mites or molting?

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This is one of my RIR girls. I only have 6 girls total and they all seem to get along. This one though has that spot on her back. I'd say it's over her hip area. I don't see anything creepy crawly on her and none of the other girls have this. Her skin isn't red or warm... Is she molting? Her and my other RIR joined the flock only 2 weeks ago. I'm not sure if she's laying or not. All the girls lay in the same nest. Any help with this would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!
 
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This is my barred rock hen. She has looked like this for around 5 months and it just seems to be getting worse. Is she molting or does she have mites. This is a picture of her neck. I checked her vent and she doesn't seem to be missing any feathers there. She also seems to have shorter not as soft feathers in her back too. She lives with 3 other hens ( no rooster) none of the other hens seem to have had this problem. They are 15 months old. Thanks!
 
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Just bought this bird for 10 bucks, I was told it's an araucana. Not too sure, but I rushed it and got her anyways. Is this mites or mounting? The lady said she was roughly 7 weeks old. I am guessing she was getting pecked and picked on.
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The lighter colored chick is what I'm concerned about
 
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Northern fowl mites???? Not sure what exactly I'm dealing with...my broody hen had crusty scabs and bleeding on her face, and then I saw clear grayish bugs running around her feathers near her head and face...maybe about 20 or so. Cleaned out and sprayed entire coop with bleach/soap/water solution and poultry protector, put DE and permethrin down on coop floor under fresh pine bedding. Dusted all my birds the best I could with garden and poultry dust (permethrin), and used drops of ivermectin pour on at the neck area, and above the vent area. The next day I found the bugs in the picture, alive, floating in the water near the broody hen. Since then I have seen a few more light colored bugs in water dishes in the coop, a few on the food bag in storage in the coop, and a few when I cleaned out the nest boxes...even found a few on me! YUCK!!!! Hoping they have gone away, but not sure if I need to re-dose with ivermectin or not...
 

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