So I have a small ellivated coop. The button of the floor is a wood sliding door with a metal covering. One of my girls likes to move the litter and sleep on it. With winter coming I am worried her feet will freeze on the metal. I went to home depot and bought a cheap rubber memory foam mat and...
I think I have them too, are they harmful to the chickens? We have had a ton of rain and I think it is from all the moisture. I used DE and bleached the coop yesterday but found some today too, Do I need to be worried for my birds?
I purchased two Buff Orpington's last year from McMurray Hatchery. They were healthy and started laying several months later as normal. Upon their year of age I decided to get two more chicken's (4 week old Black Australorps). I was aware of quarantine and kept them at first in a large dog...
I Thought they might be mite markings. I am new to the chicken world and got my buffs are about 8 weeks old and have started developing these spots. I have also seen a number of websites warning of mites and that they look similar. After seeing this I am positive that my Orpingtons just have...
Wow, So I am new to chickens and saw on a this article about mites and seriously got scared. I keep my coop very clean and have not seen any mites on my chickens or around their coop but the 6th photo down looked very similar to their markings which I am now thinking are just spots again. Here...