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    Bare patches, red skin, particularly around vents, egg production down

    Thanks Featheredplanets. I did go out to the coop at night with my lighted magnifying glasses and saw no mites. I will check again tonight. As I saw one this weekend, there must be some... but I'm not sure that I have an actual infestation.
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    Bare patches, red skin, particularly around vents, egg production down

    I've got a flock of 6 hens that are around 18 months old. I got them at 4 months last April, and they have been laying real well until about May this year. I determined they had mites and treated them with permetrhyn and the coop with neem oil. Worked well, BUT: - egg production is still...
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    Gravel to Protect Against Rats

    I am also considering just getting enough half inch hardware cloth to line the floor of the coop. Digging out 3" of soil. Lining with HW cloth, attaching the cloth to framing, and refilling with soil. Thoughts?
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    Gravel to Protect Against Rats

    I have half-inch hardware cloth down to about 1 foot below land surface, and I just started covering my feed at night, but there is still scattered feed on the ground, and I thought I would try digging a trench around my hardware cloth (maybe down to 1.3 feet depth) and filling it with clean...
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    Peter_S New Member!

    (1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? Yes, I am new and I've had them since May 2017 (2) How many chickens do you have right now? 6 (3) What breeds do you have? They are all Golden Comet (4) How did you find out about BackYardChickens.com? Just looking around the...
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