- Dec 20, 2011
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Hi, don't know if this is the correct place to post but looking for some advice...
I picked up to hens from a breeder 3 days ago - because they were flighty I just let them into a sectioned off area of my coop so they could become accustom to the new surroundings. After a day I added some of my chicks - they are the same age - to help them socalise a little.... Then the following day (today) I was cuddling one of my chicks and it had mites all over it
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I checked the others in the sectioned area and they all had them - the new ones had so many eggs on their heads I am surprised I didn't notice earlier..... On inspection of all my other girls there was not a mite to be found - just the ones in the sectioned off area with the new chicks. I have now cleaned all the chicks and the entire pen - will do it again shortly - but now I have a new problem....
Should I contact the lady I purchased the 2 chicks off? I totally understand that mites can be caught from wild birds and that sometimes these things just happen BUT these poor chicks were just riddled with them - after washing them it looked as though they had been in light snow because all the dead mites were sticking to their black feathers. I don't know what the protocol is in this situation - if someone could please advise me
I picked up to hens from a breeder 3 days ago - because they were flighty I just let them into a sectioned off area of my coop so they could become accustom to the new surroundings. After a day I added some of my chicks - they are the same age - to help them socalise a little.... Then the following day (today) I was cuddling one of my chicks and it had mites all over it
I checked the others in the sectioned area and they all had them - the new ones had so many eggs on their heads I am surprised I didn't notice earlier..... On inspection of all my other girls there was not a mite to be found - just the ones in the sectioned off area with the new chicks. I have now cleaned all the chicks and the entire pen - will do it again shortly - but now I have a new problem....
Should I contact the lady I purchased the 2 chicks off? I totally understand that mites can be caught from wild birds and that sometimes these things just happen BUT these poor chicks were just riddled with them - after washing them it looked as though they had been in light snow because all the dead mites were sticking to their black feathers. I don't know what the protocol is in this situation - if someone could please advise me