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I seem to recall reading somewhere that wild birds carry red mite, and since the sparrows frequently visit the chickens I can see that as a way for the red mite to occur.

Hi, We recently had an infestation of red mite. We couldn't fumigate the chicken house as we had a goose sitting on eggs the other side of the wooden wall. We burnt all the bedding and nest boxes and blow torched the walls, ceiling and floor. We then cleaned with poultry shield and dusted...

Still waiting for my 'sale and wanted' post to be approved, but have added a mirror and toy to the brooder. Thank you Miss Lydia for the suggestion.

The Captain and some of his birds. Thank you all for your welcome! We did have some French 'limousine' chickens a couple of years ago. They were a lovely silver-grey colour with black tips to their feathers. Here are a few photos of our birds. Unfortunately both the Muscovy mums are...

Ours are Muscovey ducks, so I guess that would be a definite no-no. I have put a post on our local 'sale and wanted' board asking for either a couple more chicks or someone who has chicks in a brooder who will re-home her. I will keep you all posted...

We do have a local selling site. It might be worth having a look on there. Thanks for the suggestion.

Good point about the water. I have no idea where we would get other chicks from here in France though. Still pondering the dilemma.

Hello everyone, My husband and I moved from the UK to France seven years ago and began keeping chickens and ducks shortly after. We currently have three chickens and one cock, all Buff Orpingtons,mans two Muscovy ducks and one drake. We have only recently acquired the cock so we are new to...

Hi, We keep both chickens and ducks and one of our chickens recently abandoned her newborn chicks. Most of them died, but we managed to save one of them and she is now in a home-made brooder in our living room. We have a duck who is due to hatch her brood any time now and I wondered if we...