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    How do you heat your coops

    I dont heat the coop. As long as the bird has somewhere to shelter from any driving sub zero wind she will be absolutley ok. The main thing to remember is access to water that has not frozen. I would never heat the coop.
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    Help Please! RED MITES

    Yeah I think changing their outdoor area to sand floored has helped I think with bathing in it. I am cleaning the coop with DE regularly
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    No eggs for 4 weeks

    One of them laid this morning :) All being well the others will follow suit. I will put it down to the molting :) I will no longer be eating them for sunday lunch
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    No eggs for 4 weeks

    Hi All My flock of 3 havent laid one egg in about 4 weeks. Since March we were getting on average 2 eggs every day. I'm at a loss as to why they have all stopped laying. The hens range from 1 year to 2 years of age. I am not sure if any of the following is the reason for the lack of eggs...
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    Help Please! RED MITES

    I defeated the red mites with 3 deep cleans using disinfectant, red mite powder on the hens and liberally using the DE stuff all around the coop. No evidence of a red mite for 4 weeks :)
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    Help Please! RED MITES

    The mites seem to be gone but the hens are still not roosing up high. They just squat on the floor of the coop at night. Not s ure if they will ever return to their roosts even though the roosts are mite free and clean now?? Also I have noticed a few mites on me even when I am in my own house...
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    Help Please! RED MITES

    Thanks for the reply. I cleaned out the coop and drenced it all with a strong detergent spray. This seemed to kill most of them. I then sprayed all of the house with an insecticide which apparently kills or crawling insects - pethryin or something - . I burnt all their bedding. I then doused...
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    Help Please! RED MITES

    I have been hit with Red Mites. I visited the wooden coop ( a converted wooden shed) in the dark last night and was horrified to see the 3 hens sat on the floor not on their roosts and lots of red mites - some grey , some brown crawling around everywhere. Some of these got onto my arms also so...
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    Hi! New to the forum - Bristol UK here :)

    Ive been keeping hens now for just 6 months. We've had one visit from Mr Fox, 2 months in, who killed 3 of our flock and we learnt alot about when we can free range them safely from that! Had a bout of Scaly Leg Mite 2 months in which I treated very successfuly using vaseline and surgical...
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