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    Help me identify this tiny bug!

    Yes! They ended up being some variety of mites after all. I went to Tractor Supply and bought some Permethrin 10, found some diluting info after searching this forum and sprayed down my coop, paying special attention to my nest boxes where they were most concentrated (I think my broody hen drew...
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    Help me identify this tiny bug!

    Thanks for the tip! I definitely need to get one now that I’ve had this experience, I’m too curious to let it go. Will try to post more detailed photos when I get them.
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    Help me identify this tiny bug!

    These look a little more defined than the ones I have, they’re so tiny I really can’t even make out a body shape like I can with these but they definitely could be similar.
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    Help me identify this tiny bug!

    Apologies in advance to anyone who gets itchy from reading this, I got itchy writing it! I’ve recently noticed tiny bugs that make their way onto me every time I go out to the coop, and I can’t figure out that they are. They’re fast but I haven’t seen them jump. They’re so small that I can’t...
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    Feeling Very Guilty...Need Advice

    I recently rescued a pitbull from the shelter who was perfect in every way...except that she wants to eat the chickens, all the time. I was taking her out leashed, but knew I needed a new situation so she’d have room to run. Then one day I opened the back door for the dogs without thinking and...
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    Sex Guesses for 4 w/o F2 Olive Egger

    I’m not sure yet, I’ve got some elderly neighbors who’ve been here for 40 years as opposed to my 1, so I may have to rehome him. Will see how it goes, there’s a couple roos on the block so hopefully he can fly a little under the radar.
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    Sex Guesses for 4 w/o F2 Olive Egger

    I know it’s early, but the red in the comb has me worried I’ve got a roo. This is the only one of the 6 eggs my broody hen had that hatched, so no siblings to compare to unfortunately. I got them from someone local, believe the mom is an F1 olive egger and dad is a maran (black copper...
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    Broody mom getting off nest too often with early chick?

    Thank you!
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    Broody mom getting off nest too often with early chick?

    Hi! I’m currently hatching my first eggs under my black australorp. She went broody and I got 6 olive egger eggs from FB marketplace to put under her. Everything was going great until we had an early chick on Thursday evening, which puts it at just barely day 18. That chick is doing great, but...
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