Recent content by BethieofVA

Great info!! Thank you all!!!

Thank you all for your replies. This is exactly what I needed to hear. I love my chickens so much, so I know I will not feel any differently towards my guinea gals. I will wait and when I raise a new flock of chicks, so shall I some guineas!! Thank you all for the feedback!!!

I am a backyard chicken owner who just bought an old farmhouse on 26 acres! My question, we will not be moving over there for another year or so, but was curious if I could go ahead and get a few guineas. How self sufficent are they? I have heard that they will roost in trees, etc.. and a coop...

Thank you all for the information!! "If I was you I would also pull off some of the fruits so the tree can work on maturing the fruit. The tree sounds a little young for so much production" I have had one branch break on its own from being too heavy. I guess I need to do just that!!

my necterine fruit? I planted this tree last year and it is loaded this year, but I am having issues with something killing the new fruit. Here are a few pics. If you can give me some direction how to treat I would soooo appreciate it. I did spray some organice insectide, but that must have been...

Blu Kote is an antiseptic spray for wounds or our case, pecked skin. I use it to help keep the areas clean. I also use the peepers and love them. Here is a pic of my girls with theirs on.

For me, I am keeping mine on my three offenders permanently. I made a great deal of effort to avoid this having to happen, Blu Kote, separation, weeks before I resorted to the peepers. The peepers are keepers!!

Worth every penny!!!

The peepers have worked wonders for my three mean girls from picking on the others.

Looks like a lovely flower!!!

I also thought peas, but my silly birds won't touch them. I have also done cold melon and on the occasion, frozen corn!

Last summer I would treat my hens to some frozen grapes and bananas to help keep them cool. This year I discovered a new treat for them. I freeze a whole head of iceberg lettuce. This type of lettuce is predominately water anyway. They loved it an ate the whole thing. It was not super hot here...

Also, beck trimming may help pecking....

Okay, here are my thoughts. I have the same problem with three particular culprits, two which are RIR supposedly a horrible breed for pecking. I read all about mites, protein issues, crowding, etc....but it is just plain meaness and bullying. Get pinless peepers, worth every cent. I had one hen...

It really has been a blessing. Those three sporting the shades are the only ones who have them. They were mangling the other five terribly. They have been on not quite a week and it took a fews days I would say for the peepers to be "ignored". Also, the bloodied hens are recovering nicely...