***OKIES in the BYC III ***

[bardies]

You just reach in quick and grab their neck up near the head, then use the other hand to collect the eggs. Don't hesitate or they will get you!

My kids just wear gloves when dealing with broodies!

 

[ashtree]

And the coop smells good too!

I'm sending the husband to Walmart tonight. Nothing's helping so far and the vanilla trees can't hurt to try.

@bardies-excellent idea! If you take the eggs do they go back to laying or just keep laying with the intent to sit?

 

[Kassaundra]

I don't need eggs bad enough to stick my hand under a chicken, ever.

 

[Kassaundra]

I tried the vanilla scent last year w/o success, guess the Henryetta flies don't mind the smell of vanilla.

But I have read where others had success.

 

[ashtree]

I tried the vanilla scent last year w/o success, guess the Henryetta flies don't mind the smell of vanilla.    But I have read where others had success.

Oh no. We really need something to work. Ill try them anyway since theyre pretty cheap. Has anyone ever bought fly predators? If so did they work? We're thinking about ordering some.

 

[ashtree]

I don't need eggs bad enough to stick my hand under a chicken, ever.    

This cracked me up! I have too many growing boys to not risk it

 

[Firefly89]

Oh no. We really need something to work. Ill try them anyway since theyre pretty cheap. Has anyone ever bought fly predators? If so did they work? We're thinking about ordering some.

Yes, had them at a horse show barn I worked at. The predators worked wonders

 

[Kassaundra]

I think Robin buys preditors too.

 

[artsyrobin]

I think Robin buys preditors too.

here is a link to where we get ours
https://www.spalding-labs.com/

they do a pretty good job unless you get alot of rain, then flies can still be a problem- they do recommend using the predators with other non-poisonous products like the fly bags-

 

[NanaKat]

Welcome to the new folks!
Kass, nice ties and need your recipe for Cherry Tea wine.

Need to see photos of the foot on the bird with bumble foot or blister.....the best treatments always seem to be the old tried and true ones...iodine and sugar along with penicillin.

Today i candled eggs under the broody hens and was surprised to only remove two eggs as not growing! I consolidated the hatches and then I moved 20 chicks to the barn and distributed them to the broody hens without eggs. three very happy girls. One was the Delaware Bantam that had her two earlier chicks in her cage with her while she brooded. She had scalped her first chick that hatched, so I removed the others to the brooder box for a day to gain strength while she sat on an egg in the nest. She was so happy to get her three babies.
Next I moved hens that had their chicks for a week from their cages to the floor. Eager moms were teaching chicks how to dust bathe and scratch for goodies in the dirt....so love having a deep litter floor when it is raining outside.

Some of the runs were so mucky, I had to make trenches for the excess water to seep out. Garden lime scattered about should help with the smell.
I cleaned cage trays and scrubbed all water and feed containers...the rain sure made for some muddy containers.

I'll have to get photos of the little family units running around the yards.

We had two calves born this morning...a little bull and a little heifer. Sure glad the mothers waited for a break in the rain.