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  1. crunchyfarmbaby

    Mites- HELP!!

    Also- is there any reason to discard eggs during the treatment period?
  2. crunchyfarmbaby

    Mites- HELP!!

    Thanks for the super helpful reply. The good news for us at least is that we already don't feel the "itchiness" as much, so hopefully the quick response to the ones that came inside took care of it. Question- is the powder you're referring to the same or similar enough to DE? I have a huge...
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    Mites- HELP!!

    Long story short, our poor free rangers have been stuck in their coop for about two weeks straight due to the tremendous cold we've been experiencing lately. It appears in this time they've gotten a nasty infestation of mites. It's our first experience with parasites in our flock so I'm a bit...
  4. crunchyfarmbaby

    Any reason not to eat chicken?

    That was my gut instinct ocap. Thanks for the fast response.
  5. crunchyfarmbaby

    Pekin brooding in chicken coop

    Sorry I didn't see this sooner so my response will be no help to you. I hope your situation worked out better than mine. Our mama duck, sadly, right when the babies were ready to hath, rolled them out of the nest and killed them. :( everywhere I read said that Pekins were terrible mothers -...
  6. crunchyfarmbaby

    Any reason not to eat chicken?

    We discovered this morning that one of our roosters' feet were completely frozen. The rest of our 30+ birds are totally fine, so I can only assume something was already wrong with him. After thawing his feet out and assessing the damage, it was clear he wasn't going to make it. In addition to...
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    Pekin brooding in chicken coop

    Hi all, We've had our flock for just over a year now. We currently have five Rhode Island Red hens that are a year old, four Bantams (three hens; one rooster) that are about 3 months old, and a mama Pekin duck. Our flock was larger (by six Red hens and a male duck), but we lost them all...
  8. crunchyfarmbaby

    Duck brooding in chicken coop....

    Thanks for the info! I'll repost this in the Pekin thread to see if I can get some more info. :)
  9. crunchyfarmbaby

    Duck brooding in chicken coop....

    Hi all, We've had our flock for just over a year now. We currently have five Rhode Island Red hens that are a year old, four Bantams (three hens; one rooster) that are about 3 months old, and a mama Pekin duck. Our flock was larger (by six Red hens and a male duck), but we lost them all...
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