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    The worst mite infestation i have EVER seen! Help!

    Hi! I feel your pain! We are dealing with the same infestation, though it does sound like yours is worse than ours. I'm so sorry!! This IS the most miserable thing I have had happen in 8 yrs of having chickens!! All of a sudden we were getting odd bug bites throughout the day and night inside...
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    Mite infestation (starting new post)

    I added this comment to another thread but it isn't showing up anywhere in the updated lists of comments....and I don't want it missed for input... We've just discovered a bad infestation in our flock also. 8yrs of hens and never seen anything like this... we go into the barn or near their coop...
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    How to treat mites?

    We've just discovered a bad infestation in our flock also. 8yrs of hens and never seen anything like this... we go into the barn or near their coop and our clothes get mites on them. We've been getting bit inside the house for the past two weeks and couldn't figure out what was causing it...
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    Rooster's are dying, dropping like flies! Calcium??

    This morning's update: the food he had in his crop yesterday, which I now think was from the day before, since I didn't see him eating at all yesterday, is as hard as a rock this morning! So it seems his digestive system has shut down, with no acid or enzymes to break the food down..?!? I...
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    Rooster's are dying, dropping like flies! Calcium??

    I have never had any feed issues like this either, until all of a sudden. We're getting a Show & Grow feed just for the rooster's, just in case.
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    Rooster's are dying, dropping like flies! Calcium??

    No spots in his beak or throat, thankfully.
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    Rooster's are dying, dropping like flies! Calcium??

    I haven't seen any bullying between them at all. And they go through feed so fast, and it is put into my unplugged freezer at night (due to rats), so it rarely has a chance to get moldy. We did have quite a lot of rain over the past month, but their food still doesn't stay out long enough to...
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    Rooster's are dying, dropping like flies! Calcium??

    Okay, I will go check. We are in the northeast, no bugs out yet (except ants), so no mosquitos yet. But I will go check! Thx!
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    Rooster's are dying, dropping like flies! Calcium??

    I have been looking for mites on those that die, and on the hens. I haven't seen any.
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    Rooster's are dying, dropping like flies! Calcium??

    Well water, very good (though a tad high in iron). I have used rat poison before, but only where rats can get it, and none used in the past few months. Again, no hens are dying. Rooster's are free-range with the hens.
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    Rooster's are dying, dropping like flies! Calcium??

    A photo below. It only lets me attach one. Using a Kindle... :(
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    Rooster's are dying, dropping like flies! Calcium??

    Is there anything from the egg development period that could do this 8 months after hatching? They've all been 100% normal and healthy up until this starts, then dead in 2 days.
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    Rooster's are dying, dropping like flies! Calcium??

    All hatched last fall. They've all been buried, except this one. Hens have no issues, no comb spots, so it can't be contagious. I'll snap pics, maybe they'll upload.
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    Rooster's are dying, dropping like flies! Calcium??

    The site won't upload my videos for some reason.
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    Rooster's are dying, dropping like flies! Calcium??

    It's a huge shed (16x20) attached to the barn, with a dirt floor. It is very dusty when they're scratching around, but the sliding door is always open during the day, with several screened windows high and low for circulation. Is dust bad for them? Don't they love rolling in dirt?
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