Hi everyone, I am pretty new to chickens and am slightly paranoid about my chicks being sick. I have 4 chicks around 26 weeks old. My marans started laying at 18 weeks, laid for about 2 weeks and then stopped. She acts pretty normal. The others are all laying. They all act normal. But I just have a feeling something is wrong. I've been researching pests and sicknesses like crazy, checking the girls daily for mites and lice. I am thinking maybe they have leg mites?
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I think I am just paranoid but I am just so worried about them. I am going to soak their legs and put castor oil on them today just in case. I will scrub the coop tomorrow and put new sand in their run and new bedding in the coop. I ordered DE for dusting.
Everything I read so far said they should all lay through the winter the first year. They were hatched on April 27th. I really don't care if I don't have eggs, but I want them to be as healthy as possible.
Thank you so much for reading and for replies.
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I think I am just paranoid but I am just so worried about them. I am going to soak their legs and put castor oil on them today just in case. I will scrub the coop tomorrow and put new sand in their run and new bedding in the coop. I ordered DE for dusting.
Everything I read so far said they should all lay through the winter the first year. They were hatched on April 27th. I really don't care if I don't have eggs, but I want them to be as healthy as possible.
Thank you so much for reading and for replies.