Help! I live in Spain and my chicken hutch has had red mites now for several months. I have used two types of spray for mites and have diatomaceous earth in there and where they dust bath. But they just keep coming back. Several chickens have died over the last few months. None recently as I am...
I live in Spain and it is 85+ F during the day and 68+ F at night going up to over 100+ next week in the day and 85+ at night. I have 3 chicks who have lots of feathers but are not completely covered. I am wondering if I can put them outside (they have a hut of course) at night with out an...
Hello! I have had 4 fertile eggs in my hatch (my second time, first was a disaster and changed incubator since then). 2 have hatched, one 24 hours ago. There are two left and one has pipped about 12 hours ago but is not hatching. I have a brinsea eco and I am finding it hard to keep the humidity...
I bought an incubator which is a disaster, not holding the temperature at all. So I have decided that I need to repurchase and thinking of a Brinsea. I only have a small budget so thinking Brinsea Eco 2 - 10 eggs, manual turning. Have people had good experiences of them? It seems you can't...
I will have a look into this as it might be the case, which is a bit depressing! A while ago maybe half the flock went through a period where they had mucous in their noses and sneezing lots. They all cleared up except for the 4 Andalucian blues who are still sneezing regularly (we have 4 of...
Thank you for your response! We use wood chips, bought from the pet store. I don't know what they are exactly. It is cleaned completely usually every 3 days, every day we do a light clean as well, so I am pretty sure there isn't mold or much dust. We don't have lice or mites in the hutch but...
I have a small flock of chickens, some of them have been sneezing for quite some time. They are 6 months old or 1.5 years old. This morning I have one chicken (6 months) who is still in the hutch sleeping, she is not one that has been sneezing. We lost a couple earlier in the year and I would...