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  1. MCArt20

    Mites and molting question....

    Thank-you! Any other thoughts on whether mites vacate during molting or any ideas or combination of things that have worked for people - welcome!!!
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    Mites and molting question....

    Thank- you for the info- I don't have a written record of exact products I have tried, but my chickens definitely have/had northern foul mites- which my understanding is typically live on the bird, not the coop.Vet friend id'd them.......and I know they come from crows and sparrows, which we...
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    Mites and molting question....

    As I mentioned, I have tried everything, and nothing has worked. The last thing I did @a month ago was the shampoo w/ cedar oil and eucalyptus, and 7 spray. Before that, regular applications of ivermectin- (pour on) applied 3 days after initial application and then monthly, stopped @September-...
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    Mites and molting question....

    I have had an awe full time trying to get rid of mites- for like a year and a half. I have tried everything, and nothing has worked. I separate their feathers down their back, and can always see some tiny black dots. I hadn't checked them for a month or so, work got crazy, etc., and so today, i...
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    What’s in the egg yolks....

    Thank- you, that’s good info. I thought it was blood too at first but it’s always the same oval shapes with dark blotchy spots, almost like an insect .....but I just don’t know
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    What’s in the egg yolks....

    Last few eggs have these types of things in the yolks- anyone know what they are? Thanks Mary
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    Poo-balls on butt

    My bared rock has always seemed to have a poopy butt, way more so than the other chickens, but my chickens do co- exist with our dogs when they free range our entire yard, once a day right now as there are more shady spots that way in the heat of the day. The dogs (one especially) has been known...
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    Opinions wanted on treadle feeders

    I have raised the feeders, rodents get into them anyway, and I do take them in at night, but rodents are out during the day too. Other birds like crows and sparrows that carry mites access it too....thought maybe this would help all issues....but wondering if they really work as they look....
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    Opinions wanted on treadle feeders

    does anyone gave experience with these type of feeders? Hoping to keep out other birds and rodents.... Thanks!
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    Scaly Leg Mites - Need Best / Easiest / Quickest Solution - Scaley

    Well I treated mine in the late summer/ fall, they did shed the old, but they weren't molting at the time, but I know many birds do molt at that time. (Of course mine waited for winter to molt- go figure, super cold) Perhaps washing the legs- I actually scrubbed them with an old toothbrush and...
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    Easter Egger club!

    Really- I didn't realize they kinda change color some. Amazing things these chickens!
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    Plants in chicken run- making of a garden

    So part of my fenced yard is the chicken run, and I do like a garden, so I've been researching plants and trying different things. It's so hideous looking in the winter, all the mud and muck and it rains so much....so I am on a mission to try to have a garden- and chickens. So the grape plants I...
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    Easter Egger club!

    Amy's first egg! Today!! It's very light cream, almost white. Well, tinge of pink I guess...
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    Easter Egger club!

    I have a probably a silly question- is there any correlation to the color the Easter egger chicken is, to the color egg they lay? Or is it random. I.e., do the golden ones tend to lay one color while the blueish grey ones lay another? New chicken keeper here- can you tell!
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    Easter Egger club!

    So pretty- of course I'm a little biased!
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    Coop size

    Well there are two crates available- I could put two together? They are the same size...so it would double the space...
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    Coop size

    Hello- since I increased my flock from two to four, seamed a consensus that my coop was too small. So I found a crate, with a hinged door, so initially all I would need to do is add a door the chickens can access. Then add a real roof and attach run etc. later this spring and summer. my...
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    Easter Egger club!

    I too really like the EE- wish I had more, but I just have one, her name is Amy. I also have a bared rock and two RIR's. Rather by default, the EE is only one I chose....she is pretty sweet, about to start laying, all the signs are there- I should probably check the yard for eggs just in case...
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    Coop details.....

    I am going to start building or accommodating - a shipping crate into a coop. I have investigated plans so I have my basic idea but have a couple questions. I have seen coops where wire mesh is over the inside "eves", what does this do? Also, for the base, some designs have cinder blocks...
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    Our Shipping Crate Coop - finally finished!!! (pic heavy)

    Sorry if you already answered this question somewhere, but what did you use to cut out the windows? Thanks!
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