How to treat legs in chickens from ticks. Chicken tick: control and prevention measures
Let's start with folk remedies.
You can use vegetable oil. But it is not necessary to process the whole bird, but only to act pointwise on the tick.
You can also pour boiling water over the entire chicken coop using a watering pump. After processing, the perches must be smeared with grease.
You can also mix the tar in half with vegetable oil. Thoroughly treat nests and perches with this mixture. If necessary, you can repeat the procedure.
Well helps karbofos, chlorophos.
If you find peas of mite eggs under the wings of your chickens, then grease these places with vegetable oil and they will disappear. You need to be careful with chickens, because the oil makes them hot, they can overheat and die, so I advise you to miss it at night.
Hope these tips help you. Good luck!
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Downy eaters leave translucent lines on the feather fans, the feathers look “stitched”. If there are many down-eaters, they can completely destroy the fan of some feathers, leaving only the rods.
It must be applied to the skin of the bird (so that it is absorbed into the subcutaneous tissue) and to a place that it does not reach with its beak, for example, on the back of the head. The feathers on the back of the head need to be moved apart so that the drug gets on the skin.
In order not to accidentally get into the eye (birds are very mobile), you can sprinkle the drug in a saucer so that a small puddle appears, soak a cotton swab in it and transfer the drug to the bird's skin. But even in this case, you need a spray, not drops.
After 2 weeks, you can apply the drug again.
2 times is enough.
Frontline can be purchased at a veterinary pharmacy.
If you failed to purchase Frontline, purchase Otodectin 0.1%. (Exactly 0.1%. It also happens in other concentrations, but they are not suitable.) You need to drop 1 drop of 0.1% otodectin from a syringe onto the skin at the back of the head. The feathers need to be moved apart so that the drug gets on the skin. On the 9th day, you need to drop it on the skin on the back of the head again. Only 2 times.
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After each time, do not bathe the bird for 3-4 days.
microscopic cleaning pliers settle in the rods of blood-supplied (growing or recently grown) feathers. Because of them, feathers become brittle, break off at the base, and look dark when broken. If you cut the core of a feather affected by mites, you can find a black or gray powdery mass inside.
You can also treat mites with otodectin 0.1% (see above), or another drug with ivermectin 0.1-0.12%.
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Often chickens in many yards, as the owners say, begin to go bald. The rear part is exposed more strongly, under the tail. And the rest of the pen becomes dull, brittle, even the fluff disappears. What is the reason and how to avoid this disease?
For the treatment and prevention of chicken baldness, it is necessary to improve the feeding and keeping conditions of chickens, introduce feather flour, which contains cystine, into the diet. The lack of this substance is most often the cause of baldness.
To prepare a potion for chickens, chop all the feathers that you can collect and add to the feed. By the way, a lot of cystine is found in the horns and hooves of animals. They can also be chopped (do not boil or soak), for example, grate. It is useful to add sulfur to bird feed - 0.2-0.3 g per feeding. If there is no sulfur, Glauber's salt will do - 1 g per day. This inexpensive drug can be purchased at a veterinary clinic.
Knemidocoptosis caused by the feather mite Knemidocoptes mutans. In addition to chickens, turkeys, guinea fowls and pigeons get sick (much less often).
Pathogen. In female ticks, the body shape is round, the proboscis is horseshoe-shaped, and the legs are very short. In males, the body is oval and has bristles at the posterior end. The female gives birth to larvae. In the external environment, ticks live no more than 5-7 days.
Knemidokoptosis, or foot scabies, is found in birds over the age of one year in the form of a lesion of the non-feathered part of the legs (Fig. 54). Ticks develop in the subsquamous spaces of the unfeathered skin of the legs, mainly in the anterior part of the metatarsal joints. The inflammation caused by ticks is accompanied by the release of lymph, which becomes contaminated and stains the foot in a dirty gray color - “calcareous foot” (the old name). Symptoms of the disease usually appear after 4-6 months.
Diagnosis on knemidokoptosis does not cause difficulties, since the symptoms of the disease are specific. In doubtful cases, they resort to microscopic examination of scales taken from the affected areas.
Treatment. In the presence of lesions in 10% of birds, it is not treated, but replaced with healthy ones. If treatment is necessary, the entire unfavorable herd is treated according to the following method. Tar or naftalan oil is prepared in dishes. Then the non-feathered part of the legs is immersed in the preparation. After 10 days, the treatment is repeated. Creolin ointment can be rubbed into the affected areas of the bird twice, with an interval of 10 days.
Prevention is based on a careful selection of the breeding stock of birds not infected with knemidokoptosis.
Ticks in chickens - treatment methods
These insects can infect both young hens and already adults, most often the trouble comes in the summer.
Poultry farmers should know not only the types of chicken mites and methods for their detection, but also the rules for solving the problem.
Types of dangerous ticks for chickens
Feather mite in chickens- a real disaster, because you can’t cope with a massive infection, you have to remove all the livestock.
Treatment methods - how to remove ticks from chickens
- From folk remedies for combating chicken mites, “bouquets” of strongly smelling herbs can be distinguished - mint, garlic or onion leaves, and parsley are hung in the chicken coop.
- The foot tick is removed with the help of birch tar - they simply lubricate the affected paws twice every 10 days.
Ticks in chickens - prevention and treatment with natural remedies
Signs of ticks in chickens
If your chickens suddenly become reluctant to enter the coop in the evening, or stop using their nesting sites, this is a sure sign that they have mites.
If your chickens have mites, you will probably notice that they have become more likely to clean their feathers and pluck feathers under the wings and around the anus. On closer inspection, you will be able to see tiny red or black spots near the anus, and when examining the chicken coop, you will find red streaks of blood or black grains on the perch that are felt when you run your hand over the surface.
Ways to deal with ticks
There are several chemical solutions and preparations for tick control on the market, but most of them have not been tested on chickens, so experienced owners do not advise immediately resorting to their use. It is better to try a complex treatment with natural remedies first. 
Spray the coop and perches for several days in a row with a mixture of the following: 2 cups of water, 1 cup of vegetable oil, and 1 tablespoon of dishwashing liquid. This mixture will help kill the mites. Shake the product well before use, so it exfoliates. The treatment of the chicken coop should be carried out at least 1-2 times a week for several weeks in parallel with the treatment of chickens. This 100% natural homemade spray will help get rid of mites in your chicken coop.
You can spray a layer of diatomaceous earth on the floor of the coop and nesting area, and also rub the mixture into the surface of the perches. Repeat the treatment as needed.
Wormwood (artemisia) is another effective natural remedy for tick control. Tie bundles of mugwort to perches, place sachets around nesting sites, or hang cut plants throughout the coop. This is an excellent tool that can be constantly used to repel ticks.
Garlic juice combined with vegetable essential oils is a proven remedy for fighting ticks.
To cure chickens, spray them with a garlic juice spray. Poultry scientists from the UK have found that this remedy can kill 100% of all mites in 24 hours. It can be used to treat birds and as a prophylactic.
To prepare such a natural spray, you will need:
- 300 ml water
- 30 ml garlic juice
- 1 teaspoon (total) of any combination of these essential oils - bay leaf, cinnamon, clove, coriander, lavender, peppermint and/or cumin.
Mix all the ingredients well in a spray bottle and spray the chickens with this product twice a week for prevention, or every other day for 2-3 weeks in case of mite infestation. Pay special attention to the areas around the anus and under the wings. After spraying, it is also recommended to treat chickens with diatomaceous earth, rubbing the powder into the skin and plumage. At the same time, be careful - try not to get dust into their (or you) eyes and lungs. Simultaneous treatment of chickens and treatment of the chicken coop will help to completely get rid of ticks.
If the chicken has ticks on its paws, then the scales will not be smooth, but raised up
If you notice these signs, spray chicken feet with a solution of garlic juice, and then lubricate them with natural petroleum jelly (or its analogues with natural additives). Such treatment will help not only scare away, but also destroy ticks - they will die from suffocation.
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The best prevention for most disease problems is frequent inspection and knowledge of what a healthy and sick animal should look like.
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Northern bird mite
The primary problem for poultry farmers is the Northern bird mite ( Ornithonyssus sylviarum), which is the most common and can cause serious harm to the health of chickens in particular. Severe infestations result in weakened birds and reduced egg production in laying hens, as well as deterioration in skin condition. This type of tick lives permanently directly on the bird and causes more damage than any other species.
The tick does not leave the host bird, as other types of ticks do, and they can be observed on birds in large numbers during the daytime. It prefers feathers below the cloaca and around the tail, but can also spread to all parts of the body. The tick is extremely small and you may need a magnifying glass to see it.
The female northern tick lays her eggs on the feathers of chickens, where the young ticks complete their development without leaving the host. Since they remain on the bird most of the time, treating the birds and eradicating the ticks is essential.
The red tick is also the most common species found on all types of poultry. This is a bloodsucker, and if they are present in large numbers, blood loss and irritation lead to anemia. Egg production is seriously declining. The red tick lives in tiny cracks and crevices in the chicken coop, coming out at night to feed on the blood of roosting birds.
This mite feeds at night and tends to remain hidden in cracks and crevices during the day. It attacks birds at night while they are on the roost. Some mites can remain on birds during the day, this is especially true when chickens are kept indoors in winter without the possibility of using ash baths.
About a day after feeding, the female lays her eggs in the cracks and crevices of the chicken coop. The eggs hatch and develop into adults within about a week. In cold weather, the cycle is slower. The poultry house remains infested for four to five months after the birds have been removed.
Since the tick also infects wild birds, they can be carriers of invasion. However, it is more likely that the spread of the mite is facilitated by the use of infested chicken coops. Human carriers are also important. Since these mites do not remain on the birds during the day, it is advisable to apply procedures to disinfect chicken coops and equipment, as well as to treat birds.
Scaly foot mite (Knemidocoptosis)
(Knemidocoptes Mutans) lives under the scales on the bird's legs. It can also affect the comb and wattles. This causes the scales on the legs and ridges to thicken, giving the impression of protruding scales. The foot mite spends its entire life cycle on the bird and is spread mainly by direct contact.
(Knemidocoptes Laevis, subspecies gallinae) causes severe irritation by penetrating the skin near the base of the feathers and often causes them to crease and fall out. The mite is hardly visible to the naked eye and can be found in the follicles at the base of the feathers. Ticks move through the body of birds and are thus transmitted from individual to individual.
The most effective treatment for all types of ticks is regular inspection and treatment of chickens and their premises. Preventive spraying of all objects and inventory of the coop will ensure that any mites that hide in cracks and crevices are destroyed. Treatment should be repeated within one to two months or if signs of the presence of mites are found.
Treatment and processing of premises, video
chicken mite ( Argas parsers) can be a serious problem for chickens if there are a large number of chickens in poultry houses or pastures. The mite is blood-sucking, and when it is present in large numbers, it leads to the weakening of the body of the birds, reduced egg production, malnutrition and even death. The chicken mite is more common in southern regions and is extremely hardy. Can survive without food for more than three years. This type of tick affects all birds without exception.
About the same as the red tick, they spend most of their lives in cracks and crevices, appearing at night to feed on blood. Mating takes place in hiding places. A few days after receiving food, the female lays a batch of eggs. In warm weather, the eggs hatch into juveniles within fourteen days.
In cold weather, the process can take up to three months. The larvae that hatch from the eggs move around the poultry house until they find a host - poultry. They remain on the body of birds from three to ten days. After this period, they again leave for molting shelters before heading out again in search of food. This is followed by molting again and another session of blood feeding.
Tick Red Bugs or Harvest
These pests Trombicula chia, Trombicula alfreddugesi, and Neoschongastia americana) attack chickens and turkeys, as well as humans. Usually these small mites get their food from wild animals, birds, snakes and lizards. Moreover, only the larvae of these ticks are blood-sucking, adults feed on plants.
The larvae (pictured) usually attach themselves to the wings, chest and neck of the bird. They inject a poisonous substance that causes local irritation and itching. After a few days, the larvae saturate and leave the host. Injury to the skin and meat (in meat-and-egg breeds) may not be visible until the feathers are removed from the bird. After plucking, the disease becomes apparent and significantly reduces the value of the carcass. Young chickens or turkeys may become lethargic, refuse to eat, and die. Turkeys are more susceptible to damage than chickens.
Treatment and prevention of ticks in chickens
Permethrin has a significant residual activity, which makes it ideal for the treatment of rooms and equipment. At lower concentrations, it can be applied to poultry. Follow all manufacturer's recommendations when using all insecticides.
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Feather mite in chickens: treatment
Did the chickens become nervous, began to lay few eggs, refused to go into the coop in the evenings, constantly shook their heads, and the combs acquired a pale shade? Most likely, the problem lies in the mites.
These insects can infect both young hens and already adults, most often the trouble comes in the summer. Poultry farmers should know not only the types of chicken mites and methods for their detection, but also the rules for solving the problem.
Types of dangerous ticks for chickens
Chickens are affected by three types of ticks, each of which has its own individual characteristics.
The danger of the red tick lies in the fact that it carries a variety of infectious diseases of chickens and can lead to the death of the entire livestock of the bird flock.
The owner of the chicken herd can notice the presence of a foot mite by thickening the stratum corneum on the paws and the appearance of a gray coating on the phalanges of the fingers. As the disease progresses, the toes begin to deform in the bird.
You can get rid of ticks in chickens by the following methods:
- At least once every 30 days, smoke the room with a sulfuric smoke bomb. In extreme cases, this can be done in spring and late autumn.
- Knemidocoptes (Knemidocoptosis) - pathogens of leg and body scabies of chickens;
- Epidermoptes (Epidermoptosis) - the causative agent of skin scabies;
- Cytodites (Cytoditosis) - tracheal, or lung tick.
- Birch tar. The tar is heated to a temperature of 40 ° C and poured into a bath about 15 cm deep. The legs are immersed in the solution up to the hock joint. For 10 chickens, 300-350 g of tar will be required.
Birch tar can be bought at a regular pharmacy in liquid form and in pieces.
An aqueous emulsion can be prepared from karbofos powder.
Knemidokoptosis of the body, cutaneous scabies.
The disease manifests itself in spring and summer. Bare areas without a feather, peeling and redness are visible on the skin. On closer examination, small nodules and grayish scales can be found. The quill of the feather is covered with crusts of dead epithelium. Chickens experience severe itching, peck at damaged areas.
With pronounced lesions, the bird is bathed in solutions of the following agents:
- azuntol 0.2%;
- metaphos or trichlormetaphos-3 - 0.2%;
- neostomazan at a dilution of 1:1000.
- tar ointment 1:5;
- tar with alcohol 1:1;
- creolin ointment 1:10;
Creolin is a solution in which sheep are bathed for the purpose of acaricidal treatment. If the ointment could not be found, on its basis you can prepare it yourself.
With a significant number of livestock, the bird can be sprayed with solutions:
Processing is carried out 2-3 times with an interval of 5-6 days.
Cytolichosis, cytoditosis, sternostomiasis, tracheal, or lung tick.
Chickens get sick from 120-150 days of age. The disease manifests itself in summer and autumn, affects up to half of the livestock. The breathing of a sick bird is difficult, it stretches its neck and raises its beak up. From the nose, serous-mucous discharge. When pressing on the trachea, a cough occurs. Chickens are exhausted, fall into a coma.
The death of a bird from this disease can reach 50% of the number of diseased individuals.
The diagnosis is based on the detection of a tick under a microscope in nodules from the air sacs and bronchi.
The treatment is not effective. Sick individuals are injected into the abdominal cavity with camphor oil, 0.5 ml on each side of the body. If possible, replace the herd with a healthy bird, having previously carried out measures to clean the house. In order to prevent the spread of the disease in an already infected herd, chickens are treated with acaricidal agents by spraying (as with skin-eating scabies).
For domestic chickens, ixodid ticks are not dangerous and their detection on a bird does not require treatment.
Red chicken mite
The causative agent is a tick from the Gamasidae family. The body is oval, yellow when hungry, 0.75 mm in size. After feeding, the color is red or purple-red, the body doubles in size. Ticks go through a complex cycle of development, with the older stages of larvae (nymphs) also sucking blood.Red ticks of chickens live in the house, crawling out mainly at night. Some individuals can hide during the day under the wings and in the folds of the skin of chickens.
The full development cycle lasts 6-12 days. The tick is able to starve for a year, and also survive low temperatures in the stages of larvae and adults, crawling into deep cracks.
Red chicken mites attack people, causing them to itch. They carry dangerous infectious diseases, including those common to chickens and humans.
Adult chickens reduce egg production by 20-40%, and with a mixed invasion with lice, they practically stop laying. The tick is easy to detect by placing material from the bottom of the nest on a white sheet of paper in good light. Inspection of perches and cages is best done at night, turning on bright lights.
Birds infected with larvae are treated with 7.5% sevin dust at the rate of 5-15 g per head.
In the absence of chickens, the poultry house is subjected to desacarization (see below) - this is the main method of struggle.
It also serves as a carrier of infections: borreliosis, spirochetosis, tuberculosis, salmonellosis, pasteurellosis and others, including those common to humans and animals.
It lives on domestic and wild birds, in isolated cases it can attack livestock and humans.
It is afraid of light, so it attacks the bird at night. It feeds many times, and without a host it can live for a long time - for 2-3 years. Adults and larvae live in the poultry house, they can be found on chickens at the time of feeding.
When bitten, saliva is injected, which adversely affects the nervous system. Inflammation develops at the bite sites, body temperature rises, paralysis is noted. Small chickens can die en masse from the attack of Persian ticks. In adult chickens, productivity and live weight are reduced.
The same as when detecting a red chicken tick.
When ticks are found on chickens, therapeutic treatments for poultry are carried out, as indicated in the description of the disease. After that, if necessary, carry out the decontamination of the poultry house - the destruction of pests in the room.
The bird is removed from the chicken coop, all the litter is removed, perches, nests are cleaned, and garbage is taken out. After that, all surfaces of the room, feeders, drinkers, inventory are treated with acaricidal solutions:
To destroy the red chicken or Persian tick, the treatment must be repeated 3-4 times with an interval of 3-5 days.
Effective methods of combating feather mites in chickens
The scabies mite primarily affects the legs of chickens, climbing under the scales on the paws. The skin on the paws becomes coarse and covered with bumps, taking the form of the so-called calcareous paw.
The microscopic subcutaneous mite Kmemidokoptes mutans causes the disease, climbing under the scales and drilling labyrinths of passages there. The tick feeds on lymphatic fluid, skin flakes and inflammatory exudate released as a result of its activity. Up to 20 thousand individuals of this type of tick can live on one chicken paw.
In the photo under the letter "a" the male tick, "b" and "c" - the female from the side of the abdomen and from the back.
Ways to transfer a tick from a sick bird to a healthy one
Symptoms of the disease
The incubation period is 5 - 6 months, so the owners usually skip the infestation of chickens with a mite. Clearly expressed signs become noticeable only on young hens aged 5 - 7 months. Due to the fact that the tick on the legs gnaws passages in the epidermis, the skin of the paws coarsens, the scales lag behind the paw. Feeling itching and pain, chickens begin to peck at their paws. Bumps form on the paws. A secondary infection sits on open wounds. In advanced cases, the fingers die. Fortunately, Knemidocoptes mutans does not rise above the shins. But it's too early to rejoice, because another species of the same subfamily - Knemidocoptes laevis - prefers to live in the skin at the base of the feathers, causing symptoms similar to scabies.
Treatment of knemidokoptosis
Knemidokoptosis is treated similarly to any other subcutaneous tick. For treatment, acaricidal preparations are used according to the instructions attached to the package. Aversectin ointment works well against subcutaneous mites.
From folk remedies, you can use any oily liquids. The essence of such treatment is to block the access of oxygen to the tick. Ornamental bird lovers often use plain Vaseline. But Vaseline needs to be smeared on the paws every day. This is possible for a parrot, but not for the owner of even a couple of dozen chickens. Therefore, it is more profitable and faster for chicken breeders to use specialized preparations that do not require daily use.
How to get rid of Knemidocoptes mutans mites on chicken feet
To prevent the further spread of the tick, bathing baths are removed, their contents are calcined on fire if possible, and the baths themselves are treated with acaricidal agents. The chicken coop is cleaned and washed as far as possible, after which a sulfur bomb is burned in it. All other means will not be able to penetrate into all the cracks where ticks can hide. Simultaneously with disinfestation, when using a sulfur checker, disinfection also occurs. The destruction of mold fungi and pathogenic microorganisms for chickens is only beneficial.
Feather mite (syringophiliasis)
Usually, the feather mite only worries the owners of ornamental birds, since with relatively small amounts of the mite, it does not cause much inconvenience to the chickens, and it is too troublesome to check the feathers of all chickens. Quite often the mite settles on the tail feathers. These ticks live in colonies of several hundred individuals in a hole. Since its dimensions are microscopic, its presence can only be detected by indirect signs.
Symptoms of syringophilia (Siringophilosis)
Infection with a tick occurs through contact with a sick bird and contaminated food. Also, the tick can be transmitted when infected feathers fall on the floor of the chicken coop. The incubation period of the disease is 3 months. The mites infest feathers, entering through a canal at the base of the feather, and destroy the bow and papilla, causing inflammation of the surrounding tissue. The disease manifests itself in young chickens 5-7 months of age. Feathers begin to break off and fall out.
Untimely molting and self-pecking are possible. Reduced fatness and egg production in chickens.
Important! Ticks settle during the seasonal molt, getting out of fallen feathers and attacking birds.
How to determine that quill mites are wound up in feathers
An accurate diagnosis can only be made after examination under a microscope, but it is possible to confirm or refute the suspicion with a high degree of accuracy that a quill mite has appeared in the feathers. To do this, a suspicious feather with a dark quill inside is pulled out of the chicken and a longitudinal cut is made from the quill. In a healthy eye there is nothing but air and chitinous partitions. If there is something inside the hole, the contents are carefully cleaned on a piece of paper and examined. Maybe under a magnifying glass.
Viscous sticky brown substance - blood. It has nothing to do with the dead tick, but it is necessary to look for the reasons for the appearance of blood in the dead. The contents of the pit with a tick are dry, dusty, yellow-brown in color. The color of the contents of the sink is given by the excrement of the tick. If there is dry content in the pit, chickens are treated with acaricidal preparations.
How to get ticks out of feathers
Previously, chicken breeders were not very concerned about the issue of combating the mite, since the mite did not even have time to appear in broilers, and in laying hens it did not reach a critical mass. But if earlier the life span of a laying hen was a little over a year, now there are many expensive breeds of chickens whose owners are not ready to send breeding stock to the soup in a year. Therefore, the question of what to do to get rid of the tick mite becomes relevant for chicken breeders.
The quill mite lends itself well to the action of acaricidal preparations, but it is protected by the quill of the feather, into which the agent cannot penetrate.
Scientifically based treatment of chickens for syringophiliasis has not been developed, since few people were interested in this mite on an industrial scale. The issue of getting rid of the tick was closely dealt with by the owners of ornamental birds, having groped for ways to deal with the mites at random.
Important! Methods for removing the dead tick are "piece-wise", that is, each chicken must be processed individually.
Fight the mites with the help of preparations absorbed into the skin or by adding ivermectin to water. They say that with the next molt, the feathers grow clean. Dosage for parrots: 1 ml of ivermectin preparation per 100 ml of water in the drinker. But this is the dose for a parrot. For chicken, you may have to adjust your dosage.
On the video, the parrot is processed, but the principle is the same: treat the feather and skin at the base of the feathers with an acaricidal preparation.
If we are already struggling with a tick, then it is imperative to maintain cleanliness in the chicken coop. The fallen feather must be removed and burned, as it can be a breeding ground for ticks.
Red chicken mite
The most famous chicken breeder and perhaps the easiest type of tick to fight. This is a gamasid mite, leading a nocturnal lifestyle. Symptoms of its appearance can be: unwillingness of chickens to spend the night in a chicken coop (chickens also behave in the presence of bedbugs), scratching, self-pecking and, most importantly, strange small tubercles in the head area.
In the photo, the arrows indicate the sucked mites.
Chicken mites can literally sprinkle chicken.
But the main thing is that they are outside and you can quickly rid the chickens of ticks.
In small numbers, red mites do not cause much problems for chickens, but these mites have a habit of multiplying at a very high rate, quickly infecting the entire chicken coop. In large quantities, in addition to carrying diseases, ticks cause malnutrition, reduced productivity in laying hens, and anemia. When attacking chickens, the ticks weaken them so much that the chickens fall to their feet and eventually die. Chicken mites mate and breed outside the host in secluded crevices, which can always be found in any poultry house.
If I may say so, they are singles. Hanging ixodid ticks on chickens in clusters, like chicken ticks, is possible only with a very strong infection of the area. However, after the collapse of the Union, insecticidal treatment of forest and meadow lands also ceased, so today ixodid ticks are experiencing an outbreak of numbers.
In the photo, a sucked ixodid tick. The advantage of these ticks is that they are large and clearly visible even to people with poor eyesight. In extreme cases, ixodid ticks can be found by touch. For these ticks, there is not much difference when to attack the host. Having sucked, they fall off and lay eggs, infecting the chicken coop and paddock.
The methods of dealing with chicken and ixodid ticks are similar.
How to deal with ticks in chickens
Acaricidal preparations are safe for humans, but they are mainly developed for pets that are not eaten.
Chicken coops are treated with the same solutions. But this does not give a 100% guarantee of the destruction of all ticks, since if the solution does not get into the cracks, the ticks are very likely to survive. These preparations are good for handling chicken paddock. In the poultry house, it is better to use sulfur checkers.
Attention! Sulfur smoke is dangerous for all living things, including humans, so there should be no chickens in the chicken coop during pest control.
Careful attention to chickens and frequent inspection of the livestock will help prevent the massive spread of ticks among birds, protecting them from self-pecking and infected wounds.
Preventing ticks in chickens is easier than getting rid of them.
How to remove ticks from chickens: effective methods of control
Ticks annoy the bird much more than fleas or downy eaters. Some diseases can cause severe malnutrition, dysfunction of the skin and upper respiratory tract, bleeding and death of adult chickens and young.
In the close-up photo - one of the most unpleasant guests of the house - a red chicken tick.
They go through a complex cycle of development from an egg through several larval stages to an adult. The life cycle depends on environmental conditions: a favorable factor is a warm and humid microclimate.
It is the duration of the cycle that is taken into account when treating chickens for ticks, since all acaricidal preparations do not neutralize eggs, therefore two or three times treatment is required.
Pests are brought into the farm usually together with the newly arrived livestock of chickens. When completing the flock from large industrial poultry farms or day-old chicks from hatcheries, the risk is minimal.
Most often, ticks live on chickens in farm yards with unsatisfactory conditions: poor bedding, unsanitary conditions in cages, crowding, high humidity, lack of sand baths for chickens, and so on.
In this material, we will talk about what diseases are caused by ticks and how to get rid of them.
It is impossible to see them with the naked eye.
Cytodites: a tiny but dangerous guest (photo from an electron microscope).
They drink blood and attack the bird only for food, but live and breed in the poultry house.
Knemidokoptosis of the legs, foot itchy scabies, "calcareous foot". A chronic disease characterized by itching and inflammation of the skin of the legs.
This photo shows the symptoms of scabies in a chicken on its legs.
All types of chickens are susceptible, as well as sparrows. The disease develops slowly and is more often manifested in chickens aged 3-5 months. Ticks are less common in breeds with feathered legs.
With a strong lesion on the entire non-feathered part of the legs, sometimes growths similar to calcareous ones form on the beak. If such an outgrowth is knocked off, then a spongy structure is visible - passages gnawed by a tick. The disease lasts for several years, usually subsides in winter. In severe cases, death of fingers or even whole legs occurs.
An acaricidal preparation is applied to the entire surface of both legs. Processing is carried out two or three times with an interval of 5-8 days. The following means are used.
The procedure is repeated 3-4 times at weekly intervals.
You can apply acaricidal ointments. At the same time, it is taken into account that it is allowed to apply the drug at a time only on 1/3 of the body surface. Ointments are prepared on the basis of birch tar or petroleum jelly.
For small lesions, lubricate only the damaged areas of the skin.
Metaphos - an affordable and simple acaricide from the arsenal of gardeners is also suitable for poultry farmers.
Epidermoptosis, skin-eating scabies of chickens.
The disease develops in the warm season. Lesions appear first on the chest and neck, then move to the head, including earrings and comb, spread to the back and hips. The skin is reddened, flaky, there are yellow-gray crusts on it - dried ichor.
Feather falls out in places, generally disheveled. The skin becomes inflamed and necrosis of the areas may develop - there will be a putrid smell. Itching is usually absent.
Lubricate the affected areas of the skin with ointments or solutions of acaricidal preparations:
The female red chicken mite lays up to 20 eggs. Active reproduction of insects occurs from May to October. In the warm season, ticks are most active. During the cold period, insects do not die, because they are able to live up to six months without food, being in a state of suspended animation.
Chicken mites live on the bedding of the chicken coop and in bird nests, they can hide in the crevices of the floor and walls. They do best in damp, dirty, poorly ventilated areas.
Ticks disrupt the normal lifestyle of chickens. From constant bites and itching, the bird is in a state of stress, trying to get rid of the discomfort. Reproducing and settling throughout the bird's body, ticks actively drink blood, and the chicken suffers from anemia. Sharply, due to the deterioration of the health of the chicken.
An additional harm to a chicken tick is the danger of infection from it with infectious diseases. Ticks carry typhus, tuberculosis, borreliosis, Lyme disease, etc.
Tick bites are especially dangerous for chickens and young animals with fragile health. The attack of the tick leads to the death of more than 50% of the hatched chickens. If you have purchased expensive breeds (for example,) there is a risk of losing the money invested and not raising a single adult.
The chicken tick is active on the bird's body mainly at night, so the owner may not immediately notice the infestation of birds with it. At the same time, chickens are in no hurry to enter the chicken coop in the evening, knowing that a tick will bother them at night. This circumstance should alert the owner.
The tick causes severe discomfort to the birds. It penetrates into the subcutaneous space of chickens through microscopic wounds, and begins to make passages in the tissues. Chickens begin to itch, they begin to get restless.
Infected chickens itch and itch constantly. Reproducing at high speed, the mites even get into the nasal cavity and mouth, causing real torment to the bird. The chicken begins to wheeze, cough, breathing becomes heavy. If the tick enters the ears, the chicken shakes its head vigorously, and with its paws tries to reach the bite sites and scratch them.
Having noticed signs of a tick infection in the behavior of a chicken, you need to carefully examine it. Particular attention should be paid to the places under the wings, on the neck and under the tail. The skin in these places is especially delicate, so the mites are located there.
The discovery of a dangerous bloodsucker in the chicken coop is a signal for immediate action for the owner. You need to start with the processing of the premises.
If the chickens began to itch and worry, it is necessary to treat the chicken coop from ticks. All surfaces inside the chicken coop and the space of the poultry aviary are processed. It is necessary to thoroughly clean all the droppings and dirt, and then treat everything with boiling water or steam.
Important. The most effective treatment is a blowtorch or gas lamp. From high temperatures, the tick will die for sure.
The chickens themselves are rid of the tick with the help of insecticidal preparations:
- Pyrethrum. The advantages of this insecticide are safety for humans and birds, combined with a detrimental effect on the tick.
- Sevin. Powder for the treatment of plumage of chickens. Dosage - 15 grams per bird.
- Extrasol M. Aerosol for spraying chicken feathers. The drug is applied twice with an interval of 10 days.
- Cyperyl. Liquid for spraying on the body of a bird and treating a chicken coop. Before use, prepare the working fluid at a ratio of 1:3.
- Ectomin. Emulsion for dilution with water. Chickens are bathed in the solution for 1 minute. Requires two treatments with an interval of 14 days.
- Ecofleece. An oily liquid used for spraying poultry. Birds are treated twice with an interval of 10 days.
Cyperyl is a liquid for spraying on the body of a bird and treating a chicken coop. Folk remedies for chicken mites
From time immemorial, plants and wood ash have been used in the fight against chicken mites.
To bathe the birds in the aviary and inside the chicken coop, they put containers filled with a sand-ash mixture. It is important to ensure that the bath mixture is always dry. If contaminated, the mixture must be replaced.
The most effective folk remedy for chicken mites is ash. Plants against mites
- Sagebrush. Bunches of fresh grass are added to chicken coop bedding and hung on walls and perches. Periodically, the grass is changed so that the smell repels ticks.
- Garlic. Prepare a spray of garlic juice and water. For 300 ml of water, take 30 ml of garlic and add a teaspoon of a mixture of bay leaf, coriander, clove, lavender, mint oils to the solution. The product is sprayed onto the feather of a bird. Garlic infusion can kill a tick in 24 hours.
- Potato or tomato tops. Lay out on the floor of the chicken coop to repel insects.
Chickens are carriers of several types of ticks:
- Microscopic: knemidokoptes, epidermocoptis, cytodites. They cannot be seen with the naked eye, so other external signs testify to their presence on the body of a chicken.
- Medium sizes. These ticks are similar in size to fleas and lice: ixodid, Persian tick, red tick.
Chicken mites are divided into two types: microscopic and medium. One of the most common are ticks that affect the legs and feathers of chickens.
Reference. The black tick is a member of the Ixodes family. They live on mammals and humans, so they do not pose a danger to chickens. In rare cases, the female may attack the chicken and bite into the skin. But, having saturated with blood, it disappears, so the chicken does not require treatment for a black tick.
The photo shows the paws of a chicken infected with a tick. If any type of chicken tick is found on the body of a bird, it is necessary to immediately treat the bird with acaricidal preparations and carry out sanitary measures in the chicken coop.
Surface treatment with diesel fuel or engine oil will help prevent the reproduction of a chicken mite in a chicken coop. Such sanitization is carried out two or three times during the summer.
An important point is the timely removal of the web, since ticks will probably settle in it and then fall on the body of the bird. The place where chickens run must be dry. To protect from precipitation, a canopy is made on the aviary. A container with sand and ash must be installed in the aviary.
Prevention is to keep the chicken coop clean. Important. When purchasing a new bird, before launching it into a common chicken coop, it is necessary to inspect for the presence of ticks on the body. In order to prevent the bird is treated with a special insecticide.
Tick prevention for humans
The red chicken tick, like some other types of ticks, is dangerous to humans. Upon contact of the host with an infected bird, the tick can successfully move to a person and become a source of an infectious disease.
A chicken tick on a human body looks like a lump of dirt, which is not immediately noticed. Tick bites can cause dermatitis or eczema.
Therefore, when working in a chicken coop or in contact with a bird, it is necessary to carefully observe the following precautions:
- Care for chickens should be carried out in special protective clothing, which excludes the penetration of the tick on the body.
- Be sure to use rubber gloves with high bells, which are pulled over the sleeves of clothing.
- Cleaning the chicken coop is carried out in high rubber boots, into which trousers are tucked.
- After contact with chickens, inspect the body for ticks or take a shower.
We offer you to watch a video in which a farmer shows chicken mites and shares his experience of getting rid of them.
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The chicken tick causes a lot of trouble for both the sick bird and the farmer. As a result of infection, productivity decreases, the condition of the feather cover worsens, chickens may begin to lag behind in growth and development, and gain weight poorly. Although ticks are most active during the warm season, it is theoretically possible to become infected regardless of the season. About what ticks are dangerous, what they are, how they are treated correctly (depending on the type), you will learn further. The disease does not go away on its own, and the sooner you take action, the better.
Disease Definition
Symptoms of infection:
- apathy and weakness;
- sores, wounds, scratches and wounds;
- shortness of breath, dry frequent cough;
- pallor of earrings, scallop, mucous membranes;
- cessation of laying eggs;
- weight loss;
- thirst, refusal to eat.
When infected with mites, small spots of red and black color are usually visible on the body of a bird, and there are droplets of blood on the feathers.
Varieties
Large
Large ticks can be easily seen, visually and in size they are similar to fleas. Varieties:
The red tick is considered the most dangerous - it carries viruses, bacteria, spreads typhus, cholera, spirochitis, borreliosis.
microscopic
- knemidokoptes- cause the appearance of body and foot scabies.
- Epidermoptes- microorganism-causative agent of skin-eating scabies pathology.
- Cytodites- pulmonary or tracheal micromite, which feeds on secretions of the epidermis and particles of cellular structures.
Treatment
Treatment of ticks, regardless of the breed of chickens (, ), is prescribed taking into account the type of pathogen.
foot scabies
Treatment involves the treatment of feet with acaricidal preparations - only 2-3 treatments with an interval of one week. Possible options are birch tar (baths are made with it), Nikochloran, K soap, Trichlormetafos 1% solution, Azuntol 0.3% emulsion, Karbofos 1% emulsion, tar-soap hexachlorane paste. Read about the description of the Manchurian quail breed. 
In the risk zone of the "calcareous foot" - chickens aged 3 to 5 months.
Body scabies
If the pathological process is clearly expressed, it is recommended to bathe the bird in solutions:
- Odilena;
- Neguwon;
- Yakutin;
- Mycotectan;
- chlorophos;
- metaphos;
- neostomazana;
- Azuntol.
The procedure is carried out once a week for a total of 3-4 times. Additionally, it is recommended to use acaricides in the form of ointments. More than a third of the body area at once, the drug is not applied. Akacyrid ointments are prepared using petroleum jelly and birch tar. If the lesions are not strong, it will be enough to lubricate only the damaged areas.
Skin-eating scabies
Treatment - treatment of the affected areas with solutions and ointments with acaricides:
- tar ointment;
- tar with alcohol;
- creolin ointment;
- creolin solution.
If the livestock is large, you can spray it with solutions of chlorophos and karbofos 2-3 times at intervals of one week.
cavity mite
The cytodites tick has a small, round, yellow body and lives in the respiratory tract. Most often, it affects chickens from 120 days of age. Pathology often makes itself felt in summer and autumn, can affect up to 50% of the total livestock. Mucous serous discharge begins from the nose, if you press the bird on the trachea, it will begin to cough. Chickens, and other breeds infected with the mite, quickly become lethargic and weak, and may fall into a semi-comatose state. The diagnosis is made after a laboratory test. Treatment is considered ineffective. Sick individuals are recommended to inject an oily solution of camphor - 0.5 ml on both sides of the peritoneum. It is desirable to replace the herd.
Video
This video will tell you how to deal with the red chicken tick.
findings
- The chicken mite causes a lot of inconvenience to both the birds themselves and the farmers. Treatment must be carried out necessarily, although with the same cytodites it is not effective.
- Ticks are microscopic and visible to the eye. It is possible to determine the former only by the symptoms characteristic of tick damage and / or with the help of a microscope.
- Standard processing of infected birds is carried out from 2-4 times with a weekly interval. Please note that solutions and ointments must have a certain concentration, which must not be exceeded.
- Most often, chickens of any breed are infected, including and, at the age of 3 to 5 months. Inspect the livestock regularly to detect problems early.
If your chickens suddenly become reluctant to enter the coop in the evening, or stop using their nesting sites, this is a sure sign that they have mites.
If your chickens have mites, you will probably notice that they have become more likely to clean their feathers and pluck feathers under the wings and around the anus. On closer inspection, you will be able to see tiny red or black spots near the anus, and when examining the chicken coop, you will find red streaks of blood or black grains on the perch that are felt when you run your hand over the surface.
Ways to deal with ticks
There are several chemical solutions and preparations for tick control on the market, but most of them have not been tested on chickens, so experienced owners do not advise immediately resorting to their use. It is better to try a complex treatment with natural remedies first. 
Spray the coop and perches for several days in a row with a mixture of the following: 2 cups of water, 1 cup of vegetable oil, and 1 tablespoon of dishwashing liquid. This mixture will help kill the mites. Shake the product well before use, so it exfoliates. The treatment of the chicken coop should be carried out at least 1-2 times a week for several weeks in parallel with the treatment of chickens. This 100% natural homemade spray will help get rid of mites in your chicken coop.
You can spray a layer of diatomaceous earth on the floor of the coop and nesting area, and also rub the mixture into the surface of the perches. Repeat the treatment as needed.
Wormwood (artemisia) is another effective natural remedy for tick control. Tie bundles of mugwort to perches, place sachets around nesting sites, or hang cut plants throughout the coop. This is an excellent tool that can be constantly used to repel ticks.
Garlic juice combined with vegetable essential oils is a proven remedy for fighting ticks.
To cure chickens, spray them with a garlic juice spray. Poultry scientists from the UK have found that this remedy can kill 100% of all mites in 24 hours. It can be used to treat birds and as a prophylactic.
To prepare such a natural spray, you will need:
- 300 ml water
- 30 ml garlic juice
- 1 teaspoon (total) of any combination of these essential oils - bay leaf, cinnamon, clove, coriander, lavender, peppermint and/or cumin.
Mix all the ingredients well in a spray bottle and spray the chickens with this product twice a week for prevention, or every other day for 2-3 weeks in case of mite infestation. Pay special attention to the areas around the anus and under the wings. After spraying, it is also recommended to treat chickens with diatomaceous earth, rubbing the powder into the skin and plumage. At the same time, be careful - try not to get dust into their (or you) eyes and lungs. Simultaneous treatment of chickens and treatment of the chicken coop will help to completely get rid of ticks.
If the chicken has ticks on its paws, then the scales will not be smooth, but raised up
If you notice these signs, spray chicken feet with a solution of garlic juice, and then lubricate them with natural petroleum jelly (or its analogues with natural additives). Such treatment will help not only scare away, but also destroy ticks - they will die from suffocation.
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If a tick bites chickens, small wounds and dried blood remain on the body of the birds.
Consequences of a tick bite
If the egg production of laying hens has decreased, the bird is constantly itching (behaving aggressively or too active), and the young growth does not look good, the birds should be examined and checked in the hen house and the infected birds should be treated. Parts of the body that are affected by insect bites:
- wings;
- skin under the tail;
- nostrils;
- head.
In some cases, you can follow the movement of the tick along the body of the chicken (the places where thin skin is most vulnerable), but you should not expect such clues. The danger of tick invasion is that they attack the ears, larynx and trachea of broilers, which is why the first symptoms do not appear immediately in birds, and noticeable signs develop against the background of secondary diseases. In sick birds, a head tremor begins, coughing fits appear, are heard.
In order to get rid of ticks in chickens, farmers lubricate the bites with oil on those parts of the feathered body on which unhealed wounds and legs are visible. After a couple of days, the tick dies. The wounds are disinfected and smeared with a cream that promotes rapid healing. The poultry house must be cleaned and disinfected, and after the illness and treatment, the chickens must be relocated to a dry, ventilated room. As a result, the red dangerous chicken tick will be completely destroyed.
There are many methods that make it easy and effective to deal with ticks. Effective ways to fight ticks are as follows:
- Treatment of a flock of chickens begins with the treatment of the skin of birds with special therapeutic agents. The procedure is carried out 2 times a day with a weekly interval. Powder "Sevin" - the best remedy for chicken feather mites. Feathers are sprinkled with a powder preparation, and birds and their habitat are sprayed with disinfectant sprays.
- Sand and ash are the best natural remedies to completely get rid of pests. 2 ingredients are mixed, and then the mixture is poured into a glass container. A container with a product is placed in the yard. Chickens in close proximity to the product will self-clean of ticks. Soon you won't have to worry about the problem of ticks.
- Feather mites do not tolerate too high temperatures, so it would be useful to treat the floor and walls of the chicken coop with boiling water, a flame (if the house is not wooden) or a blowtorch. Quartz lamps will do an excellent job of killing ticks, this method is used on large poultry farms. At home, it is also suitable for insect control.
- Plants will help to bring out such aliens. Mint, parsley, onion, celery and garlic are laid out in the chicken coop (along the entire perimeter). Specific odors will quickly drive pests out of the house.
Treatment with sprays and aerosols should not be used without consulting a specialist. The veterinarian will accurately prescribe medication and tell you in detail how to deal with chicken mites at home without harm to birds.
Bird mites are dangerous. Pests carry serious diseases: plague, borreliosis and cholera. If you do not take appropriate measures for treatment and prevention, the birds will die and harm the person.
Treatment of the chicken coop from ticks
The red tick is tenacious and multiplies rapidly. The female insect lays 20 eggs at a time. Adults actively breed both in the warm season and on rainy days. Insects dangerous to humans remain for six months. Under adverse conditions, they hibernate.
Features of preventive cleaning of the poultry house:
- in late spring and early autumn, a scheduled inspection of birds for the presence of wounds and dried blood is carried out;
- it is recommended to clean up traces of litter in a timely manner, change bedding, sweep away cobwebs and disinfect feeders with boiling water;
- the courtyard is sprinkled with dry sand and its cleanliness is monitored;
- once a month, the premises where the birds live should be disinfected.
The legs and skin of poultry are attacked by two types of pests: acariform and feather insects. A tick in a chicken on its legs (acariform type) causes a serious disease - knemidokoptosis. Roosters suffer from a complex disease more often than chickens and laying hens. The symptoms of a dangerous disease are as follows: the upper layer of the skin on the legs becomes thicker, the phalanges of the fingers become covered with a gray coating, and the bird looks weak and lethargic. If you do not start urgent medical treatment, the deformity of the limbs of the rooster cannot be corrected.
Funds from knemidokoptosis will not cost the farmer too much. To treat the disease, the people use cheap and natural birch tar. A remedy with a characteristic odor treats diseased areas of the skin (so that the infection does not spread throughout the body). The course of treatment with a folk remedy is 6 days.
Acaricides are used to treat poultry as the most effective medications. The agent is rubbed into the lower limbs of the rooster. The desired result can be seen on the second day. The feather mite in chickens settles on the stem of the feather and in the hole, directly sucking blood from the feathered one. The loss of blood leads to the complete destruction of the feather and the chicken, if not treated in time, may be left without plumage. The consequences of such an attack on chicken coops can be found in many photos.
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