I found one of my best silver laced cochin bantam hens lying in the coop motionless yesterday. I brought her inside to warm up and she slowly perked up, but her feathers wouldn't dry, so I gave her a bath this morning.
You know how I've been dealing with a bad mite infestation? Well it's not over. Nothing I try is working. As I gave her a bath, I came across thousands of mites.
I felt crawly afterwards, but I figured it was just my imagination. I started feeling them on my face, but I still thought it was just my imagination. Then I looked into the mirror. Ugg! They were on my face! At least 5 of them! Then I looked at my arms... sure enough, there they were. I hate mites.