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Red mite can transmit diseases like fowlpox and salmonella
I am battling these irritating things. They are horrible this year, they tell me. I never had them before now... So, I really needed this. I am...
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Skunk - Chicken Predators - How To Protect Your Chickens From Skunks
This is good information. I just came back from locking up the girls for the night and a skunk ran under the coop. the coop is on concrete but the...
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Buffalo Gnats and what You NEED to Know!
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They are deadly. "Buffalo gnat" is the name the LA AG center uses but they are also called black flies, bull head gnats, biting flies, turkey...
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I was so excited to be bringing home my first chicks. I had everything prepared a week in advance, spent countless hours reading articles and...
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From aerial to ground predators, chickens often fall prey to many of these. There are many different things that happen from the most obvious to...
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Mites & Lice! Treatment and Prevention A parasite is any living thing that lives off another living thing. External parasites can either...
Top 10 Ways to Protect Your Chickens from Predators
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Predators are one of the greatest fears a chicken farmer has. They can be cunning, fast, and very sneaky. Your chickens will be drawing in...
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Echidnophaga gallinacea, commonly known as the hen flea, stickfast flea and sticktight flea, occurs on a wide range of bird and mammal hosts. If...
Raccoon - Chicken Predators - How To Protect Your Chickens From Coons
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General Information Raccoons (Procyon Lotor) a.k.a. Coons are one of the best known and easily recognized non-domesticated chicken predators...
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Now there are many different things that happen from the most obvious to the least. No matter what it seems like they're always getting into...
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Raccoons - Click on this article to learn about them and how they live.
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Mites are evil little creatures that can drain your poor flock of the will to even be active. Mites can drink chicken blood, eat feathers, and...
Fisher Cat - Chicken Predators - How To Protect Your Chickens From Fisher Cats
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GENERAL INFORMATION The fisher cat (Martes pennanti), also known as the "pekan cat", or "black cat", is a large, dark coloured, furry member of...
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I have seen many people talking about hawk problems. I recommend baler twine strung over the top of the run, but I never get any replies. I assume...
Mites on Chickens: Prevention & Treatment
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One of the most common problems chicken keepers encounter is mites on chickens. They can be introduced by wild birds or visiting rodents, or get...
Poultry Ticks
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Welcome to the wonderful world of Poultry Ticks (Argas persicus and A. sanchezi) (under construction--let the itching commence) In the first...
Snake - Chicken Predators - How To Protect Your Chickens From Snakes
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General Information & Description Snakes are long, legless carnivorous reptiles of the suborder Serpentes. Fifteen families of snakes are...
Internal Parasites - Parasitic Worms in Chickens
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Internal Parasites - Worms Worms, what are they, where do they come from and what to do about them. Worms are everywhere... they are in the...
Red Fox - Chicken Predators - How To Protect Your Chickens From Foxes
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General Information The red fox is a quick, skillful hunter, feeding on a wide variety of foods. Mice are often eaten, especially during the...
Possum - Chicken Predators - How To Protect Your Chickens From Possums
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General Information & Description The possum is North America's only marsupial mammal. (The female has a marsupium in which she carries and...
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