Whooo Whee, you have been a busy bee.Morning all. Supposedly we got a frost last night, but my Dahlias beg to differ!
I have never done a tumbler compost, always just the pile. We do have critters like bear, but the turkeys keep them under control. Really I just put a layer of leaves over the kitchen scrap that I dump & I haven't had a problem. It's all coffee grounds, egg shells & veggie scraps, that's it tho.
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Mine are so confused by the squirrels, I know they want to kill them, they chase them every time they get the chance but are sooo puzzled when they disappear up a tree!
Boy do I hear that! Last week I gave my 30+ year old grapefruit & my 10 year old lime trees to my niece, they were just too big & heavy to keep, I don't have the room & my back can't handle moving them around. She was thrilled, her boyfriend not so much.
I got so much done yesterday, the semi annual coop cleaning, sanitized all the feeders & waterers, got out all the winter waterers, put the filters in the windows of the coops, got the little coop ready for the pullets coming next sat, got the shed all cleaned out & organized, made some repairs to the little garden shed (DH is putting a roof on it today). Phew, it was a long day.
I'm going to put the garlic in the ground today, I think. I wish I had left a 2nd bed cover crop free for more garlic, I don't think 1 bed is enough for what I have. Speaking of cover crops, the hairy vetch is like 3 inches tall, it sprouted overnight!
Ok everyone, have a great day!
The other night, I went out at 11:30pm and got the chickens one by one, clipped their wing, sprayed them for mites and checked them over. I discovered two of my hens have fowl pox- a new development for me, I have never had this before. Sooo, I too get to clean and sanitize everything in the coop and run area once a week for at least a month. Today I will clean the run and scoop up the top layer of sand and replace with fresh. I can put the sand in the holes the dog digs in the dog yard- the chickens never go there. And clean and wash down the coop with Oxine and clean and bleach the waterer and feeder. Also adding SeaBuck 7 to their feed daily to help their immune system.
The 5 wk old chicks are in another enclosure, but when they get a couple of weeks older, I will vaccinate them and the unaffected hens. So far, just looks like dry pox, so no respiratory issues. Here is fingers crossed.