Posts by whitehart

Oh South TX it's pretty toasty and dry two strikes against clematis . This morning when I went out to let the girls out I took the grass rake and knocked a ton of the beetles down . Glad we don't have close by neighbors...., many fell...

Thanks. I'm leaning towards applying the Sevin will hold off a little while hopefully will get a consensus. We have used it in our kennel and yard around our terriers for years and it's basically marigolds which is very safe  but...

My beautiful clematis growing across their pen roof that gives my girls so much shade  is loaded with the seasonal Virginia beetle invasion. I applied DE last night with no affect . I need something that will have quick knockdown....

My Production Reds are only 5 months old today and have been laying for about one month now.My question is because the hens are still young and their eggs are  often on the small side what number of pullet eggs = medium or large...

I just ordered the Misty Mate Professional misting system for $25 from Wal Mart online. Hopefully it will arive within the week! I bought one several years ago at Sams Club for our dogs .We have it set up  in their play yard .Spent...

We're in Lynchburg VA and it's killer here also 100 now was 110 earlier. We have a box fan inside our coop that runs 24-7 but it still gets pretty toasty in there. The only time they are inside is to nest and sleep. Outside they have a...

Does anyone routinely apply lyme to their exercise yards? We have a good base of mulch in ours and no standing water ,however we are thinking of applying  powdered lyme every so often in order to keep things fresher .

Ok I feel much better having ran my concerns by you guys!I didn't put my first chicks on medicated feed but did wonder dispite keeping them spottless then seeing loose stools with odor at about 6 weeks that odor told me  they might...

Ok so it's not a big deal? I just got freaked when reading the posts on Mereks. With dogs there are two camps on vaccination. Beliefs range from no vaccination at all using Nosodes to vaccinating every year for the life of the animal. I...

I'm a newbie  with 6 Production Reds now 17 weeks  and they look fantastic ,my first chickens from Tractor Supply. I was told when I purchased TS chicks they come vaccinated .I was looking to add to our little flock and checked...