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Good advice from @Debbie292d and @DobieLover, hope it helps. Good luck.

 

[DobieLover]

Thanks everyone. I posted in a few threads before I realized I needed to post here.
I think she may have mites, she is so pale and lethargic. It’s day 18 and want to figure out how to address mites while not stressing her out and protecting the unmatched chicks, which some say aren’t to be moved at this point? Immersing her in water might be too stressful for her?
I carried her to dirt bath but she wasn’t interested but she did appear attacked by mites by her actions. So I sprinkled dirt all through her feathers. Some on here say DE is better so I can go buy it and sprinkle it on her?
We have one feed store open today so I can try to get fresh bedding and carefully pull out each egg and then put back after treating the box with DE

Don't use DE on her. It's nothing more than a respiratory irritant. Go to a farm store and get a can of poultry dust that contains permethrin. Then dust under each wing, in her fluff, at the base of her neck and at the base of her tail making sure to get the dust down to her skin. Then carefully remove all of the eggs from the nest and clean the entire nesting area of all bedding material. I would go as far as to get a Shop-Vac and vacuum out the entire space then dust the area, put fresh bedding down and dust the bedding then put her eggs and her back in the nest. Good luck.

 

[Debbie292d]

Thanks everyone. I posted in a few threads before I realized I needed to post here.
I think she may have mites, she is so pale and lethargic. It’s day 18 and want to figure out how to address mites while not stressing her out and protecting the unmatched chicks, which some say aren’t to be moved at this point? Immersing her in water might be too stressful for her?
I carried her to dirt bath but she wasn’t interested but she did appear attacked by mites by her actions. So I sprinkled dirt all through her feathers. Some on here say DE is better so I can go buy it and sprinkle it on her?
We have one feed store open today so I can try to get fresh bedding and carefully pull out each egg and then put back after treating the box with DE

DE is a preventative. I replied a suggestion on your other post to use permetherin/garden powder. DE just keeps them out making the environment uninviting and takes days to kill them if they make it in. Permethrin kills the mites in seconds. You'd need to redo this in a week to 10 days to get any eggs.

 

[007Sean]

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