Bugs?

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Songster
Dec 2, 2019
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Nampa Idaho
Recently one of my hens got mites or something. It was very queer because i dusted her with diotomaceous earth and bathed her repeatedly without any effect, but the other two didn't get it at all. She started having a messy vent area. She didnt lay at all, I think, from when she got it. I noticed it one morning when I was cleaning out the coop, there were tiny grey bugs crawling up my arms and legs! :barnieshe got worse and worse, nothing I tried worked. Her comb turned pale and purple. My hens usually sleep in the summer on a little flat roof in the run, but one night she was in the nesting box and didn't respond at all like normal. I put her on top of the coop and ran to get a flashlight, when I came back she had fallen off! I shined the light on her bum...It was terrible and I caught a glimpse of what looked like blood. She was NOT acting normal and I couldn't stand it and i knew she was in pain so I let one of my family put her down.:hit I felt terrible, but fortunately my others didn't get it. What kind of mites do you think got her? What should i do if they come back?
 

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