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Post by Ahawkeye on Apr 25, 2012 13:44:33 GMT -5
Have you ever seen lice on the turkeys you've shot? I got one today that I think was infested. I showered and imidiatly washedmy clothes when I got home after breasting him out. If anyone in the house gets lice and my wife puts the puzzle together my turkey hunting days are over  Let's hope nothing happens.  |
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Post by Woody Williams on Apr 25, 2012 14:58:33 GMT -5
Never seen that. Got seed ticks off them before. Bad little dudes too.
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Post by dadfsr on Apr 25, 2012 15:06:28 GMT -5
Are you sure they were lice??? I know that chickens will get infested with mites....spent enough time working on a poultry breeding/testing facility to know what mite infested chickens are-talk about giving you the "creepy crawlies" ...that will do it. Used to keep a jar of a nicotine based miticide in each poultry house that all you did was barely dip a feather in and just touch the back end of the chicken-presto! no more mites!!!! Anymore than just a touch of the miticide and you'd have a dead chicken Nothing to worry about if they were mites though, because they are specific to poultry and won't do anything to humans. |
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Post by oldhoyt on Apr 25, 2012 15:16:52 GMT -5
I have seen mites. Can't recall ticks.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 25, 2012 15:37:44 GMT -5
Seed ticks most likely, they feel good when you scratch them.
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Post by Ahawkeye on Apr 25, 2012 16:47:19 GMT -5
Seed ticks most likely, they feel good when you scratch them. No not seed ticks but that is funny. Dadfsr, what do the mites look like? |
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Post by dadfsr on Apr 25, 2012 17:37:54 GMT -5
They are very small brownish/red critters just visible to the naked eye. I'd probably need my reading glasses to see them nowadays but shouldn't need a magnifying glass either.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 25, 2012 17:53:59 GMT -5
They look like seed ticks. You'll need a microscope to tell the difference.
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Post by Woody Williams on Apr 25, 2012 17:56:23 GMT -5
They are very small brownish/red critters just visible to the naked eye. I'd probably need my reading glasses to see them nowadays but shouldn't need a magnifying glass either. A good description of seed ticks too.. Head Lice are white. Nettie Key gave them to me in the fifth grade at Lodge School. Mom worked on my head for three days getting rid of them. They were a lot more prevelent back then. |
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Let's hope nothing happens. 
