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    Sand baths.

    I'm making a sand bath for my chickens for them to keep clean. I would like to put diotamatious earth in with it to help with fleas, mites, and lice. Is it ok for the chickens health? Thanks, Lance.
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    What could be causing this?

    Thank you Wyorp rock for the helpful information. I **** sure don't want lice or mites either!!
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    Las Vegas urban farmer

    I really like teaching our species that before the agricultural revolution some 10,000 years ago, food was FREE!! Now it's just a side affect of one of my expensive hobbies. Don't really like or hate eggs, but I do have neighbors that I'm trying to create a community with.
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    What could be causing this?

    I haven't seen mites or lice, but they're hard to catch, and I really wouldn't know what I was looking for.
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    What could be causing this?

    I don't think the chicken has molted yet. It's only 5-6 months. Free on Craig's list. And they are the size of full feathers.
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    What could be causing this?

    I have a frizzle that Is missing the "meat" of the feathers on it's right wing. The Quills of the feathers are still there but the stuff that makes a feather a feather is gone. I have named it skeletor because all the quills where the feathers should be look like a rib cage. What could be...
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    Las Vegas urban farmer

    I have a frizzle that has lost all the feather material on it's right wing, the quills are still there but no feather "meat", now I call it skeletor because it looks like the bones of the feathers are all that's left. What could be causing this?
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    Las Vegas urban farmer

    Hi , I'm Lance , aspiring urban farmer. Hope to meet all of you that keep this site active. Have 23 chickens, mostly from Craigslist. Will be posting for needed info in the forum, as soon as I figure out how.
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