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  1. C

    1-2” Black bugs under coop, found under wet wood, only seen at night

    Hi all, I have seven chickens. I have been noticing some signs like poopy butts, general dishevelment, in my girls. I always checked for mites never found any. The other night I checked again in coop and found LOTS of 1-2” black bugs had come out of the floor and were crawling through their...
  2. T

    WTF are these bugs?!

    We are seeing these little bugs all over the outside of the coop and run, particularly on anything made of metal and plastic— like the solar lights on the outside of the coop, nest box latches, buckets, etc….we have not found any inside the coop except for on the door hardware, and nothing on...
  3. tingupinguu

    Ants

    I noticed that in my duck’s coop, there are a whole bunch of ants. I don’t want them to harm her so I was wondering what are some effective ways i can remove them without possibly harming my duck?
  4. N

    Pest Control Sprays

    Pest control and chickens questions… Our chickens and guineas are only 7 weeks old, and are in a coop/run in the back of our yard full time. No free ranging yet, and not for at least another month or so. We live on the edge of the woods, so mosquitos are out of control right now and we have...
  5. MamaPoult

    Why is my hen's butt balding?

    Hey guys. So I see this question commonly asked on here. I read through some threads to see that a lot of you guys said that this is a common sign of mites or picking. So I have 3 hens. 2 are BCM's and one I believe is a BCM-Barred Rock mix. They all came from the same place. These birds were...
  6. Emrosenagel

    Insecticide on the grass

    Hello! Yesterday, our grass in the yard was sprayed with insecticide (CrossCheck) and I’m wondering how long until I can let the girls free range again. I usually let them out twice a day and they’ve really become used to it! It just poured here, will that help water down the poison?
  7. MamaPoult

    Please educate me on Scaly Leg Mites

    Hi guys. So I read that chicken breeds with feathery legs are more prone to scaly leg mites. I am pretty much at this point planning on switching my whole flock to Brahmas. I have a few questions about the topic. 1. How to identify scaly leg mites? 2. How do birds get scaly leg mites? 3. How to...
  8. EggAndTofu

    Keeping Flys Off Turkey?

    I have a separated turkey hen, Egg, in a pen near my coop while she recovers from a injury due to another Turkey hen. Her wound is healed over but a large scab remains. Recently I noticed Flys swarming around Eggs head (Where the wound is located), they seem to be bothering her a ton causing...
  9. Sick and tired of pesky mosquitos? Try this trick!!

    Sick and tired of pesky mosquitos? Try this trick!!

    Here where I live the mosquitos are viscous in the spring! The baby mosquitos are the absolute worst though. They are so tiny and fly so fast it is almost impossible to catch them! After scouring the internet and trying all the tricks we found one that actually, truly works. Like chicken...
  10. kimspangrude

    Wild birds in the barn - what is a safe deterrent?

    🦅🐦 We have a big problem every winter here in Western Colorado with wild birds trying to over winter in our barn. Our chickens sleep in the barn in their coop and go out to their fenced in run through their electronic door that opens automatically in the morning. The barn is big, and the coop...
  11. E

    What are these critters all over our coop???

    I’ve been spraying them with water/dish soap/oil every morning and the next day there seem to be even more. The chickens are showing no signs of being bitten. And I have never seen one that is a different color/looks like it’s been feeding. They don’t seem to fit the description of red/northern...
  12. M

    Squirrel problem

    Any advice or tips to help get rid of squirrels that keep trying to eat the chicken feed. Our feed is enclosed in a bin but they keep coming into the run and eating out of the feeders to the point I’m just paying to feed squirrels 🫠 I don’t know how to get rid of them besides waiting out there...
  13. J

    Help me identify these small red bugs. Mites?

    I was sitting in the run yesterday when I noticed a few of these small red bugs crawling on a few pine flakes on the ground and on their waterer, which was sitting on a wood pallet. I’ve already ordered permethrin dust and spray, which will be delivered between today and Wednesday. I don’t...
  14. TheBirdBabe

    Dusting? Dipping? How to prevent parasites?

    Hello! Our flock is growing quickly & I'd like to start doing more for pest prevention. I'm currently dusting with DE... but that's it. I haven't previously had any problems with any kind of parasites (we've had pesky bugs in the coop) that are actually ON my birds... but how can I prevent...
  15. T

    ContraPest... Anyone use it?

    Hi all, I have a rat problem that predates my chickens, but has gotten worse since we got them. I've got the grandpa feeder and have rat-proofed the run, but they aren't going anywhere and the traps I've tried (electric, claws, roller bar) have all been failures. I don't want to use poison...
  16. TheBirdBabe

    Ant problem in dove food!

    I have an outdoor enclosure for my dove. We've been having a TERRIBLE time with ants this year. I saw in order to keep them out of my chicken's food, you're supposed to sprinkle cinnamon in the feeder! It's been working wonders.. however I'm not sure that cinnamon is safe to use around doves...
  17. Chary

    SERIOUS rat problem

    So my parents have been complaining about having rats in their chicken run for months now, but I had no idea how BAD it had become. Just to keep it short 1. They are huge. I'm talking 8 inches at the very least. 2. They have completely taken over the pen. Mom told me they devoured an entire...
  18. S

    Buffalo gnat attack

    My flock was attacked by a swarm of buffalo gnats it was HORRIFIC. All my pullets seem to be doing ok except for one who got the worst of it. I mean hundreds of these things eating her alive in her eyes, nose, and body. The attack happened yesterday at sunset now about 11 hours later she’s doing...
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  19. LauraQM

    How to use DE (Diatomaceous Earth)

    Newbie question! Exactly how do you “use” DE? I’ve seen a couple things that say dust a bird or put it in their food but I’m honestly not sure how to do either?? Amounts, techniques? (They currently have no issues of infestation, I saw red spiders and thought they were mites but they are the...
  20. eknielsen

    Help me identify this tiny bug!

    Apologies in advance to anyone who gets itchy from reading this, I got itchy writing it! I’ve recently noticed tiny bugs that make their way onto me every time I go out to the coop, and I can’t figure out that they are. They’re fast but I haven’t seen them jump. They’re so small that I can’t...
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