Comments on: Bugs in the chicken coop http://farmfolly.com/2010/03/bugs-in-the-chicken-coop-2/ Wed, 08 Sep 2010 06:28:18 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Mona http://farmfolly.com/2010/03/bugs-in-the-chicken-coop-2/comment-page-1/#comment-9418 Mona Sun, 18 Jul 2010 04:22:20 +0000 http://farmfolly.com/?p=3461#comment-9418 Glad, to know we aren't alone. We have the same crawly bugs when we go to our coop. They crawl all over us (my kids and I have all had them on us). Glad, to know we aren’t alone. We have the same crawly bugs when we go to our coop. They crawl all over us (my kids and I have all had them on us).

]]> By: Kate http://farmfolly.com/2010/03/bugs-in-the-chicken-coop-2/comment-page-1/#comment-9167 Kate Sun, 11 Jul 2010 23:32:13 +0000 http://farmfolly.com/?p=3461#comment-9167 I have been frantically searching the internet today because my 2 year old daughter suddenly had bugs in her very curly hair, and then suddenly going down her neck, the back of her shirt, on on her torso. They transferred to me very quickly. At first I thought she had head lice, but after dousing us both in DE and bathing her with Castile soap I did what I always do--hit the internet. I looked at lice and much to my dismay AND relief, the pictures looked nothing like what was crawling in my daughters hair. I post, because we had just come from tending the chickens (we are chicken sitting the chickens at our school) and she had stuck her head inside one of the smaller coops to look for eggs. I can't tell if the picture above is the same kind of spider, but it definitely looks like the size of the bugs crawling in her hair. I am relieved to have found your thread! I have been frantically searching the internet today because my 2 year old daughter suddenly had bugs in her very curly hair, and then suddenly going down her neck, the back of her shirt, on on her torso. They transferred to me very quickly.

At first I thought she had head lice, but after dousing us both in DE and bathing her with Castile soap I did what I always do–hit the internet. I looked at lice and much to my dismay AND relief, the pictures looked nothing like what was crawling in my daughters hair.

I post, because we had just come from tending the chickens (we are chicken sitting the chickens at our school) and she had stuck her head inside one of the smaller coops to look for eggs. I can’t tell if the picture above is the same kind of spider, but it definitely looks like the size of the bugs crawling in her hair.

I am relieved to have found your thread!

]]> By: Woody http://farmfolly.com/2010/03/bugs-in-the-chicken-coop-2/comment-page-1/#comment-6413 Woody Tue, 16 Mar 2010 06:01:52 +0000 http://farmfolly.com/?p=3461#comment-6413 Free protein! Free protein!

]]> By: lee http://farmfolly.com/2010/03/bugs-in-the-chicken-coop-2/comment-page-1/#comment-6016 lee Fri, 05 Mar 2010 04:42:56 +0000 http://farmfolly.com/?p=3461#comment-6016 We're wondering if it was a spider outbreak. There's not much sign of them at all, although the weather has been cooler too. Robin has added DE to the bedding and nesting boxes, and also on all the lips and edges in the coop (window frames, ledges in the ceiling, around the roosts, etc). If they are spiders, then the ones that survive the DE will probably grow up to be chicken feed. No sign of bugs on the birds. Whew! We’re wondering if it was a spider outbreak. There’s not much sign of them at all, although the weather has been cooler too. Robin has added DE to the bedding and nesting boxes, and also on all the lips and edges in the coop (window frames, ledges in the ceiling, around the roosts, etc). If they are spiders, then the ones that survive the DE will probably grow up to be chicken feed. No sign of bugs on the birds. Whew!

]]> By: Lynn http://farmfolly.com/2010/03/bugs-in-the-chicken-coop-2/comment-page-1/#comment-6002 Lynn Thu, 04 Mar 2010 14:48:32 +0000 http://farmfolly.com/?p=3461#comment-6002 Did you get rid of the bugs? They look like spiders to me, but I'm certainly no bug expert. Once, when my chickens were very small, I was sitting in my coop with them, holding them, and I noticed some kind of bug on my hand. I had no idea what it was, but it was small & wiggly. I freaked out & went inside & showered. The next day we cleaned the coop & started sprinkling just a little bit of DE under the bedding when we put down new pine & cedar chips. I've never seen anything since, and I've looked for bugs often. Did you get rid of the bugs? They look like spiders to me, but I’m certainly no bug expert. Once, when my chickens were very small, I was sitting in my coop with them, holding them, and I noticed some kind of bug on my hand. I had no idea what it was, but it was small & wiggly. I freaked out & went inside & showered. The next day we cleaned the coop & started sprinkling just a little bit of DE under the bedding when we put down new pine & cedar chips. I’ve never seen anything since, and I’ve looked for bugs often.

]]> By: Linda http://farmfolly.com/2010/03/bugs-in-the-chicken-coop-2/comment-page-1/#comment-5959 Linda Tue, 02 Mar 2010 17:52:49 +0000 http://farmfolly.com/?p=3461#comment-5959 YUCK!!! are those mites? Or feas or what? Linda http://coloradofarmlife.wordpress.com YUCK!!! are those mites? Or feas or what?

Linda
http://coloradofarmlife.wordpress.com

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