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    tiney tiny little black bug

    This is the worst part its just a fenced in part of our BARN big two story barn with hay and straw... it has a dog in it, and 4 cows. I bought the dust and i have help coming to try and dust and clean out the pen in the morning. I just can't do it by my self I wanted hubby to do it tonight but...
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    tiney tiny little black bug

    Thank you everyone... I'm sorry its just i have a OCD that i surpress till something really sets me off... I'm going ot buy the dust now.. and DH will dust them when he gets home from work. How do i dust the birds??? keep it away from faces... we had a dead bird last week no sign of why killed...
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    tiney tiny little black bug

    will they come in my house.. what about my dog???? my hands are raw now i have scrubbed everything and pitched all of my eggs from the past two days (that was all i had left.. ) My dad has bad eyes he can't see them he came over and thinks im crazy and need commited .. lol I'm not crazy.. they...
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    Please comment: Mites in food

    OH GOD could this be my problem too. Could it be from my feed?
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    tiney tiny little black bug

    Seriously im freaking out ... sick to my stomach and ready to burn my barn down and my house... My son went out thismorning to get eggs .. and his older brother went out right after to feed and water. The little one comes running back in to the house crying that he had bugs on him. and ran in to...
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    egg size change

    is it normal for the eggs to be that big they are almost twice the size of the normal eggs, Is this bad for my hens couldnt that be like a mom trying to have a 3 month old baby (15+ lbs) ouch!
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    egg size change

    my laying hens have been laying apx an egg a day each hen for well over a month now. Might have one or two not laying or not laying as often we have 18 laying hens and get apx 16 eggs a day. My question is the size of the egg has begun to change to these enormous eggs HUGE to big to fit in...
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    Video of my suburban coop and Trampoline play area....

    i gave ya a 5 star. That is great idea! I wish my yard was flat near the barn I would put our trampoline there. The kids always complain about the bugs in the evening while jumping. that would sure cut the #'s of bugs down. Smurf
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    Hens laying all in the same spot

    Thank you so much. Right now I'm checking for eggs 3-5 times a day. On days im not out there as often i seem to have less eggs. Are they eating the eggs on the fewer egg days? Or just a coincidence I will be working on blocking off the hole tomorrow. Thank you for the speedy advice!
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    Hens laying all in the same spot

    I have around 30 chickens. The pen is about 1/4 of our cow barn. We have a fenced in area out side the barn the length of the barn about 8 feet wide. Never had a problem with them getting out "yet". '' Now the problem ( ok its not a problem kind of nice but weird) We are unsure of who is laying...
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    Im in Pennsylvania,where are YOU?

    I live in Somerset Co. PA. first year doing chickens since i was a small child. We have 15 RI reds and a few handsome leghorn roosters a few others that we had orderd same time but waited for delivery so a little younger than the others but mostly all brown laying hens
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