While doing some research for plants for my nursery business, I stumbled across a herb called feverfew. It has stunning white flowers, grows like a weed and repels mosquitos. They hate it. Im going to plant it by my coops!
Hi, i wonder if anybody can help me please......I have a black and white mottled pekin hen and a lavender pekin rooster with a frizzled tail that are nesting at the moment. What can I expect from the two of them colourwise? Also, my buff pekin rooster has also snuck in a turn or two, so what...
Hi, Im here in Wartburg Natal. Ive got silkies, and pekins. King of my roost is my lavender pekin rooster George Crooney, with frizzled tail. They are my babies and are allowed to eat whatever they like in my garden, even all my poppy seedlings. I am no fancy breeder, but am just starting to...
I like the idea of tea tree oil, we have spring coming up soon, so time to get prepared. My hen houses are wooden, do you think I should spray them at the time with citronella oil? My houses are also little so maybe once they are locked away for the night I can just drape a mosquito net over...
Hi, i am so enjoying this thread,I hope im not interupting, I have a gorgeous lavender pekin roo, called George Crooney (after George Clooney) who I am convinced is a sex addict. He's always at it, so I just keep lots of hens. It gets light at about six but he would start at 4am "crooning"...
My one hen also started with a black spot in her comb about 4mm wide, at first I also though maybe pox or disease, but its the wrong time of the year here in South Africa, its winter now, no mosquitoes. Later that day I noticed that when my rooster mounted her he held her very tightly on her...