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post #11 of 13
8/11/12 at 7:28pm
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well i treated all my birds and the nestbox is crawling with redmites. all over my white leghorns who are roosting on the wood nestbox. i treated them and sprayed the box but probably not good enough.

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post #12 of 13
8/12/12 at 7:22am
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half of my chickens stopped laying the middle of june. i thought they might start molting as they are that age . but they arent molting. i checked a few of my birds as a few look kinda scruffy. i saw little brown bugs crawling . so either mites or lice. going to treat and see if that gets them laying again.


thats what happened to me my nesting was infested i took allt he sawdust out and they still layed eggs on the solid wood then i put straw in they just stopped im gonna try to put cedar shavings in

I read that cedar shavings are no good for the chickens. I'll try river sand on the floor and hay for the nesting boxes / I am still looking for the river sand 

I hope this works     8 chickens. 2 large dogs. 1 cat. 4 grandkids

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I hope this works     8 chickens. 2 large dogs. 1 cat. 4 grandkids

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post #13 of 13
8/12/12 at 4:50pm

Sevin dust, you can buy it at any garden center and we've used it on our livestock for years for mites, lice, ticks and ked infestations. We used to run our horses through a big Sevin solution bath when I lived in central america so I know it is safe.

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