Recent content by Mvillecowboy

Yes and no it was lot of hard work but I got exclusive Hunting rights to the property so that was a bonus. But putting in a horse Paduc in November when the ground was starting to freeze sucks hard core and rebuilding the north wall of a barn in December is no picnic either lol.

I currently have 3 Plymouth Barred rock, 2 Australorp, 2 Sebright bantam, 1 Isa Brown, 1 New Hampshire red, 1 silver laced Wyandotte, and 1 buff orpington. They are all about 5 1/2 weeks old and just about ready for the new coop that I am currently building. I have raised dogs, cats, turtles...

I was told Irish Spring bar soap. and I know that DE will not help with flying insects but I was reading that they will not build nests where DE is present so I planned on spraying DE with a insect duster around the roof line and under the metal roof vents as a preventive.

Hello all this will be my first time raising chickens I have raised lots of animals through the years be never chickens. should be fun

Ok so I am building my chickens coop and I am realizing that there are a lot of places for wasp/hornet nests to be made. My plan was to spray diatomaceous earth under the eve's and the ridge cap to prevent this from happening but I can see the DE having to be replaced often because it might not...