#mites

  1. V

    Only one chicken loosing feathers

    I have 15 chickens. Yesterday, I noticed that all the sudden one of my chickens went from having very fluffy feathers to loosing all tail feathers (all vent feathers are still there), but her back (maybe saddle?) Feathers are gone and a little more up the way of the back. However, it looks like...
  2. Bkrog

    Incubator Got Mites It,

    So I have 3 eggs that are about to hatch today. They were under a broody hen, but she got sick so I had to withdraw them from her & put them in an incubator. Here’s my dilemma, I was given a bad batch of eggs that infested my incubator with mites a few weeks ago. I took it apart throughly...
  3. Stellasmomma

    Scaly leg mites?

    Hi Friends! I have attached some photos from my old girl she's my oldest hen at 5 yrs I check out my hens each day just a quick once over and have been looking at Nuggets feet doe this look like scaly leg mites to anyone? If it is I believe its early but early treatment is best! She is not going...
  4. Lumpybeansss

    Silkie with mites

    I have a lovely silkie cockerel and he has got red mite, i noticed them in the coop last summer we have diatomaceous earth and mite powder in the coop, we took apart the coop and torched it, after that we decided to put him and the others in a mainly metal shed, but we haven’t been able to get...
  5. L

    Bumblefoot? Scaley Leg Mites? Foot Pad Dermatitis?

    Hello! I believe I have my first case of bumblefoot, but I'm not sure? I noticed swelling on my Speckled Sussex's feet, so I picked her up and looked at her pads and saw one scaley scab at the bottom of each foot (first 2 pics). Both pads are swollen/ puffy. They're not too firm though, but not...
  6. Sassy-ChikN Mom

    Mites!! Possibly Red mites! HELP!

    Hi all! This afternoon I was giving one of my polish chickens some love… while looking her over I noticed little tiny reddish bugs crawling around under her tail feathers near her vent. I can only assume they are mites! :barnie:sick move read about various treatments and I am wondering what is...
  7. Robind15

    Best Mite/Lice/Fly/Deworming Products TSC

    Anyone have any good recommendations from TSC or at home remedies? I currently give my chickens Dawn soap baths IF I feel a Mite/Lice situation happening. I spray scrub and wash the coop the feeders and waters with diluted Dawn soap. I mix Diatomaceous Earth with play sand in a tire for their...
  8. sunnyflockraiser

    Diatomaceous Earth Benefits???

    Hey! Thanks for swinging by! :celebrate So today I just bought a 40 lb bag of food grade diatomaceous earth for my chickens. I recently just had a mite infestation, so I am using it to prevent them from coming back. I also was wondering is it okay to add into their food? I heard that it can...
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  9. sunnyflockraiser

    Advice on Mites & Deworming

    Hi everyone! :frow I do my absolute best to take care of my chickens. Does anyone have any products to recommend for treating mites? Also, if you have any dewormer’s to recommend that would be great! Thank You, -Sunny Flock Raiser :)
  10. sunnyflockraiser

    Feather Loss on Head

    Hello everyone! I have a problem with one of my two year old hens. To be specific she is a Rhode Island Red. During the Winter and Spring she has been progressively losing feathers on her head. She is a very healthy hen other than the loss of feathers on her head. She is actually my best layer...
  11. sunnyflockraiser

    Feather Loss on Head

    Hello everyone! I have a problem with one of my two year old hens. To be specific she is a Rhode Island Red. During the Winter and Spring she has been progressively losing feathers on her head. She is a very healthy hen other than the loss of feathers on her head. She is actually my best layer...
  12. LittleBird123

    MITES!!!!

    Today I was cleaning off the feathers around my chickens vent because there was poop stuck on them. Then I noticed small brownish colored mites crawling around her vent. I checked my other chickens and two others had noticeable mites but I sifted Diatomaceous Earth through all of their feathers...
  13. LittleBird123

    Is it leg mites?

    The scales on here feet have looked like this for a while, at first I thought it might be leg mites but none of my other chicken's legs look like this. The scales are just very thick and there is nothing under them that would be pushing them up. It also looks like she is growing some small...
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