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    Mites all over the ground around coop

    Yeah i couldnt figure it out. They're all over the ground and the feeders and waterers in 2 separate runs. I did a test yesterday and took an old empty/currently unused chick waterer(plastic 2 piece - white top green bottom) and just sat it on the ground in the grass/clover about 10 yards...
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    Mites all over the ground around coop

    They look a lot like these dont they? Ive had chickens off/on for years. This is the first year ive had theselike this...totally overrun. They dont seem to be on the chickens. Random sampling of vent areas, under wings etc... but theyre all over feeders, waterers, and the ground in the...
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    YAY! The new birds are here...

    Well, they seem to be eating better now(going through a ton of layena), but they're still not laying. The one that left me an egg the first day drops one every other day or so but that's it so far. They were supposed to be around 16 wks from mcmurray and I've had them going on 2 weeks now. So...
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    YAY! The new birds are here...

    Aren't they pretty? These are Red Stars from McMurray. I'm a little irritated about the debeaking done at McMurray apparently by default, but I'll deal with it. Seems to cause them problems with eating. I noticed right off the bat it takes them a few tries to get a bug off the ground. They...
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    cluckinnova checking in from Clarke Co, VA

    Hey all. Cluckinnova checking in from Clarke Co VA. I'm relatively new to chicken raising, but I'm on my way to running my own. The most experience I've had was feeding/cleaning up after my grandfathers chickens over my summer breaks many years ago. I now have a coop built into a protected...
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