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    mites, mites, mites

    I have been using rice hay as bedding and for bottom of coop droppings. It seems the mites may be in the hay bale since I get covered in mites when I clean the coop and out new hay in. So creeped out and crawlers all over. I feel like a dog with fleas. I poked at a few of my girls bottoms and...
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    Lost a Lady today and not sure why? Please help

    On Thursday I noticed that one of my Ameracaunas seemed a bit "off" not clear why? Thought maybe she was broody perhaps. I had to go out of town on business and husband told me she seemed weird last night and he found her dead in coop this morning. She had seemed a bit wobbly too. Any ideas or...
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    Americana Egg colors?

    So my girls have just started laying beginning of February. I have a total of 8 hens. 2 are from a different hatch and are younger. i have 4 chickens that I know produce shades of brown eggs. I thought my other 4 were Ameracaunas which I was told would lay blue or green eggs. Does not seem to...
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