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MaggieRose2001
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Thanks for the great advice. That sounds terrible - I’m sorry you have to live around that. I’ll contact my county extension - I was wanted to test the soil anyway for our garden next year.I don't know, I haven't had to do it myself. But some combination of soil testing and forage testing should give you clues. If you have a county extension office, or a state dept of agriculture, they may be able to point you in the right direction. You'd be looking for soil testing and foliage testing for agricultural chemical or other chemical exposure, I'd think. I know it can be done - I am regularly around an environmental cleanup site that was heavily polluted. You'd never know it to look at the vegetation and animals and soil, which look perfectly fine, but they and the groundwater are all heavily loaded up on heavy metals and toxic compounds. It's a very bad idea to eat a number of animals/shellfish/fish in this area, or to disturb the fields they are trying to test/reclaim, or to dig anywhere without permission. I don't even eat the wild berries.
Sorry your chickens are ill. Hope you figure it out!!!
From what I can tell - I’m dealing with mites. I think that is the main offender. Once I realized that the one sick chicken probably didn’t have anything to do with what’s going on. And I think it’s the bedding I was using that was causing the limping - so if I remove those symptoms - I think all that’s left is mites. I’m going to start heavily treating for that and see how it goes. Thanks again for your help.