If a miracle happened and the poultry spoke in a human voice, then the first sentence of most chickens, ducks and geese would be a request for deliverance from parasites - these fleas and bedbugs are very disturbing, make it difficult to sleep, make it difficult to live normally.
And krovushki bird how many drank - not one ten liters the amount is calculated.
In short, a huge barrier to complete chicken and goose happiness - external parasites.
In addition, although they are small, they are still the carriers of any pathogenic infection. In general, the owner, you need to solve something with them.
Something like this could look like an anti-flea spitch of any chicken that suffered from the parasites.
And since chickens can beg people for help only silently, in extreme cases, with an alarming cackle, the poultry farmer will have to turn on poultry as much as possible and draw the appropriate conclusions: have small “lodgers” settled in the house.
And, if the suspicions are confirmed, urgently take measures to save the birds.
Fleas in chickens: dangerous or not?
Fleas and bugs, as such, cannot inflict great losses on the herd.
Of course, they become a cause of discomfort for poultry, of course, they spoil the appearance of birds, of course, they do not leave the birds alone, constantly biting through their skin and regaling on their blood.
But even during flea attacks, chickens do not cease to trot, eat normally and increase body weight.
Although, some decline in productivity in poultry with the advent of fleas and bedbugs, is still observed. The danger can only be that the parasites on the bird's body will get too much and they will be able to overcome the chicken, infecting it with infectious diseases.
But such cases are rare, since poultry farmers carefully monitor the appearance of parasites in the house and urgently take measures to destroy them.
Symptoms
Fleas, hitting the plumage of domestic birds, remain there for "permanent residence" (until such time as they are not corroded).
Bedbugs act differently: they attack poultry at night, during her sleep and, having sucked blood in plenty, well-fed and contented, they leave the bird to hide in the slot until their next aggressive visit.
Insects are different, they each drink their blood in their own pattern, but the signs of their presence in poultry are very similar. With the appearance of those and others, the chickens constantly scratch and clean their feathers.
Ducks that have too short legs to reach all places that have been bitten by parasites, manage to itch their beaks, like geese.
In addition to scratching, a sign of the appearance of parasites can be a deterioration in the type of feathering: feathers in poultry lose their luster, become dull and disheveled.
The presence of parasites can also be indicated by a decrease in bird productivity with a good (even canceled, increased) appetite. Reducing disease resistance also applies to symptoms that indicate the presence of fleas or bedbugs in poultry.
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Diagnostics
To diagnose bird lice, strong enough hands and good vision. High-quality lighting will be an additional element of diagnosis.
You can notice fleas by carefully inspecting the feathers and skin of the bird. Selecting any of the individuals, you need to very carefully examine its head, legs and the area under the tail, where the plumage is the most luxuriant.
If there are parasites, they will surely give themselves away: fleas in chickens never sit still, especially in those moments when they feel the danger of persecution and destruction.
If you have found the parasites themselves on the chicken body, and it is impossible to establish their appearance, you should contact the entomologist.
Parasites that attack a bird just for the sake of feeding (bedbugs) are harder to find. To do this, you need to implement a bird check at night.
Treatment
At home, the bird is treated in the old-fashioned way: if anyone has old stocks of dust, sprinkle the bird with this sharp-smelling powder. This, in fact, the procedure ends.
However, the Ministry of Health a few years ago made conclusion about the harmfulness of dust and it was removed from production.
So what is the treatment of chickens for fleas and bedbugs at the modern, postdustovogo, stage? Effective drugs are enough: organophosphorus compounds, synthetic pyrethroids, carbamate and pyrethroid insecticides.
All these agents from parasites are sold in vet pharmacies already in finished form and are water-dispersible compounds, powders, emulsifiable concentrates.
In the use of all these drugs are simple. The only thing that veterinarians warn about before starting treatment is that they should not be mixed in any way.
Some older generation poultry breeders who are accustomed to the novelties of veterinary medicine with a certain degree of irony, believe that ordinary wormwood has a high therapeutic effect, which in our open spaces is more than enough for one hen house.
Others consider it a great parasite cure. Persian daisy (not to be confused with the pharmacy). This plant contains a substance that is toxic to fleas and bedbugs - pyrethrin, which, if they detect that, will flee from the house, or will die.
Prevention
All preventive actions against fleas and bedbugs should be aimed at creating appropriate conditions for the maintenance of the birds: clean house, periodic wet cleaning, disinfection.
In the prevention of parasites, a simple change of bedding is very effective.in which the parasites themselves and their larvae can be found.
Another mandatory method of prevention - the destruction of rodents drooping in the chicken coop. Rats and mice are not only dangerous for young animals, egg-laying, but also for adult individuals, they, among other things, suffer parasites and can infect entire livestock with fleas.
The question of the extermination of rodents becomes very relevant in the fall, when, in anticipation of a cooling, mice and rats tend to sneak into the cost-resistance.
Conclusion
Bites of fleas and bedbugs give the bird a lot of annoying inconvenience.
Because of these small parasites, poultry is practically deprived of rest and constantly lives with the desire to scratch, somehow get rid of the unpleasant sensation of itching on the skin.
But if bugs and fleas only irritated the birds! But they can provoke a number of serious diseases: hepatitis B and C, salmonellosis, typhus and skin diseases.
And such a danger becomes the root cause in order to get rid of parasites, if they are bred in the hen house and to prevent the appearance if they are not already there.
