The chickens seem to be relatively free of red mite all of a sudden - don't
know if there was a cold snap that wiped them out, or what, but I haven't
(touch wood) seen one for over a week, I think ... and even better, we got 5
eggs today, which means one of the bantams has started laying again!
Hurrah. (one of them was very pale looking last week, presumably due to the
mites nibbling on her)

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