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Lordy, I grew up on a farm and I guess it was survival of the fittest. I never imagined having to worm chickens and check their crops! But, I love my girls. They are all panting today with temps in the 90's. Sunday and Monday are calling for temps in the mid 90's. After I check for mites...

And no, they've never been wormed. We have had a lot of rain lately too which stinks up the place! That's when I throw in the sand.

I give them cracked corn as treats, veggie scrapes and weeds. I give them oyster shell daily and give them the layer ration in the pellet form in a bucket auto refill feeder. I also have an auto waterer that is hose fed. I empty and clean it out daily. The coop size is 8x5 and the run is...

This is all too funny. All along I was thinking something was wrong with one of my 9 girls. I checked her for mites today and it must have upset her because her wattle and comb got very pale. I am having a problem because I lost one of my girls for no apparent reason. Hubby got rid of the...

Thank you for replying. I checked for mites and can't find any. We did clean the coop yesterday, but didn't put any pesticides down. I bought some permethrin dust and liquid today. I'm thinking I'll pull back the wood chips to one side of the coop and put down some of the powder, and then so...

I had 4 Wyndottes and 6 Black Star hens. Yesterday, I noticed one of my Wyndotte's downy feathers were raggedy looking and her balance was a little off. Today, we found her dead. She had no marks or outward symptoms. The folks at the feed store thought it could have been the heat. We went...