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    Red mite

    Thank you for your answer . I've noticed that if I pick one of my chickens up in the morning , I get a few mites on me . This makes me think that there are mites still in their feathers . Is there anything that I can put on them or into a dust bath that might get rid of these last " clinging...
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    Red mite

    After battling with red mite in my coop for over a year I've decided to buy a plastic coop. I've been spraying the old coop every month but the mites always return . My worry is that the mites will be on the chickens and be transferred into the new coop . How do I rid chickens of mites...
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    Hen fighting the cockerel

    Debbie292d I did wonder if that was what was happening. When I went to check on her this morning, she puffed up at me !!! She's the sweetest little chicken usually. She's the same breed as our cockerel , a silky with showgirl genes so I might let her go for it as the chicks would be pure breed...
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    Hen fighting the cockerel

    Hi I have 4 chickens and a cockerel . 3 of the hens are 3 years old and the cockerel and the other hen are 2 years old . The 2 younger ones are from the same clutch and have lived together , houses at night separately from the older chickens . The female hen is a bantam and has always been at...
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