Recent content by Rooapalooza

This has been happening to my okra a lot this season. For me it's usually deer, but most recently it was hornworms. They can be huge and can be hard to notice because of their color. In Texas and we've had a bumper year for all caterpillars and worms.

I moved my ladder over about 6 in and they couldn't handle it. They wouldn't even go in the coop.

I have a question about avocados. I have a small tree (about 6ft tall, 2 years old) which I grew from a pit from a grocery store avocado. I also have a tiny cold-hardy avocado tree that is from a nursery and will bear fruit. Can I graft some of my fruit-bearing baby avocado tree onto my...

I'm in Texas waiting for rain too! Fingers crossed but I think I may give in and water. My poor plants are tired of waiting.

They will probably be fine. Do you have a thermometer in the incubator itself? If not I would recommend it.

I bought whole fish for a while because I thought my chickens would like to pick at them after I ate most of the meat. No interest at all. Ditto on most other meats. They love cat food and dog food though! I give my flock of 20 about a handful a day. I also give them the cat food cans...

The most birds I've had at once was about 22, but 4 were ducks who were a part of the chicken flock, and 4 were roosters. I've also had flocks of mixed ages. More than number of birds, having just adults of one species, with mostly girls, makes things a lot easier. Now I just have chickens...

This is the second time someone has mentioned it being 95F at night. That has to be record setting. In fact I just looked it up and I can't believe how many days Phoenix had lows in the 90s last year! Holy cow poor chickens :(. The ice bath is a great idea.

You are lucky you have cool nights. Here in Texas it stays very warm. Make sure your birds have shade available from late morning to early evening, and make sure your waterers stay in the shade so your water doesn't get hot. If they are stuck in a run it's very important they have lots of...

Did you end up using it? I had a similar idea. I was going to line the bottom of my coop with old wood boards covered in pine tar to protect the coop from ground contact moisture. Weirdly I haven't seen a lot of information about using it for chicken coops. It seems a lot less toxic than...