Recent content by katescountryfarm

If you believe it's animals abuse you should make a complaint. In my opinion most chicken/turkey farms are abusing...I used to live by several

I don't give my chickens any. I used to supplement my horses but I quit 2 years ago and all has been well.

That's so cute

I'm so happy for you! I know it's hard to lose weight. I just started the south beach diet. But really I think I'm starving myself. I only eat half of the foods listed as "good" due to allergies.

Mmmmm sounds good!

I use to use it to keep the chickens out out my landscaping....didn't work. I'm not sure why it would make them go broody. My birds insisted on laying eggs under my bushes and around my house. Maybe I was just attracting my hens LOL

I have to say this storm is making me a bit nervous. I have been picking up the yard, removing potential missiles from the horse barn area and lecturing the chickens to hunker down during the storm. My new coop hasn't been through a wind storm yet. It's an open concept with a huge run. Depending...

#2 looks like my phoenix when they were chicks.

That's a Roo for sure.

I enjoy reading updates and doing random searches.

I closed my facebook account. I feel free for some weird reason.

I would add water to the plain distilled vinegar. I did find the more vinegar the better, no exact measurement. I put mine in a spray bottle and sprayed everything even the sand. I got desperate once and dumped it straight on my concrete barn floor. Also if you have horses you can add skin so...

the only home made fly spray that worked for me is vinegar. I pretty much pickled my farm

We had a rat problem last summer at our barn. The best method I found was the GIANT rat traps. It was awful cleaning them but it worked. I kept the trap around the outside edge of the coop. I would usually set them at night. I had rats eating golf balls and eggs. nasty buggers!

I know what you are going through and it's hard. Like I said in my last post our neighbor was something else. My kids are now 3 and 6 and I still keep them away from smokers. We moved to a farm and yes we do have other smells but it's not cigarette smoke. Everyone has their opinion. Some people...