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  1. AshleyBickle

    Orpington making 'egg laying song' all day.. What's going on?

    My lavender Orpington has been making her 'egg laying' song multiple times a day. Randomly she just starts doing it.. The other day I literally thought she was crowing.. But she lays eggs so she's obviously a girl. This has been happening maybe two weeks. Is this normal? She does this after...
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    HELP! Mama setting on eggs is literally being eatin by mites! What do I do?

    As much as I didn't want too I used 7 garden and poultry dust. I was concerned of harming them but knew if I did nothing the mites would kill them anyways. I just put a little dust on my finger and rubbed under wings and on belly of each chick. Everyone seemed fine and are still happy and...
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    HELP! Mama setting on eggs is literally being eatin by mites! What do I do?

    Thanks for the response! I waited a few days and have actually been killing the mites by hand when I see one on a chick.. Not the best preventative measure I'm sure but I wanted to give them a few days to recover from hatching and be strong and active before I did anything. I did treat them...
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    Mama hen got mites while sitting on eggs.. Now babies have mites! What do I do?

    My mamma hen hatched 6 babies on Monday. She has mites and I have been treating her.. I brought babies inside to a brooder.. I have seen a few on them and have been killing them by hand.. How can I keep these babies healthy and gets these mites completely gone?
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    HELP! Mama setting on eggs is literally being eatin by mites! What do I do?

    So babies hatched Monday.. We have 6 2 day old babies.. Mom still has mites.. Not a ton but they are still on her.. I removed chicks and put them in a brooder. I have found a few on them.. What can I use on them to assure these vulnerable babies stay healthy. So far I've been cleaning out...
  6. AshleyBickle

    Moving broody hen and 8 eggs on day 17?

    That was my original plan. They are currently in a pretty small coop so it's almost impossible to block her off from the others. Has me worried. Once a few hatch I may not have a choice but I'll wait. Was super concerned about moving her right now!
  7. AshleyBickle

    Moving broody hen and 8 eggs on day 17?

    My broody hen has been setting on 8 fertile eggs for about 17 days.. I attempted to move her to a crate on day 3... In the middle of the night. It didn't work. She got off her non-fertile eggs that night and when let out in the morning went right back to her nest box. Well now it's day 17.. I'm...
  8. AshleyBickle

    HELP! Mama setting on eggs is literally being eatin by mites! What do I do?

    Are they mites or lice? Is your dust permethrin? Dust her as usual on her vent, under wings, back, belly, and neck, then make a little pile and very carefully apply some to her head. Can you make her a new nest in a box and relocate her? Sounds like she keeps getting reinfested in her nest...
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    HELP! Mama setting on eggs is literally being eatin by mites! What do I do?

    She's not very tolerant of being dusted so I try to do it as quickly as possible. Maybe I'm not getting her whole body enough.. I dono.. It's so frustrating to see these bugs running all around on her face.
  10. AshleyBickle

    HELP! Mama setting on eggs is literally being eatin by mites! What do I do?

    I've been using poultry and garden 7 dust every 7 days.. Then I have been putting DE in her dusting area and her nest. It's working on my other girls but not her!
  11. AshleyBickle

    HELP! Mama setting on eggs is literally being eatin by mites! What do I do?

    I've been battling mites for quite some time. I have a handle on them for the most part on my other birds and in the house. However I have a mama hen setting on eggs due to hatch in 6 days. She's completely infested! I see them all over her face and one of her eyes is almost swollen shut! It's...
  12. AshleyBickle

    Metal shed to use as chicken coop?

    I currently have a small coop, I have a broody hen setting on 8 eggs so we are about to begin to build a larger coop. However I have been battling chicken mites for quite some time. I've mostly got a handle of them on my chickens but the house is a different story. I saw this storage shed at...
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    HELP! How to I get mites out of my chicken coop?

    I use 7 dust to dust my Birds every 7 days but I heard it's not safe for them to inhale or to ingest so I haven't ever used it in the coop?
  14. AshleyBickle

    HELP! How to I get mites out of my chicken coop?

    Thanks so much! I'll pick some up today! Think it's ok to put it in a spray bottle and spray the inside of my coop with my broody in there or should I move her?
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    HELP! How to I get mites out of my chicken coop?

    I have a small chicken coop.. I've been battling red mites for quite some time. Starting to get a handle of them on my birds but they are hiding in my coop. I have a ceder shake roof on my hen house.. If I tap a piece I see some scatter about. I've been rubbing DE on the outside and inside of...
  16. AshleyBickle

    I'm new to this, should I move a broody hen?

    Ok thanks! She's in the popular egg laying box but the other girls have already chosen the next box over so she hasn't been bothered. I'll wait until tomorrow to set the eggs under her then. I'm getting them from someone local. I should move her when the eggs start to hatch though right?
  17. AshleyBickle

    I'm new to this, should I move a broody hen?

    I added a litter box to her best box in hopes it may be easier to move her when I decide to do so.
  18. AshleyBickle

    I'm new to this, should I move a broody hen?

    I have a broody hen.. She's currently going on 4 days setting on fake eggs. I'm getting fertile eggs for her tonight and plan to set them under her at dark. Question is though- she's gone broody in a nest box. I attempted moving her at night into her own space. She was not happy. She didn't...
  19. AshleyBickle

    Feeling defeated by mites.. What do I do?

    Ok I'll try that! Thanks!
  20. AshleyBickle

    Feeling defeated by mites.. What do I do?

    Ok. I've been doing it once a week but didn't want to over do it and have it hurt my birds. I'm dusting them with seven poultry and garden dust every 7 days. Is that enough? Anything else I can do?
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