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I looked all over my girls and have never seen a mite on one of them. I've even gone in at night after they're on the roost and have looked with a flashlight. Nothing. Very confusing. I did read that the depluming mite burrows under the skin to get at the shaft of the feather so maybe that's why...

You don't say how old your girls are as juveniles will go through mini-molts as their new feathers come in but I don't remember any of mine having bare patches and red butts. I have to wonder if this is a "Barred Rock" thing as I keep reading the same complaint and it's usually a Barred Rock...