mites lice

I used to use straw in my bedding. But 3 days ago I switched to pine shavings from tractor supply and another local feed store. Now my 5 week old chicks are constant scratching since changing that bedding. Has anyone ever had mites or lice in a new bale of pine shavings bag?! They're in my...

So on Saturday I made a 30 minute trip to a poultry breeder we collected a white Auracana and Speckldys To join our flock when we arrived there one had a clipped beak and the breeder proceeded to grab the white Auracana to clip her beak as well we asked him not to and he told us he had to still...