I am, or have been, a lurker for some time. I have used the BYC forum extensively to make sure we were doing things the right way. Thanks to all of you active posters, we have been successful... so far. We started with 12 chicks and now have 13 hens. We rescued the +1 from a friend who had a...
Turns out we had grain mites from the feed purchased at TSC. From what I have read, this is an ongoing problem with TSC as reported by many other BYC members. We are no longer getting our feed from TSC and have switched over to CFC Farm and Home. They have a much higher turnover on their feed...
Another Virginian checking in... we are just outside of Warrenton. We just started our flock this year and have 13 hens. One is laying and the others cant be far behind!
We are dealing with the same problem. From my searches using the search bar above, I think this is what we have and are going to attempt the suggested methods.
Here is the link - mites, mites, mites