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Google 5 gallon bucket rat trap... it works!

I watched a youtube of dusting birds in a sack to rid them of mites.... so i did a liberal amount of DE in the sack... then a small amount of Permethrin Powder also... dusted each in the bag...worked well. ASLO I cleanded out the coop and hen house.... burned all the bedding ...nest boxes...

I created an excel sheet to track egg production of my flock. I am doing a daily log and have the amount of sunlight as well as moon cycle added in. I am just doing it for fun... but it will be interesting to see how it looks after a while. Anyone have other ideas or already existing tracking...

Same question.... I have 4 hens that are just now of egg laying age. Cedar laid our coops 1st egg on Saturday..skipped Sunday and then one a day since..BUT today there were two...is one of the other gals laying eggs..Cedar is a BO and exibits all the signs of being ready...the other BO is...

Our gal Cedar laid our flocks 1st egg today..was mid afternoon...she was very proud of herself. and it tasted great! Bawk Bawk!

Pretty sure its legit El Paso Herald (El Paso, Tex.), Ed. 1, Saturday, January 8, 1910 http://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth136623/m1/17/ Google...is an amazing tool! Schultzy

So... This adventure began in April. My flock is doing well and as I had been warned would happen..chicken math has struck.( 6 chicks to start..2 rooster given away..3 hens came home...and rescued an injured hen this weekend) I still have two Buff Orps and Two Black Austrolorps as well as the 3...

issue resolved.... An rural egg farmer took the boys and I came home with 3 new ladies...funny how that goes...take 2 away get 3..I have heard of chicken math...hmmmmm.... What came home were a Golden Laced Wyandotte.. aka Betsy, a RIR aka Lucy Rose after Lucile Ball and a Barred Rock aka Cookie...

thank you for the reply.... I am leaning hard on getting rid of the boys... would love to hear more feedback

Welcome to BYC.... I am in south sound area! ENJOY!!

What to do? I have a roo Buff Orp...beautiful bird...and a roo Australorp...also beautiful bird. I have kids..and don't want to deal with an aggressive roo. So far they are both very very friendly to us(3 months old)....but in a 12x8x8 coop I am sure they will fight at some point. I would...

I have discovered that when I mow the lawn...if I drop a big pile of clippings on the run floor...the gals go nuts and consume it all......

UPDATE: Ok so I was a doting parent of my gals... last night a friend stopped by...the sun set and when they left I went out to put the ladies in the coop/henhouse...well...they went in on their own... I think I was just not giving them enough time to go in on their own.....

Ahhhhhhh....adding a small window would be best....but a light for now??

We have 3 Buff Orpington and 3 Black Australorps.... 3 or 6 nesting boxes?? I have read 1 per bird as well as 1 for every two birds.... By the way.... I have enjoyed every step of this adventure..and find it amazing that the folks her on BYC are so helpful.... I lookforward to the days that I...