Please help! I've had an outbreak of chicken lice and the county fair is on Thursday!!! HELP!!?

Question

HELP!! Is there any way to rid my chickens of lice before Thursday. I had had an outbreak a few weeks ago, but I thought I had got rid of them all. When I was giving my rooster Regis his pre-show bath I noticed black spots in his feathers near his rear. When I started blow drying him I found little yellowish bugs all over! I sprayed him with lice killer and put him in a separate cage. Then I sprayed my two hens I'm taking to the fair with the bug killer. This morning I gave the roo and hens a bath and then sprayed them again. They all seem to be dead, but I can't get them off!

How can I get rid of them by Thursday?! Is this even possible? I REALLY want to show them at the county fair, but I absoulutly will NOT take them if they have any trace of the lice, because I don't want to infect any other chickens.

Also, what are the black spots in the feathers? Is this caused by the mites? They aren't little bugs. How can I get rid of this?

PLEASE HELP!

Answer 1

Here goes:

1. Bring in 1 chicken, shower (or if you dont have a shower, you can either attach a hose to your tap or pour clean water over the chickens ) him/her off with warm water and either a lice shampoo or powder, then rinse, and then shower them again this time with tea-tree oil in water.

2. Take the chicken into a room in the house a blow dry him/her off.

3. Repeat step 1 and two with all chickens only bringing in ONE at a time.

4. Leave chickens inside and hose/power wash/water down EVERYTHING the chickens come into contact with, this includes feeders, hoppers etc.

5.Go inside, dont touch the chickens yet. Change your clothes, have a bath or shower and give your hair and body a GOOD wash with shampoo (lice shampoo if you can find some) then put some clean clothes on and then put the chickens back outside.

then daily just put a few drops of tea-tree oil into the feathers and they should be clear.

Hope this helps!

Answer 2

You need to get a dust for that. It may be at a tractor supply or livestock store. It is possible to but very difficult. You may also try a bathe. Mix som of the stuff for it in water and dip the chickens(all of them) in the water.

The spots could be eggs. I think they have a comb for that that can get them out.

Yes, it can be passed to humans. I have chickens and there were mites that got all over my room. It freaked me out. I got something that you get from store and its like a bomb that releases stuff to kill them. From now on we clean the coop offen.

Answer 3

I think the lice shampoo is what kills the lice.

yes you can lice in your hair too.