You’re doing all you can to prevent lice from treating your chickens as hosts. Yet, you begin seeing changes in your flock and aren’t sure if it’s chicken lice or if another situation is going on.
It’s important to know the signs of chicken lice infestation. Here’s what you should look for:
- Dirty feathers around or near the vent
- Slow moving chickens
- Comb becomes light in color
- Egg production lowers
- Weight loss
- Change in food intake
- Chickens pulling feathers
- Scabby or irritated skin
- Bald spots
- Rough looking feathers losing their color
- Seeing bugs crawling on the skin or nits in feathers
If you see any of these signs, you should act quickly to treat your flock. Parasites can make your chickens miserable and in some cases even cause death.
