Ricardo when you build the new coop use silicone on ever joint/gap so the ticks can't hide, if you're going to paint it use silicone that you can paint over.
This video is SO informative. I didn't know about these ticks at all, and the pictures you included of the droppings and signs of these parasites is so tremendously helpful.
Thank you. We were so confused with the stains we noticed at first… lol. Wish you the best of luck and that you don’t have to go through this. We just finished building our new coop
I found some of these the other day inside my chicken run they were underneath the bark on a dead plum tree good to know what they are thank you guys I'll be checking my coop now and everything
I am so glad I came across this video. Never heard o this problem so you guys are really helping us all! Thank you!!!! I am always having ticks on me and NEVER thought about these type of ticks. I will look at them more closely!!!! Ugh! What a mess!!!!! The baby ticks are pin head small!!! All ticks are pin head little at first! Ok now I'm going to look for this too! Like you said! No one mentions these ticks!
what a horrible experience to endure! God bless you for sharing this informative story with us and thank Him for leading you to a solution that works. So glad your girls are all recovered from those nasty parasites
I’m sooooooo sorry you both had to experience this horrible nightmare and your babies were suffering. Thankfully you found the right info and were able to eradicate the infestation. Thank you for keeping it real and sharing your experience with all of us! This video is going to help many. ❤
Another treatment you can apply to the coop, bedding and dust the birds with is food safe Diatomaceous earth. It is a ground up form of diatom shells that are safe for the birds and will not effect the eggs. It's cheaper and safer than the other treatments you mentioned. Spraying lemon oil on all of the wood also chases the bugs away. If you have lemons or oranges grind them up and soak them in mineral oil then strain it and use as a spray.
@@amyschubach1997 Yep. I dust my birds once a month and mix a small amount into their feed once every two months. Seems to keep them healthy. I've had no problem with egg production.
Oh, Babies...So grateful for the heads-up & sharing your experience. And, Life deals yet another pita event, as we forge our little trails, pursuing our simple happinesses. (I call "Fowl!--Unnecessary Roughness!") Glad you found solutions, tho, & I'm sure everyone here is looking forward to the new build. Sendin' the Love oooxxx
Wow guys I am so sorry that this happened to you. Thank God you did not lose any birds! The orange guard sounds like it did the trick, your experience will help many people. Thank you guys for sharing!! ❤️
I’m so sorry this happened to you, but thankful you didn’t lose any of your feathery babies. It’s a great reminder for us all to keep checking those nooks and crannies. Especially, at night. Phew. Thanks for sharing.
Sometimes these kind of things are unavoidable. So glad you found the problem and took immediate action. And, thanks for the information....good to know!
TERRIFIED 🤐 I am so sorry that y'all have to deal with that and that your beautiful coop is gone. Thankfully, y'all can make another one and I'm sure you will add some upgrades and record some more content. All things in life happen for a reason. Sad that this is going on for you both and your babies but glad that you could share the information and share your experience. Thank you Kelly and Ricardo 💖 this too shall pass.
Your chickens are fortunate to have you guys!! Sorry you lost your coop! We just got chicks and you are so informative! I've watched a couple of your videos and appreciate how knowledgeable you are!
So sorry this happened to you and your pets, but thanks so much for sharing the information. BTW Love Dahlia and so glad y’all are going to collaborate on some things. Thanks again and hope for smooth sailing in the months ahead. ❤
So sorry this happened to you guys! Devastating, because you put so much into your flock. Praying it never happens again! Thank you for sharing, and possibly preventing it for other chicken lovers!!
I am so glad I found this video, thank you so much for sharing! Apparently they are not all that uncommon here in the low desert of AZ, so now I am prepared and can prevent it from happening to me! I am just getting started with chickens this year and now I feel like I can prevent these pests from invading my coop my spraying orange guard as a preventative!
Wow I had never heard of fowl ticks until now! I am so sorry you had to go through this and thankful you were able to find a solution that worked....I know it must have been a terrifying experience. Also I am excited to hear you guys are doing a collab with Dalia!!! She is so awesome, I love her videos!!!
Thank you, they were so gross and really do act more like a bed bug or mite even though technically a tick. So strange and never heard of them or anyone I asked had either. Yes she is so awesome ❤️❤️
Wow guys that is awful and very gross. I didn't know about this either. I can't imagine what you went thru checking all the babies and cleaning everything. Glad all your babies were OK and nobody got sick. Thanks for sharing your story to let others know, just wish you didn't have to experience it.
Wow how devastating for you guys. Lessons learned huh. Glad you shared you shared this. I had no idea these critters even existed. This is very good information. Thanks again
We were so shocked as we had never heard of a bird tick. Neither had anyone in my family who grew up raising chickens as well. Neither had Dalia over at Chickenlandia. This was such a shock to us all
Omg! This was so creepy! So sorry you had to deal with that. So glad no birds were hurt by this. I live in Michigan and glad to hear they wouldnt make it here. Looking forward to your video with Dahlia! Love her. Followed her for years!
This is such a wonderful channel, a REAL learning experience, successes and failures. We’re always suspicious of “new” insects/diseases. Can you imagine if a person had a hatchery and got invaded … yikes! I can tell you, this is one time my husband commented, he’s glad we have winter here in our northern climate, Nova Scotia, Canada. Seems many homestead families have, and are moving from California to North Carolina … you can even have a bonfire there … 😄🇨🇦
Im going with a new metal coop/run for this reason! We are getting oak mites from the trees! I ordered mine with a dome roof, going to use hardware cloth and a bigger tarp, I cant wait! Thanks for the great video!
Hi guys thanks so much for sharing all of this, it’s good to see that it took work but was handled at last. I live in southern California, in the antelope valley, it’s hot and dry Thanks Ricardo I was wondering if you were crying as well 😄, but I get it, that must have been disgusting , terrifying and exhausting. Thanks again for showing the ugly, 🤞 it never happens but if it does it’s good to know it can be fixed
This thing never dies . I have it in my yard where i had chicken . I didn't have chicken for over 10 years once i hatched chicken again they started eating them alive . They can go years without food . They come out at night when it's hot to feed on chicken . Worst nightmares
At first I thought no to plastic coops... but I think they might be a great idea. They look decent, can come with decades of warranty and they are completely tick-resistant.
I was sick of fighting mites. Broke down and bought an eglu cube and no issues since. Someone needs to make larger plastic coops. There is no place for parasites to hide and when you spray it actually gets everywhere.
Very true, we are considering sealing all the cracks and trim edges in our next coop to prevent homes for pests. The article I linked in the description goes into that with good detail
I can't thank you enough for sharing this video ! We start building our coop today & thanks to the information you shared (including the link to the article), I now have insight on what I can do to try to prevent this from ever happening. I had never heard of these before. I'm so sorry that the knowledge came at such a high cost to you, but you are helping others tremendously by sharing your story ! Thank you
Fowl ticks have arrived in Northern California Sonoma county. I bought both insecticide. Tomorrow, using Orange guard first. I don't have a huge infection. It's been cold. I thought they were roaches, odd shape until I watched your video and took a picture. Yup ticks. I saw them only near where I house the chickens.daytime and nighttime area. Thank you ❤ Breath, the chickens are alive. You are doing good job with research. Again, thank you for your education on how to cure and prevent ❤
I cried after watching this video because I can totally relate. I’m going through this now but with a different type of pest called stick tight flea. Last Sunday one of my Isa Browns was acting odd and I thought she was egg bound. After soaking her multiple times we were inspecting her and noticed something by her ear. I took pictures and asked on a backyard chicken group what the bugs were because they didn’t look like mites or lice. They seem to be a rare insect because I’m having a hard time finding information like you guys did. These insects are like ticks and they can live on the host for 4-6 weeks! If we didn’t notice her being off she probably would have died from anemia. We have been rubbing Vaseline on their comb, wattles, ears and around their eyes to smother the fleas. We are spraying the permethrin and using lime and DE around the coup. Also cleaning very thoroughly. It’s a lot of work but we are doing everything we can to help them.
We also rub our legs down with coconut oil to prevent the fleas from getting on us. I didn’t know how bad they were until I looked at my pants and they were crawling up my pants legs. One was embedded in my leg. I had to really scrape to get it off. We also strip off our clothes before going in the house.
Thanks for sharing both the good and bad. I wish you the best for the future! It may be worth sealing the cracks on the new coop with some kind of sealant. The big tubes of construction adhesive are cheap, and add a lot of strength when cured. If it happens again in the future, You may be able to completely seal the coop with plastic, and fumigate it while keeping it away from the chickens. It may take weeks, and multiple treatments to make sure they're all gone though, especially the eggs.
Thank you we are so glad the nightmare is over and they are gone now. Very true, we are considering sealing all the cracks and trim edges in our next coop to prevent homes for pests. The article I linked in the description goes into that with good detail
WoW!!! I am just now seeing this and I can only imagine the horror that you went through. I am so sorry that this happened to you. We here in Central WA have tics but they are not that kind. Still I hate infestations of any kind but your problem was huge. So glad you got it all cleaned up and things are better. Glad your chickens did not die from those blood suckers. So glad also, that you posted this video, I will always be on the lookout when we get our chickens starting this Spring 2023. Thanks a million for all your great informational videos.
Thank you thank you thank you, you are such great chicken people I appreciate all the info you put out and have learned so much from you. You are my # 1 chicken channel !!!! Sending loving vibes to you and your chicks !!!🐣🐓💕🇺🇸
Copper naphanate is used to prevent insect damage to wood but it stinks worse than chicken squat. I used it to treat the floor or my coop and it needed to air out for a week lol. Indoor fogger for bed bugs is the pyrothrin stuff, I use it for yellow jackets nesting in walls. DE in your coop and bedding may help as prevention to nasty creatures.
My brother mentioned this bugs to us that they like feeding on chickens rear end at night. We are from south Texas. Happy everything is ok with you guys
Oh wow. I'm so glad you found them & got rid of them before something happened to one of your birds. I hadn't heard of these either. We all can count this as a blessing. Your birds are ok & that you both now may have helped others to save their birds. I for one will be on the look out for them. It is a shame about the coop. It was a very nice one. I'm sure the next one you build will be even better. ❤🐓
you could fumigate coop by burning sulfur , sulfur fumes gets in all cracks and anywhere you're not able to spray , it will kill everything and leaves a coating that all bugs stay away from. I always dust coop with wood ashes mixed with sulfur and sand before putting bedding down and it keeps all bugs away.
Arghh!! This is freaking me out!! I am so sorry that that happened to you. My son and daughter-in-law are in the process of building a coop for my ladies, Cheesecake, Treasure and Jezebel and their bossy boyfriend, Brewster de Rooster. I am learning so much from you. One thing that you have made apparent is that they are really overdoing this coop! If I had this infestation happen in our coop, it would be a total nightmare to take it apart. I would have to just plastic seal the whole coop, fog it and let it set for a month. Then, I'd have to unseal it and let it air out for another month before I could let my girls back into it. You did make me feel a little better when you said that those ticks prefer dry climates. We are in America's Rain Forest, South Carolina so, hopefully, we are safe from that. When we moved out here, we were one of the only families out here. Well, now we've been found! Developers are building like Crazy and turning over the soil in some wild places. We've had a whole Summer fighting cockroaches - Brrrr!!! I wonder if that Permectrin II will work on the cochroach problem? Does diatomaceous earth help to control the ticks? Somebody said to add it to their dust bath to control mites. I can't seem to get my ladies to hold still long enough to allow me to check them as well as I would like, so DE has been my go-to mite control ( plus I like that it is totally natural.)
Wow, Thank You for sharing this “breaking new information”, eeek. I hope they do not make their way to Oklahoma. Mine are “my babies” too, and neck hug me. Love you guys & your transparency.
If you place the coop under a tree, the ticks can jump off and they can hibernate in the bark for 12 months, longer than in dead wood. No wild birds are needed for contamination because the ticks can come from a last years wild nest. So. I would check the tree and clear it from nesting material, also spray the bark with bio agent which isn't harmful to wild birds and trim the tree. Also, check the undergrowth and surrounding bush for places where water ends up. Good video
Thank you! I don’t think there were ticks in the tree the previous year, as we had never had this problem in the past and have lived here forever. We will be more aware now of the surrounding brush
Oh wow. I have never heard of this. I'm so sorry that this happened to you. Now Im going to be on the look out. I think Im going to just do a preventative measure, as you are doing from now on.
When you build the new coop, it is imperative that you CAULK every seam, every place where a board joins another board, every nook and cranny! Do that and use Permethrin (a residual insecticide) and you should be good.
@@BockBockBouquet do you have a link for what you did on the new build? Do I spray orange spray on the wood before I caulk or silicone and what products did you use. Do I paint after the silicone/caulk or before?
Sorry you had to go through this. I have had mites a few times, do you recommend painting to help seal cracks in the wood? I use Elector psp every time an infestation occurs. Thanks for the video you did on that product. Aloha and good luck with your new coop.
Thank you, yes our new coop we are most likely going to look into sealing the cracks. Elector psp worked great for us in the past but these ticks seemed very resilient to it. Luckily the orange guard eradicated them very quickly
Oh my gosh. This sounds like some sort of horror movie. I never heard of these. We live in the mountains so maybe we don't have them??? If we would have to tear our coop down, my husband would go berserk since he had it custom built for me. I know we have ticks here, but we don't free range because we don't have the room. We also have a covered run so hopefully the wild birds can't infect them. I am so sorry this happened to you. What a nightmare. On the bright side, you can now build a coop that works better for you.
It really was our own horror movie. I, nor anyone in my family had ever heard of a bird tick. They act more like bed bugs than a traditional tick. Funny thing is we don’t have traditional ticks here as the weather is not hospitable. But I guess these bird ticks like this desert climate. Hopefully there are no bird ticks near you. Our next coop we are going to seal gaps and cracks to not leave opportunities for homes for them to hide and breed. This could prevent mites as well. The article I linked in the description has good information about that
We had this happen to us in Maryland. It was horrible. I had to tear apart the whole small coop that Rent the chicken provided us for the 2 hens. It was a complete nightmare. I have since did as one comment suggested and siliconed all cracks and crevices I could to prevent any hiding places.
Thanks so much for sharing. So sorry this happened to you. I'm considering raising 2 or 3 chickens but I always research as much as I can to ensure success. Thanks for all of your informative videos. I had no idea how much time, effort and resources go into raising chickens until I came across your channel. I am in Texas, so this issue applies to us as well. Many thanks! 😎👍🏻
Thanks for there kind words. We just live and we learn and will take better preventative steps in the future. We are going to start building our new coop in the week to come. Chickens are great pets and we love owning them, good luck if you decide to get some!
This makes me laugh so hard. Kelly typing right now.. I am a big snake lover so I like to tease him for his fear of them. Aint that the truth, little did he know what real nightmares are made of
Great channel and hope you have no more fowl-tick problems ... try caulking and painting the interior of the coop with a good quality sealant/paint that will eliminate those hiding places where material come together to form a joint or corner ... it would be like a seal inside and out to prevent places for them to hide ... just an idea ... little more work and "investment" in materials, but may be more than worth it in the long run ...
Thank you so much for being responsible and killing the bugs before disposal since you cannot burn. Also thank you for the information. Made me subscribe. Honesty. Thank you
Thank you, didn’t know that about fire ant hills, may have to try that. We love elector psp. We got rid of our mites and lice years ago with it and havent seen them since. I had a tick in a shot glass of elector psp for 2 days though and it was still squirming around 🤢 the orange peel extract (orange guard) killed it on contact though
In Mexico this is something we have always heard of for many many years ever since I was small and I’m in my 30’s that mainly pigeons carry these parasites and other diseases.
Oh wow, we do have wild pigeons here on our property. Ricardo is from Guadalajara and also his family in Nochistlán haven’t heard of these. We did read they like dry climates better and that could be why
@@BockBockBouquet maybe it’s the weather precisely? I come from Hermosillo Sonora Mexico and my grandma always told me about these bugs chickens could catch. I love your channel by the way. I learn so much from you guys 😊
Thanks to this video I'm considering coating my future coupe with epoxy resin so there will be no where for them to hide basically turn it into one solid object using epoxy
Thanks for the video. I live in a snowier/colder part of North Idaho, so I'm likely to avoid these. If somehow they do find their way here I'll burn the coup. It's unfortunate you're not able to as that's the best solution for erradcation, far and away. Slash piles are a normal part of life in rural Idaho. Sorry for your experience. Sounds horrific.
I am so very sorry to hear this happened to you. Thank you for shedding light on something I didn’t even know about. I hope you guys get back up and running soon. I can’t wait to see what your new coop looks like. You really build beautiful coops Kerry from Vallejo CA… and do you build in northern California?
Oh my gosh. I have the hebie jebies. Yuk. That is awful. Sorry that happened. I’m running out to my coop to o make sure I don’t have any. Ewww. But thank you for the info. You are my go to for everything.
That is horrible!! Gosh just another thing to mess with our chicken babies and us!! Never heard of these ticks. Were do they come from?? Horrible!! Thank you for sharing! So sorry this happed to you all!!
Oh my goodness! I am so sorry you guys went through this, however, I am glad you got to them immediately. Now, I have to check my girls coop-condo today. I am totally cautious now! I ordered the #OrangeGuard and a pump spray bottle anyway. Thank goodness cooler weather coming in. I have so much work to do, this week! Side Note: #Awesome outfit by the way, Brown suits your hair and make your skin glow. You should try a nude to medium brown eye and lip color. #Thankyouforsharing #Keepupthegreatwork
Thank you! We are glad the nightmare is finally over. Aw thank you so much! I wear makeup sometimes if we go out. Otherwise I am a bit lazy to do my makeup especially hate removing mascara when I just want to go to sleep at night lol. But I appreciate you 😊😊
Wow, this is crazy. I am getting ready to build my coop, an 8X8 that is tall enough that I can get inside. It will be made mostly from recycled lumber from a structure I tore down. I wonder if while I build and assemble this if caulking all the joints and then painting the inside will help remove hiding places and make cleaning easier. We are in NM east of Albuquerque at 6600' elevation. It gets into the teens during the winter so hopefully that will kill and reduce them. Glad to hear you are recovering.
I saw a video recently (I think maybe it was Justin Rhodes?) where a coop owner took a small blowtorch to the cracks. Obviously only for a second- not long enough to ignite anything but enough to kill any pests. Might be too risky in your area but could be a method of prevention for others. New chicken owner here- thanks for sharing all your knowledge!
Thank you & thanks for sharing! Oh maybe. The problem was these ticks were so far deep underneath things like even in our foundation and floor boards. There was no way we could access them without taking the entire coop apart. Was a nightmare
Ricardo when you build the new coop use silicone on ever joint/gap so the ticks can't hide, if you're going to paint it use silicone that you can paint over.
That is what I was going to suggest. Leave them nowhere to hide.
Great idea!
This video is SO informative. I didn't know about these ticks at all, and the pictures you included of the droppings and signs of these parasites is so tremendously helpful.
Thank you. We were so confused with the stains we noticed at first… lol. Wish you the best of luck and that you don’t have to go through this. We just finished building our new coop
OMG. You guys were so lucky that none of your sweet birds were lost to this. Thanks for sharing the accurate info so we can be on the lookout. AGH. 🤮
Thank you we are glad the nightmare is over
I found some of these the other day inside my chicken run they were underneath the bark on a dead plum tree good to know what they are thank you guys I'll be checking my coop now and everything
Oh no I hope it wasn’t these guys. Be careful they are designed for success. It’s crazy how fast they can multiply
I am so glad I came across this video. Never heard o this problem so you guys are really helping us all! Thank you!!!! I am always having ticks on me and NEVER thought about these type of ticks. I will look at them more closely!!!! Ugh! What a mess!!!!! The baby ticks are pin head small!!! All ticks are pin head little at first! Ok now I'm going to look for this too! Like you said! No one mentions these ticks!
I am so very sorry 😢 As heartbreaking as this is, I am glad to hear that you didn’t lose any chickens.
Thank you so much, we are glad the nightmare is finally over
what a horrible experience to endure! God bless you for sharing this informative story with us and thank Him for leading you to a solution that works. So glad your girls are all recovered from those nasty parasites
Thank you so much. ❤️
I’m sooooooo sorry you both had to experience this horrible nightmare and your babies were suffering. Thankfully you found the right info and were able to eradicate the infestation. Thank you for keeping it real and sharing your experience with all of us! This video is going to help many. ❤
Thank you, we hope our awful experience could possibly do good to help others
Another treatment you can apply to the coop, bedding and dust the birds with is food safe Diatomaceous earth. It is a ground up form of diatom shells that are safe for the birds and will not effect the eggs. It's cheaper and safer than the other treatments you mentioned. Spraying lemon oil on all of the wood also chases the bugs away. If you have lemons or oranges grind them up and soak them in mineral oil then strain it and use as a spray.
Thank you, I think that’s what the orange guard we used essentially was. It worked very well! The ticks were very resilient to the DE
I was wouldering if DE would work?
@@amyschubach1997 Yep. I dust my birds once a month and mix a small amount into their feed once every two months. Seems to keep them healthy. I've had no problem with egg production.
Oh, Babies...So grateful for the heads-up & sharing your experience. And, Life deals yet another pita event, as we forge our little trails, pursuing our simple happinesses. (I call "Fowl!--Unnecessary Roughness!") Glad you found solutions, tho, & I'm sure everyone here is looking forward to the new build. Sendin' the Love oooxxx
Thank you so much ❤️❤️
Wow I didn't know of these bugs. Glad yall got it under control. Great information. ♥️
Thank you, we or our family or anyone we know had never heard of bird ticks either. So bizarre
Wow guys I am so sorry that this happened to you. Thank God you did not lose any birds! The orange guard sounds like it did the trick, your experience will help many people. Thank you guys for sharing!! ❤️
I’m so sorry this happened to you, but thankful you didn’t lose any of your feathery babies. It’s a great reminder for us all to keep checking those nooks and crannies. Especially, at night. Phew. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you so much! So true!
Soooo sorry to hear of this happening to you. Thank goodness you caught it when you did and saved all your babies. God Bless you both.
Thank you so much ❤️
How horrible! What foul creatures! 🤢 So sorry you went through this! I hope things are going much better now!
Sometimes these kind of things are unavoidable. So glad you found the problem and took immediate action. And, thanks for the information....good to know!
Thank you so much. Wit was shocking and we are so happy it’s finally over
TERRIFIED 🤐 I am so sorry that y'all have to deal with that and that your beautiful coop is gone. Thankfully, y'all can make another one and I'm sure you will add some upgrades and record some more content. All things in life happen for a reason. Sad that this is going on for you both and your babies but glad that you could share the information and share your experience. Thank you Kelly and Ricardo 💖 this too shall pass.
Thank you so much we are so glad the nightmare is over
Your chickens are fortunate to have you guys!! Sorry you lost your coop! We just got chicks and you are so informative! I've watched a couple of your videos and appreciate how knowledgeable you are!
So sorry this happened to you and your pets, but thanks so much for sharing the information. BTW Love Dahlia and so glad y’all are going to collaborate on some things. Thanks again and hope for smooth sailing in the months ahead. ❤
Dahlia is great! These are the only two, along with Pantera. Great resources
Aw thank you so much!!
So sorry this happened to you guys! Devastating, because you put so much into your flock. Praying it never happens again! Thank you for sharing, and possibly preventing it for other chicken lovers!!
Thank you! We are so happy the nightmare is over and hope this never happens to anyone else
Thank you for sharing your experience. ❤
Hope we can help others
I am so glad I found this video, thank you so much for sharing! Apparently they are not all that uncommon here in the low desert of AZ, so now I am prepared and can prevent it from happening to me! I am just getting started with chickens this year and now I feel like I can prevent these pests from invading my coop my spraying orange guard as a preventative!
Hope you never have to deal with these pests
God bless you for all you do. You both did an amazing job. In this life we suffer a lot of hardships, and you two did wonderful!
Thank you so much
Wow I had never heard of fowl ticks until now! I am so sorry you had to go through this and thankful you were able to find a solution that worked....I know it must have been a terrifying experience. Also I am excited to hear you guys are doing a collab with Dalia!!! She is so awesome, I love her videos!!!
Thank you, they were so gross and really do act more like a bed bug or mite even though technically a tick. So strange and never heard of them or anyone I asked had either. Yes she is so awesome ❤️❤️
Don’t be afraid of garden snakes!
I’m surprised the hens didn’t EAT the bugs! Yikes….
I would die! Just the thought of seeing all those bugs bugs me out! So sorry for you! I’m already itching…
Pre treat the new wood even before you assemble the pieces.
Wow guys that is awful and very gross. I didn't know about this either. I can't imagine what you went thru checking all the babies and cleaning everything. Glad all your babies were OK and nobody got sick. Thanks for sharing your story to let others know, just wish you didn't have to experience it.
Thank you we are so glad the nightmare is over
Coming out at night to bite sounds like a bedbug! Sorry you had to get rid of the coop, just watched that video today.
Wow how devastating for you guys. Lessons learned huh. Glad you shared you shared this. I had no idea these critters even existed. This is very good information. Thanks again
We were so shocked as we had never heard of a bird tick. Neither had anyone in my family who grew up raising chickens as well. Neither had Dalia over at Chickenlandia. This was such a shock to us all
Omg! This was so creepy! So sorry you had to deal with that. So glad no birds were hurt by this. I live in Michigan and glad to hear they wouldnt make it here. Looking forward to your video with Dahlia! Love her. Followed her for years!
Thanks so much! Yes we had never even heard of a bird tick before. Love her, she is so awesome ❤️❤️
This is such a wonderful channel, a REAL learning experience, successes and failures. We’re always suspicious of “new” insects/diseases. Can you imagine if a person had a hatchery and got invaded … yikes! I can tell you, this is one time my husband commented, he’s glad we have winter here in our northern climate, Nova Scotia, Canada. Seems many homestead families have, and are moving from California to North Carolina … you can even have a bonfire there … 😄🇨🇦
Im going with a new metal coop/run for this reason! We are getting oak mites from the trees! I ordered mine with a dome roof, going to use hardware cloth and a bigger tarp, I cant wait! Thanks for the great video!
Hi guys thanks so much for sharing all of this, it’s good to see that it took work but was handled at last. I live in southern California, in the antelope valley, it’s hot and dry Thanks Ricardo I was wondering if you were crying as well 😄, but I get it, that must have been disgusting , terrifying and exhausting. Thanks again for showing the ugly, 🤞 it never happens but if it does it’s good to know it can be fixed
This thing never dies . I have it in my yard where i had chicken . I didn't have chicken for over 10 years once i hatched chicken again they started eating them alive . They can go years without food . They come out at night when it's hot to feed on chicken . Worst nightmares
So sorry you went through this!!
Your Babies are so blessed to have you!
You take such good care of them!!
✨💜🐣💜🐣💜🐣💜✨
Thank you ❤️
bless you guys! I love to see how much you care. Thanks so much for this information!
Thank you so much
Thanks so much for sharing your experience
if anybody is interested,they do not die at winter,there will be less of them,once spring comes they are back and with huge numbers
That sucks. Good to hear everyone is still healthy though. Just materials, they can always be replaced. Thanks for posting and always being real.
So crazy. Glad you got it under control.
Love Dahlia!! Can't wait!!
Thanks so much ❤️❤️❤️
At first I thought no to plastic coops... but I think they might be a great idea. They look decent, can come with decades of warranty and they are completely tick-resistant.
So sorry guys!!!!! Seriously glad none of the birds were lost.
Thank you! We are happy everyone’s safe and doing well
I was sick of fighting mites. Broke down and bought an eglu cube and no issues since. Someone needs to make larger plastic coops. There is no place for parasites to hide and when you spray it actually gets everywhere.
Very true, we are considering sealing all the cracks and trim edges in our next coop to prevent homes for pests. The article I linked in the description goes into that with good detail
I ordered a nestera coop, they are bigger than the omlet coops and have a 25 year warranty. Hope it'll help me fight these monsters.
I can't thank you enough for sharing this video ! We start building our coop today & thanks to the information you shared (including the link to the article), I now have insight on what I can do to try to prevent this from ever happening.
I had never heard of these before. I'm so sorry that the knowledge came at such a high cost to you, but you are helping others tremendously by sharing your story ! Thank you
Thank you, we ended up caulking all the corners in our new coop we built.
We're definitely going to do that too !
Fowl ticks have arrived in Northern California Sonoma county. I bought both insecticide. Tomorrow, using Orange guard first. I don't have a huge infection. It's been cold. I thought they were roaches, odd shape until I watched your video and took a picture. Yup ticks. I saw them only near where I house the chickens.daytime and nighttime area. Thank you ❤
Breath, the chickens are alive. You are doing good job with research. Again, thank you for your education on how to cure and prevent ❤
I cried after watching this video because I can totally relate. I’m going through this now but with a different type of pest called stick tight flea. Last Sunday one of my Isa Browns was acting odd and I thought she was egg bound. After soaking her multiple times we were inspecting her and noticed something by her ear. I took pictures and asked on a backyard chicken group what the bugs were because they didn’t look like mites or lice. They seem to be a rare insect because I’m having a hard time finding information like you guys did. These insects are like ticks and they can live on the host for 4-6 weeks! If we didn’t notice her being off she probably would have died from anemia. We have been rubbing Vaseline on their comb, wattles, ears and around their eyes to smother the fleas. We are spraying the permethrin and using lime and DE around the coup. Also cleaning very thoroughly. It’s a lot of work but we are doing everything we can to help them.
We also rub our legs down with coconut oil to prevent the fleas from getting on us. I didn’t know how bad they were until I looked at my pants and they were crawling up my pants legs. One was embedded in my leg. I had to really scrape to get it off. We also strip off our clothes before going in the house.
Thanks for sharing both the good and bad. I wish you the best for the future! It may be worth sealing the cracks on the new coop with some kind of sealant. The big tubes of construction adhesive are cheap, and add a lot of strength when cured. If it happens again in the future, You may be able to completely seal the coop with plastic, and fumigate it while keeping it away from the chickens. It may take weeks, and multiple treatments to make sure they're all gone though, especially the eggs.
Thank you we are so glad the nightmare is over and they are gone now. Very true, we are considering sealing all the cracks and trim edges in our next coop to prevent homes for pests. The article I linked in the description goes into that with good detail
Makes me itchy just thinking about it... 😂😂😂 Great job getting rid of this parasite!!! 👍❤️😎
Us too the idea of these makes my skin crawl lol it was so gross
Thanks for sharing this, guys. Glad you were able to get rid of them.
Thanks so much! We are so relieved this nightmare is over
Thanks for sharing this information, I hope you can recover from this. I had never heard of this before.
Thank you so much
WoW!!! I am just now seeing this and I can only imagine the horror that you went through. I am so sorry that this happened to you. We here in Central WA have tics but they are not that kind. Still I hate infestations of any kind but your problem was huge. So glad you got it all cleaned up and things are better. Glad your chickens did not die from those blood suckers. So glad also, that you posted this video, I will always be on the lookout when we get our chickens starting this Spring 2023. Thanks a million for all your great informational videos.
You wonderful young people are great for telling the truth.Thank you.
You are so welcome
Thank you thank you thank you, you are such great chicken people I appreciate all the info you put out and have learned so much from you. You are my # 1 chicken channel !!!!
Sending loving vibes to you and your chicks !!!🐣🐓💕🇺🇸
Copper naphanate is used to prevent insect damage to wood but it stinks worse than chicken squat. I used it to treat the floor or my coop and it needed to air out for a week lol. Indoor fogger for bed bugs is the pyrothrin stuff, I use it for yellow jackets nesting in walls. DE in your coop and bedding may help as prevention to nasty creatures.
Basically, bed bugs for chickens 🐔.
My thoughts exactly!! Bed bugs
For chickens!!!
That was my thought too. 😢 Awful.
Oh wow yes pretty much exactly
This is so awful and yucky! These really look more like bedbugs than ticks!! I am so sorry this happened 😢
That’s so true, that’s exactly what they are like. Thank you
My brother mentioned this bugs to us that they like feeding on chickens rear end at night. We are from south Texas. Happy everything is ok with you guys
Oh wow. I'm so glad you found them & got rid of them before something happened to one of your birds. I hadn't heard of these either. We all can count this as a blessing. Your birds are ok & that you both now may have helped others to save their birds. I for one will be on the look out for them. It is a shame about the coop. It was a very nice one. I'm sure the next one you build will be even better. ❤🐓
Thank you so much ❤️
you could fumigate coop by burning sulfur , sulfur fumes gets in all cracks and anywhere you're not able to spray , it will kill everything and leaves a coating that all bugs stay away from. I always dust coop with wood ashes mixed with sulfur and sand before putting bedding down and it keeps all bugs away.
Great tips!
Arghh!! This is freaking me out!!
I am so sorry that that happened to you.
My son and daughter-in-law are in the process of building a coop for my ladies, Cheesecake, Treasure and Jezebel and their bossy boyfriend, Brewster de Rooster. I am learning so much from you. One thing that you have made apparent is that they are really overdoing this coop! If I had this infestation happen in our coop, it would be a total nightmare to take it apart. I would have to just plastic seal the whole coop, fog it and let it set for a month. Then, I'd have to unseal it and let it air out for another month before I could let my girls back into it. You did make me feel a little better when you said that those ticks prefer dry climates. We are in America's Rain Forest, South Carolina so, hopefully, we are safe from that.
When we moved out here, we were one of the only families out here. Well, now we've been found! Developers are building like Crazy and turning over the soil in some wild places. We've had a whole Summer fighting cockroaches - Brrrr!!! I wonder if that Permectrin II will work on the cochroach problem?
Does diatomaceous earth help to control the ticks? Somebody said to add it to their dust bath to control mites.
I can't seem to get my ladies to hold still long enough to allow me to check them as well as I would like, so DE has been my go-to mite control ( plus I like that it is totally natural.)
Thank you for teaching us.
😊😊
Wow, Thank You for sharing this “breaking new information”, eeek. I hope they do not make their way to Oklahoma. Mine are “my babies” too, and neck hug me. Love you guys & your transparency.
So heartbreaking. Luckily your flock was safe. Yes permethrin kills everything I had used it for almost 2+ years love it !
Thank you it worked very well
Oh so sorry. New chicken owner here. Love Dalia too!
Thank you ❤️❤️ yes she is so awesome
thank you for this information, so important!
Thank you ❤️
So sorry this happened to you and thank you so much for sharing this information I appreciate it.
P.s, I will be in the coop tonight with a flashlight 😮
If you place the coop under a tree, the ticks can jump off and they can hibernate in the bark for 12 months, longer than in dead wood. No wild birds are needed for contamination because the ticks can come from a last years wild nest. So. I would check the tree and clear it from nesting material, also spray the bark with bio agent which isn't harmful to wild birds and trim the tree. Also, check the undergrowth and surrounding bush for places where water ends up. Good video
Thank you! I don’t think there were ticks in the tree the previous year, as we had never had this problem in the past and have lived here forever. We will be more aware now of the surrounding brush
Oh wow. I have never heard of this. I'm so sorry that this happened to you. Now Im going to be on the look out. I think Im going to just do a preventative measure, as you are doing from now on.
Thank you, we are just so glad the nightmare is finally over
The eggs are a good indicator of ticks. I've never heard of these type before. Thanks for the heads-up!
New chick mama here. Thank you so much!!! You are a blessing. So sorry 😞
Thank you so much! Welcome 😊
I need a new bag of diatomaceous earth, bluekote, and now this orange guard stuff. I’m worried about my cheepers now!
When you build the new coop, it is imperative that you CAULK every seam, every place where a board joins another board, every nook and cranny! Do that and use Permethrin (a residual insecticide) and you should be good.
That’s exactly what we did with the new coop we built
@@BockBockBouquet do you have a link for what you did on the new build? Do I spray orange spray on the wood before I caulk or silicone and what products did you use. Do I paint after the silicone/caulk or before?
Sorry you had to go through this. I have had mites a few times, do you recommend painting to help seal cracks in the wood? I use Elector psp every time an infestation occurs. Thanks for the video you did on that product. Aloha and good luck with your new coop.
Thank you, yes our new coop we are most likely going to look into sealing the cracks. Elector psp worked great for us in the past but these ticks seemed very resilient to it. Luckily the orange guard eradicated them very quickly
Thank you for making this video. I had no idea. Thank you for all the information you share 👍
They’re almost like a chicken bed bug🤮
Wow; unbelievable🥴
Greatjob.
So sorry!
Oh my gosh. This sounds like some sort of horror movie. I never heard of these. We live in the mountains so maybe we don't have them??? If we would have to tear our coop down, my husband would go berserk since he had it custom built for me. I know we have ticks here, but we don't free range because we don't have the room. We also have a covered run so hopefully the wild birds can't infect them. I am so sorry this happened to you. What a nightmare. On the bright side, you can now build a coop that works better for you.
It really was our own horror movie. I, nor anyone in my family had ever heard of a bird tick. They act more like bed bugs than a traditional tick. Funny thing is we don’t have traditional ticks here as the weather is not hospitable. But I guess these bird ticks like this desert climate. Hopefully there are no bird ticks near you. Our next coop we are going to seal gaps and cracks to not leave opportunities for homes for them to hide and breed. This could prevent mites as well. The article I linked in the description has good information about that
We had this happen to us in Maryland. It was horrible. I had to tear apart the whole small coop that Rent the chicken provided us for the 2 hens. It was a complete nightmare. I have since did as one comment suggested and siliconed all cracks and crevices I could to prevent any hiding places.
I really appreciate you sharing this, thank you!
Thanks so much for sharing. So sorry this happened to you. I'm considering raising 2 or 3 chickens but I always research as much as I can to ensure success. Thanks for all of your informative videos. I had no idea how much time, effort and resources go into raising chickens until I came across your channel. I am in Texas, so this issue applies to us as well. Many thanks! 😎👍🏻
Thanks for there kind words. We just live and we learn and will take better preventative steps in the future. We are going to start building our new coop in the week to come. Chickens are great pets and we love owning them, good luck if you decide to get some!
Ricardo's nightmare: 😱🐍🥚
The REAL nightmare!!: 😱🪲🩸(I couldn't find a tick emoji lol)
At first I thought 'green duck'... other than odd, what's nightmarish about it? Then I realized oh that's a snake! It's soo tiny, I couldn't see.
This makes me laugh so hard. Kelly typing right now.. I am a big snake lover so I like to tease him for his fear of them. Aint that the truth, little did he know what real nightmares are made of
Great channel and hope you have no more fowl-tick problems ... try caulking and painting the interior of the coop with a good quality sealant/paint that will eliminate those hiding places where material come together to form a joint or corner ... it would be like a seal inside and out to prevent places for them to hide ... just an idea ... little more work and "investment" in materials, but may be more than worth it in the long run ...
Thank you so much for being responsible and killing the bugs before disposal since you cannot burn. Also thank you for the information. Made me subscribe. Honesty. Thank you
Thank you and welcome to our channel ❤️
I’m so sorry this happened to you guys.
Thank you ❤️
OMG thanks for the info! Thankfully I live where it gets below 0 degrees F during the winter. This must have been a freaking nightmare for you.
Omg so sorry. You can tell you guys love your birds.
We use First Saturday Lime & Spinosad (Trade name Elector PSP), which also works on fire ant hills 👍🏼
Thank you, didn’t know that about fire ant hills, may have to try that. We love elector psp. We got rid of our mites and lice years ago with it and havent seen them since. I had a tick in a shot glass of elector psp for 2 days though and it was still squirming around 🤢 the orange peel extract (orange guard) killed it on contact though
@@BockBockBouquet good to know.
That’s how bed bugs act and they kinda look like bedbugs
In Mexico this is something we have always heard of for many many years ever since I was small and I’m in my 30’s that mainly pigeons carry these parasites and other diseases.
Oh wow, we do have wild pigeons here on our property. Ricardo is from Guadalajara and also his family in Nochistlán haven’t heard of these. We did read they like dry climates better and that could be why
@@BockBockBouquet maybe it’s the weather precisely? I come from Hermosillo Sonora Mexico and my grandma always told me about these bugs chickens could catch. I love your channel by the way. I learn so much from you guys 😊
Thanks to this video I'm considering coating my future coupe with epoxy resin so there will be no where for them to hide basically turn it into one solid object using epoxy
I'm eating breakfast while watching this LOL. 🤢 I'm so sorry this happened!!!
Hahaha 😆
Bad timing for breakfast 😂😂🤢
Thanks for the video. I live in a snowier/colder part of North Idaho, so I'm likely to avoid these. If somehow they do find their way here I'll burn the coup. It's unfortunate you're not able to as that's the best solution for erradcation, far and away. Slash piles are a normal part of life in rural Idaho. Sorry for your experience. Sounds horrific.
I am so very sorry to hear this happened to you. Thank you for shedding light on something I didn’t even know about. I hope you guys get back up and running soon. I can’t wait to see what your new coop looks like. You really build beautiful coops Kerry from Vallejo CA… and do you build in northern California?
Thank you so much, we hope to post a video on our new coop soon. We usually build coops for pick up only but we could also deliver
You guys, oh, what a project. I know you love them so.
Y'all are saints!!! I absolutely love your videos and I love how you love your babies❤.
Thank you so much ❤️❤️❤️
Oh my gosh. I have the hebie jebies. Yuk. That is awful. Sorry that happened. I’m running out to my coop to o make sure I don’t have any. Ewww. But thank you for the info. You are my go to for everything.
You guys are on the right track. You will beat these little blood suckers. This is educational for so many of us!
Thank you, haven’t seen one, I think the battle was won 🙏🏼
That is horrible!! Gosh just another thing to mess with our chicken babies and us!! Never heard of these ticks. Were do they come from?? Horrible!! Thank you for sharing! So sorry this happed to you all!!
Thank you! They came straight out of a nightmare it seems
Oh my goodness! I am so sorry you guys went through this, however, I am glad you got to them immediately. Now, I have to check my girls coop-condo today. I am totally cautious now! I ordered the #OrangeGuard and a pump spray bottle anyway. Thank goodness cooler weather coming in. I have so much work to do, this week! Side Note: #Awesome outfit by the way, Brown suits your hair and make your skin glow. You should try a nude to medium brown eye and lip color. #Thankyouforsharing #Keepupthegreatwork
Thank you! We are glad the nightmare is finally over. Aw thank you so much! I wear makeup sometimes if we go out. Otherwise I am a bit lazy to do my makeup especially hate removing mascara when I just want to go to sleep at night lol. But I appreciate you 😊😊
Wow, this is crazy. I am getting ready to build my coop, an 8X8 that is tall enough that I can get inside. It will be made mostly from recycled lumber from a structure I tore down. I wonder if while I build and assemble this if caulking all the joints and then painting the inside will help remove hiding places and make cleaning easier. We are in NM east of Albuquerque at 6600' elevation. It gets into the teens during the winter so hopefully that will kill and reduce them. Glad to hear you are recovering.
I saw a video recently (I think maybe it was Justin Rhodes?) where a coop owner took a small blowtorch to the cracks. Obviously only for a second- not long enough to ignite anything but enough to kill any pests. Might be too risky in your area but could be a method of prevention for others. New chicken owner here- thanks for sharing all your knowledge!
Thank you & thanks for sharing! Oh maybe. The problem was these ticks were so far deep underneath things like even in our foundation and floor boards. There was no way we could access them without taking the entire coop apart. Was a nightmare
@@BockBockBouquet Yah that looked like a serious infestation! So sorry you had to deal with that.