Just experienced this with my red sex links. The biggest one(i call her anti-social), was on Scruffy, they are about 1.5 years old, and had them about 8 months. I was shocked when I seen this behavior. We had lost a foghorn last year, had its head gone, with no sign of a break in of an animal...
hello, my name is Brenda and have been on here just a few days. Checking out why my flock has moved out of there coop, to sleeping on top every night. I don't think we have mites, so I guess they just don't want to be inside. Anyway. I see there was a Middle TN thread and thought I would say...
will do on the dusting, I may end up using chemicals. I know I do not have infestation of anything visible. I have a portable coop that the girls can hang out it. Just going to see how it goes. I will check out other parasites also. Thank you so much.
My girls are just over a year old. I did a lot of research on the mites, every 7 days they hatch. ETC. Last night I went out with a torch and checked the coop. I did see a few red mites on the door where they roost. Probably one of those things if you see one you may have 1000 deal. So...
No, I have not. I clean their sleeping area every morning. Keep it open all day to dry out. I will do some research on them and let you know. Thanks happyhens 1972.
I have done that several nights in a row to get them to go into the converted dog house, but they refer to be in the original one. I was wondering why they decided to go on top. At first I thought one was bullying the others. Sometimes just one will go inside, the rest outside. I suppose I...
My flock consist of 3 red sex links, and 3 foghorns. The past 2 months they do not want to go inside to roost and have been wanting to sleep outside on top of their prefab coop. It is cramped but made for 6 to 8, two would sit in the bedding where they lay, and others on the post. I converted...