My chicken has mites

[Plumper chickens]

Today I gave her the oil from two of these capsules

and put them on a little bit of food and she ate it, I haven’t got the B-Complex yet, and I don’t know if this Vitamin E has selenium in it. I haven’t got the Permethrin yet either, but sometime I might, I really hope she can get healed. Is the selenium super important? Would giving her just the vitamin E work?

 

[Eggcessive]

I would only use 1 pearl of vitamin E daily. Selenium can easily be overdosed, and if you give a little scrambled egg, sunflower seed, or tiny bit of tuna, that would contain more than enough selenium. Getting rid of those mites would be best. You can use the Permethrin 10 liquid concentrate with water to make a spray or use the permethrin garden dust. Both are found at TSC and most feed stores.

 

[Eggcessive]

This one does not need to be diluted, but the permethrin 10 concentrate should be diluted according to the inside label for poultry:

 

[Plumper chickens]

This one does not need to be diluted, but the permethrin 10 concentrate should be diluted according to the inside label for poultry:
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So those sprays wouldn’t be harmful to chickens? If they preened their feathers with that on them it wouldn’t hurt them or anything? Thanks

 

[Wyorp Rock]

Ok, thanks, I will see what I can do. She doesn’t seem to want to eat the wet food very much, but for some reason she eats the wet bread instead, but thankfully she just drank some water from her feeder!

Today I gave her the oil from two of these capsules View attachment 2444528View attachment 2444529
and put them on a little bit of food and she ate it, I haven’t got the B-Complex yet, and I don’t know if this Vitamin E has selenium in it. I haven’t got the Permethrin yet either, but sometime I might, I really hope she can get healed. Is the selenium super important? Would giving her just the vitamin E work?

I of those softgels is 400IU, so I would only give 1 per day. You can give her a little egg for the uptake of E.

The mites need to be eliminated to see if she can get better, it would be a good idea to treat her asap.

 

[Liz Birdlover]

Good that she is interested in eating something. What kind of bread you are feeding her, if it is the organic sprouted grain bread (Ezekiel brand?) or another grain bread with seeds? That's better than regular bread. Don't use regular bread, too much can cause more serious issues in a bird's crop, yeast & sour, etc.

Please do what you can to get rid of those mites asap. Cold Winter weather makes it a bit more of a challenge, I hate to use anything liquid this time of year.

A few years ago I did rescue one chicken and she was loaded with bugs. I actually brought her in, gave her a bath in the tub with tea tree oil shampoo, lathered her up from the neck down, then let it sit on her several minutes, then scrubbed those nasty bugs off, rinsed well with warm water. She was a sweetheart & let me! I actually filled the sink with warm water and set her in it, getting all of the soap off, she was a rare one, didn't even flap, was gently pecking at my ring! Then I towel dried her off, & dried her the rest of the way with the hair dryer on low. I set up a large bin with fresh wood chips in the bathroom & she nestled right down for the night. She spent the night in my spare bathroom because I did not want her to catch any cold. The next morning I checked her over, no mites! Sometimes mite eggs are still embedded in feathers & hard to see, & could hatch out days later, so I also sprayed her with the Bronco spray which is permethrin based, dried her again, then took her to her new coop & pen. She takes regular dust baths & has not had mites since. She is a much happier chicken, especially compared to the horrible place she used to live.

I know you are doing your best for your hen. Get rid of those mites & get her to eat more.

 

[Plumper chickens]

Good that she is interested in eating something. What kind of bread you are feeding her, if it is the organic sprouted grain bread (Ezekiel brand?) or another grain bread with seeds? That's better than regular bread. Don't use regular bread, too much can cause more serious issues in a bird's crop, yeast & sour, etc.

Please do what you can to get rid of those mites asap. Cold Winter weather makes it a bit more of a challenge, I hate to use anything liquid this time of year.

A few years ago I did rescue one chicken and she was loaded with bugs. I actually brought her in, gave her a bath in the tub with tea tree oil shampoo, lathered her up from the neck down, then let it sit on her several minutes, then scrubbed those nasty bugs off, rinsed well with warm water. She was a sweetheart & let me! I actually filled the sink with warm water and set her in it, getting all of the soap off, she was a rare one, didn't even flap, was gently pecking at my ring! Then I towel dried her off, & dried her the rest of the way with the hair dryer on low. I set up a large bin with fresh wood chips in the bathroom & she nestled right down for the night. She spent the night in my spare bathroom because I did not want her to catch any cold. The next morning I checked her over, no mites! Sometimes mite eggs are still embedded in feathers & hard to see, & could hatch out days later, so I also sprayed her with the Bronco spray which is permethrin based, dried her again, then took her to her new coop & pen. She takes regular dust baths & has not had mites since. She is a much happier chicken, especially compared to the horrible place she used to live.

I know you are doing your best for your hen. Get rid of those mites & get her to eat more.

I think the bread was some sort of multi grain bread or something like that, and she seemed to like it

 

[Plumper chickens]

Would it be a good idea to put the vitamin E on a boiled egg? She eats the boiled eggs almost completely

 

[Liz Birdlover]

Would it be a good idea to put the vitamin E on a boiled egg? She eats the boiled eggs almost completely

Yes, good idea

 

[Wyorp Rock]

Would it be a good idea to put the vitamin E on a boiled egg? She eats the boiled eggs almost completely

You can, it won't hurt anything. The goal is to get the vitamins into her