Mites, Lice & Worms

All Chickens Keepers will have to treat their chickens for red mites, poultry lice, scaly leg mite and/or worms at some time. Some treatments will be after you spot a problem and after you have gone down that very steep learning curve, regular preventative treatment will need to be part of your annual routine to ensure your flocks remain happy, healthy and productive.

Diagnosing any of these four common health issues can be very easy when you know what to look for, and these series of articles aim to not only help diagnose but offer effective solutions to address these issues. Good Luck, and please don't blame yourself for not realising what was happening. Unfortunately it's how we learn...


This fact sheet is designed to improve understanding of Scaly Leg Mite infections in poultry and man

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UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources http://anrcatalog.ucdavis.e

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This fact sheet is designed to improve the understanding of Poultry Louse infections in poultry and

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In a recent survey by Aussie Chook Supplies (2022), it was found that 80% of Australian Poultry Keep

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Poultry Red Mite is truely one of the most infuriating critters, requiring multiple treatments of ce

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