Mites or other small insects eating on chickens vent

Noraaaaa

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Hi! This is very important and I’m sorry it’s so gruesome!


Today I found out that 4 of my chickens have mites. (They have their own coop because they are show birds).

INFO:

-I’m not sure how long they have had them because I failed to check them over winter break because I was in Maine and at my dad’s house.

-There are thousands of sand size bugs feeding around their butt. I belive they are mites. There are large patches of scabs on their stomach and around their vent.

WHAT I DID:

-cleaned all birds (I used soap and washed all of the scabs (they pretty much just flaked off in water) and poop off them.)

-deep cleaned coop (and the coop attached)

-sprayed coop with mite killer(and the coop attached)

-sprayed all chickens with mite killer

-cleaned all food and water holders and replaced them

NOTE: I don’t remember what the mite killer was but it came in a small green bottle and was $160

MY QUESTIONS:

-what can I do now?

-what are the scabs from?

-will this affect the birds for life?

-can I still eat their eggs?


ALSO: I’m not looking for criticism about not checking my chickens vents. I check them once every 2 weeks, and I check their behavior and head/feathers daily. I will do it more regularly though!


This is after I wet their vent area so you could see it better!
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That's some expensive mite killer, hope it works. They could be lice, but hard to tell, they do have an oval shape so maybe mites. You'll have to cleanout and treat the coop as well.

Try to find out what spray that was. You'll need to break their life cycle and so will need to know what you treated them with.
 
That's some expensive mite killer, hope it works. They could be lice, but hard to tell, they do have an oval shape so maybe mites. You'll have to cleanout and treat the coop as well.

Try to find out what spray that was. You'll need to break their life cycle and so will need to know what you treated them with.
My birds are not itchy or in any discomfort so I’m not quite sure. I hope it works too! I did clean their coop very well. I used this spray:

https://www.valleyvet.com/ct_detail...gQT=1&gRefinements=SORT_BY:Price:+high+to+low
 
I've found permethrin works extremely well, you see them die as soon as they touch it. does not kill the eggs, so find an eyedropper and drip one to two drops on the vent every three days. No more, no less. This can irritate their skin sometimes, but its not severe, so if youi see redness where it was applied don't be concerned it goes away within days.
 
Nope!

Yes!

Their from the mites, i'm not sure exactly how though lol

I'm not an expert, but they do look similar to northern fowl mites. Might be worth checking out!
Good luck, nora!
Thank you so much! I just googled it and I think yeh scabs collections of skin that the mites live on. I will look up northern fowl. Thanks!
 

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