Chickens and Rain Don't Mix - Here's Why

We had a TON of rain and my poor chickens took over two weeks to dry out. The outcome of warm rainy weather was mites. Here are a few different ways that I treated them. Some worked better than others, but ALL are worth a shot in trying.

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[naomi]

Are you still doing videos. Love your chickens and your help

[Chris-msos]

I’ve had chickens for over 10 years they don’t get mites from rain but if their nose gets wet they can get it an infection that will kill them…….. mites don’t come from rain ……..they have feathers that the rain beads off of unless it’s a downpour…… it’s their beak they cannot get wet and I learned that the hard way when I had sprinklers on and a hot 105 days in California to cool their yard down didn’t have much shade and found out that I gave her an infection from the water getting in her nose…. Nobody gave me any clues about chickens I learned hands-on trial and error and since then I haven’t had any sick chickens that are free range here in California…… I don’t tend to let her out when it’s going to be raining all day long if it’s drizzling that’s fine she has plenty of places to shelter if she wants to go under the picnic table in her coop wherever

[wandamcgann]

my dad raised chickens all my life and he would use DE and also use pine shavings and pine needles in the coop. he said that it kept the mites down also, during the summer he would put a small swimming pool in the large coop with DE and dirt so the chickens could take a dust bath. I always thought that was so funny. but he never had too many issues with the mites you are talking about. we raised egg layers and also fighting chickens. we had peacocks, quail, chickens, other kinds to.

[MEME-pvhf]

This is supposed to be about chickens & rain. Didn't hear much about that. Too long to listen to just to get the info I was looking for.

[davidrhodes]

Love your set up I heard petroleum jelly good for scaley leg mites

[PlowAndPantryHomestead]

Thanks for the tips! I am trying to soak in all the knowledge before I get my first flock.

[Chris-msos]

My chickens hate crumble that’s why there’s more left because they don’t need it

[hisdaughter]

Did the poultry dust help?
I am having the same issue with my chickens and I don’t see any signs of bugs.
I have caught them eating each other’s feathers.

Can you give me some feedback since it’s been a while now?

[Chris-msos]

That’s from the male Chicken trying to get at them ….. they pull the feathers when they try to mate

[Kiwibunni]

Use milk jugs for the water that’s what we do (:::: reuse and wash them out

[lailazplayzgameing]

Do you have any buffs orps i have tree and too coppers and is raining so hard for days there geting wet idk if there gonna die there fine but the coops muddy and i live in fl and i never seen rain like that we use hay in the inside and it s not wet any suggestions?

[pegsclips]

great tips. We seen you over at "
Pratt Family Homestead" channel. Came over and gladly joined your channel. do come over and join us when you have time :-D