I anm freaked out with these gray speck like insects on my hand from going near a hen of mine. What are they, how do I help my flock, and I had her in my cement basement. Do I need to call an exterminator?
this is my situation;
7 hens, 4 are over a year old. They layed eggs before, consistently, until this summer.
3 are six months old. one of them lays an egg.
one roo, six months old
they hang out together, as a flock when outside of coop in backyard
I have placed two fake eggs inside coop...
I have four rooster and four hens all about five to six months old.
Tonight when I went out to feed my chickens, one of the roosters came out. These are orpington birds. This bird is white and black. I noticed his neck is bloody. Now what?