Are these lice/mites? Best course for treatment?

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Hey all,

I hope everyone is heading into the festive season with no issues and looking forward to some downtime.

We've done our regular checks on our girls tonight and found that they have these 'bugs' by their vents. They're not visible elsewhere but are quite abundant by their vents. Anyone know if they're lice or mites? We've dealt with mites before but these look different.

We've given them all some "pour on" ivermectin just to be on the safe side and will re-treat in 10 days, but wasn't sure if that was the best course of action or whether we need to treat with something else.

Thanks in advance.

 

[Debbie292d]

I"m not sure what those are. They're rather large. On the right it almost looks like woodticks. Regardless, I'd treat them.

The vast majority use permethrin/garden powder. Some I've heard put it in an old sock and softly beat their chickens with it. The important thing is to get it on them everywhere, especially under the wings and butt. Then when they're done, do the coop and nesting boxes too. If you can clean the entire coop out, haul it away and burn it.

Repeat treating the chickens and the coop in 10 days as it won't kill the eggs that could hatch on them a week later.