i have had a wood coop for years and was doing fine with my girls. A month ago, I experienced a soft tick infestation, so I dusted the coop with DE and sprayed the coop with an alcohol based citronella solution. That did nothing, so I called pest control. They sprayed the coop and area with...
Ok, so I've had chickens for about four years now in this Phoenix Arizona heat. The second year, I had one die, most likely summer heat or suffocation. Temps were over 100 as usual. And it seemed like the other RIR girls liked to pile on her ? Americauna? since she was the biggest one. Fast...