Even when they're allowed to roam about the farmyard, chickens are still susceptible to infestations of blood-sucking mites. It now turns out that a backpack-like device could let farmers know when ...

Above: scaly leg mites can be more difficult to spot in feather-legged breeds like Brahmas. Scaly leg mites are parasites that lodge and reproduce underneath the scales on chickens’ legs. This results ...

Poultry mites are common external parasites that are more of a pest than anything else to your chicken especially backyard chickens. They are introduced to the backyard scene through rodents or other ...

Backyard chickens may live a sweeter life than chickens on commercial poultry farms, but roaming green grass and scratching real dirt exposes these birds to a different suite of parasites than those ...

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Poultry farmers are struggling with a new wave of voracious mites that are lowering egg production, causing blood stains in egg yolks that mean eggs cannot be sold, and even killing poultry. But ...

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One of my clients, James Njogu has been a chicken farmer for close to 10 years now. I met Njogu in one of the poultry farmers’ training session we held in Thika town last year. For the 10 year she has ...

We've had unwanted guests in the henhouse. They're red mites. Tiny, blood sucking "ectoparasites" that live in the crevices of wooden bird houses, schlep about during the day, then go for the birds ...

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