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  1. James Gielow

    Evil Chicken Mites

    Hello all! This year is seeing a explosion of chicken mites. Had some broody hens and I think that intensified the issue. I've begun dusting with DE and will hit everything again in 7 days to get any new hatching mites. Here's my bigger issue though. They get on me when I harvest eggs. They're...
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    Dealing with a possum

    Hello all. For the last several months I've been getting a bunch of broken egg shells in my laying box. I thought it was one of my hens for a long time. I even increased the calcium levels in case they were wanting more. It turns out that a possum has been visiting nightly to snatch my eggs...
  3. James Gielow

    Rhode Island Red is laying mutant eggs?!

    Hello friends, My RIR just began laying about 3 weeks ago. She started off with a few small ones, which I expected. Then she began getting normal sized pretty ones. The last week all of them have been either misshapen or simply cracked. Sometimes both. Any ideas as to what's causing this? My...
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    Removing an unwanted rooster

    Hello fellow chicken folk, So, I have this pesky rooster that I should not have on my lot whereas I'm required to have at least a half acre in order to have a rooster. I was on the fence as to what to do with him until he began crowing and attacking me and some of the other girls in the...
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    The rooster must go!

    Hello all, My name is James and I'm living in San Diego California. I recently built a chicken paradise in my yard and am loving the new additions to my family. Everything is going smoothly thanks to the advice I've gleaned off of this site and my girls are happy and active and adorable...
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