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Thanks for the great links! I checked under several chicken's wings and around their vents this morning and didn't see any sign of mites or lice, so maybe they're still recovering from the stress of the expansion and the addition of new biddies.

I'm concerned my hens may have mites or another parasite but am unsure what to look for. Egg production has been down for about 2 weeks. We just expanded their coop into a new shaded area; and the egg production decrease corresponded with the expansion so I thought it was stress and because...

Hi! I've been relying on BYC for chicken advice for a while now and finally joined the community. (1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? My husband grew up with chickens and I remember gathering eggs with my grandmother, but we got our own flock when we bought a small...