Leghorns are great egg laying chickens. They are friendly to other Leghorns and can easily fly. The only problems is that they are bad in the pecking order and they can make a mess of the yard....
I will start by saying that I love Australorps. In fact, my very favorite hen is an Australorp. She is such a sweet chicken and just let's you walk right up to her to pick her up. She doesn't run...
seem like a good breed, if i had the room i would probably raise a batch of them they seem like they would be a good 4h starter show bird...considering i dont see many of this breed in my class...
its a feed scooper it cant be perfect but over all when every thing is said an done i love mine its great its starting to show a little wear an tear but its to be expected i have had it for 4...
Umm... what are the fly predators called? And where can I get some? The flies are flying in swarms around here.
I had to put up some fly, sticky paper near my back door. Also, how often do I need to purchase them?
Spalding labs sells them and they call them "Fly Predators" you put in the # of animals you have and their calculator will figure up a # of units to send, they reccomend every 5ish weeks through the warm/hot season (April to Sept or Oct. I think)
what is everyone using to control the black flies this year... The flys are always bad here but this year it is unbearable..
thanks
Jon
I bought a fly trap at wal-mart and hung it next to the coop. It's already full! It's a bag with a yellow funnel type gadget at the top. You fill the bag with water and it mixes with some sort of stinky stuff. There is 1 1/2" of dead black flies on top of the water. I'm going to have to get another one.
One tetra tint pullet, five white plymouth rock pullets, seven little mixed fuzzballs, and three silkies.