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 ...

Mites are tiny, annoying creatures that can really bother chickens and humans. The most common type are like sneaky night-time attackers: they hide in the cracks and small spaces of chicken coops ...

Backyard chickens may not live as good of a life as most people think. Researchers at the University of California, Riverside, have found backyard chickens are more likely than chickens on commercial ...