fleas

crowndale · « **on:** August 21, 2012, 08:23 »

i think my chickens may have fleas. nothing obvious on them or around their run and house but i cleaned the trays out yesterday and put the poop and wood shavings into the composting bin and when i lifted the lid a couple of hours later swams seemed to fly out and now my house is full of them! its not the cats, they've been frontlined only recently so concluded must be the chickens. whats the best treatment for them? they are pekin batams (18-19 weeks old) and silkies (about 14 weeks old. thanks

Beano · « **Reply #1 on:** August 21, 2012, 09:03 »

I don't think fleas can fly. Could they be midges? I've noticed that they are in the coop sometimes, especially if there is a big dollop of poo. They're tiny little beggars and boy do they bite.

JaK · « **Reply #2 on:** August 21, 2012, 19:36 »

Frontline the chickens too. Buy the pump spray from your local vet and squirt it on to the chickens skin (on the back of the neck), one spray will be enough.

8doubles · « **Reply #3 on:** August 21, 2012, 20:49 »

Sounds like either compost midges or little black fruit flies, have you also put fruit in there ?
Neither are parasitic just ****** annoying.

crowndale · « **Reply #4 on:** August 22, 2012, 09:14 »

there is fruit in there yes. and having looked closer at the murdered ones i sprayed they are not fleas. phew. but yes, irritating. every summer my home is full of little black flies (like blue bottles but smaller, just not as small as these fruit flies), no idea where they come from (only had chickens a few months so not their poop or anything!). they seem immune to fly spray too which is doubly irritating! the blue bottles drop at the first spray of fly killer but these little flies just laugh in my face and seem to multiply when sprayed, like some kind of horrible genetic mutation experiment gone wrong, but am digressing, thanks for all the advice. will go get some frontline anyway just in case!

andy46 · « **Reply #5 on:** August 22, 2012, 15:44 »

Can you tell me which type of frontline to get please

joyfull · « **Reply #6 on:** August 22, 2012, 16:39 »

As frontline is not licensed for poultry no shops should sell you it if you say it is for chickens. I get the spray from my vets - I have to sign a statement acknowledging that it hasn't been licensed for chickens.

andy46 · « **Reply #7 on:** August 22, 2012, 21:40 »

Thanks joyfull

Sassy · « **Reply #8 on:** August 23, 2012, 08:38 »

Quote from: crowndale on August 22, 2012, 09:14

there is fruit in there yes. and having looked closer at the murdered ones i sprayed they are not fleas. phew. but yes, irritating. every summer my home is full of little black flies (like blue bottles but smaller, just not as small as these fruit flies), no idea where they come from (only had chickens a few months so not their poop or anything!). they seem immune to fly spray too which is doubly irritating! the blue bottles drop at the first spray of fly killer but these little flies just laugh in my face and seem to multiply when sprayed, like some kind of horrible genetic mutation experiment gone wrong, but am digressing, thanks for all the advice. will go get some frontline anyway just in case!

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