiny bugs. This is my first time dealing with this since i just started raising chickens last year. I did not realize the parents of the chick were infested with these bugs until the chick hatched, which i also did not know was going to happen...

We're dispatching a couple of our 14 week old orpington cockerels and noticed this on/under and around new growth as we had plucked. There was no movement from the suspect "thing". Can anyone please shine a light as soon as possible? Can we consume the birds are is it best to avoid? Thank you!

This is foxy, a 1 year old golden sex link, a star egg layer, queen of the free range flock of 5 mixed birds, in Oregon. Her favorite food is worms, and she will greet your car when you pull in. About a week ago I noticed a bald spot on her neck, it’s on both sides in the same place, I didn’t...

My flock was attacked by a swarm of buffalo gnats it was HORRIFIC. All my pullets seem to be doing ok except for one who got the worst of it. I mean hundreds of these things eating her alive in her eyes, nose, and body. The attack happened yesterday at sunset now about 11 hours later she’s doing...

Hi everyone, Do you have any recommendations for something that can help get rid of ants in the coop/run that’s safe for chickens? We have a ton of ants in the area. Thanks!

The last few weeks a robin that seems young has been hanging around my chickens, it seems young as it keeps doing what I call "baby chirps" and is very fluffy/round even though it has adult plumage! If we are indoors it will sit next the the run and pick around in the grass by them, sometimes it...

Are there any chicken safe cat deterrents that are helpful to spray around yards? Our neighbors let their cats run around freely and I personally find that really unsavory along with I dont want them spreading disease to my chickens, I know that they will snoop around and piss in our yard and...

Our chickens have a coop inside our porch and we have had these little pests forever. They show up in our bedroom (20ft away) anywhere from 9/10 pm to 2am. They don't bite us. He's been saying they were on the chickens I've been saying no because I was sure we had them at least once before the...

Hi everyone! This week we noticed these creepy crawlers ALL OVER the coop. It was very sudden and there are thousands of them. I'm worried they are making my chickens sick or uncomfortable (even though they look just fine). They are really tiny, they move like small spiders. There is one on the...

Hi! I'm very new to quail, trying to figure out what is going on with them. They are eating, drinking and running around like the rest. What I have noticed is red skin and feather loss. In the beginning they were fine, then slowly starting to get worse. I had the following thoughts: 1. First...

I have auto feeders and waterers so i am sure as long as i have access to food and water they have no reason to leave. I have tried rat traps(both mechanical and electric) and also even built a barrel trap. I have gotten a few but i am still seeing rat poo in the nest boxes. I have also tried...

Hi everyone, This morning I checked inside the feeder and found poop. It looks to be a cross between possum and cat poop. We have a small possum that visits the property every now and then and has been here the past few days. My cat spends quite a bit of time at the coop hunting mice but I have...

I am not sure where to post this, so I am putting this down as a potential health issue for my flock... Here in Texas, spring and summer brings a lot of bugs and pest that we have to deal with. One of the more prominent pest we have is Wasp, paper Wasp (and Dirt Dobbers, Yellow Jackets...

Hi there :) My bantams are 25 weeks old this week and I am noticing feather loss. I noticed it on a few of my D'Uccles first. They really stick together and groom each other a lot...so I thought, maybe it's over-preening. My cockerel was literally "hen-pecked" on his chest about two months ago...