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  1. FlipFlopFarmer

    Fencing tips, hints, or ideas?

    my personal opinion if all you are keepin in/out is children and chickens, hurricaine fence. it comes in a roll and is galvanized. it is attractive and can actually be installed by almost anyone with a little research. it is lightweight and doesnt succomb to wind/rain/rott like wooden fencing...
  2. FlipFlopFarmer

    7 dust in dust bath

    Quote: You're correct. DE helps prevent pest and Sevin treats them when you get them. I reserve the pesticides for when I have a problem, not as a preventative. i also use DE to prevent, but when i got nasty mites in only one of the 4 tractors i have last winter, i used 7 dust inside, and...
  3. FlipFlopFarmer

    My Chicken Misting Project - Is it ok for them to be wet?

    i am located in central louisiana. quite hot and very humid. my chickens seek out shade during the middle of the day, and i have a little spot that gets muddy often(because i overflow the horse trough frequently) and it is under a stack of old lumber and tin. my chickens will fan out thier wings...
  4. FlipFlopFarmer

    D.E. for sandbox...

    i read at least a good 25 articles on DE before i purchased it. in addition to chemicals, the pool kind has silica, which i think is the most toxic additive. I am not a DE expert, and i live in a rural area, which makes shipping almost impossible to avoid, but i was put off enough by the caution...
  5. FlipFlopFarmer

    Vanilla Air Freshner????

    I tried them last summer, didnt notice much of a difference other thank the smell was nice. I agree with taking care of any moisture problem, keeping up with litter changes, using fly sticks/paper( one byc'er said her chickens like to eat the flies off the stick), I also hung cow fly ear tags in...
  6. FlipFlopFarmer

    Have you ever had a guard animal for your poultry (etc)?

    I have a pasture that surrounds the area where my chickens are cooped and free range, and i have a lil pony molly mule that i have the intention of training to pull a cart who hates dogs, cats, and anything else that comes into her pasture. she stomped a wild tom cat to death about 6 months ago...
  7. FlipFlopFarmer

    rooster not normal!!

    here in central louisiana, it is difficult to find the origional recipe 7 dust. i was told by the older farmers that it was taken off the market and changed. I went to an older feed and seed store that has been around for a while, and found some cans of the origional. I also use diatomaceous...
  8. FlipFlopFarmer

    Chick born with birth defect. What should i do?

    you could separate the chick, and pull out an arsenol of vet wrap, band aids, and matchsticks, try to see if it is a total joint dislocation ( not fixable) or just a deformity ( possibly fixable), and see if you can get the leg as close to normal as possible. i imagine if you leave him with the...
  9. FlipFlopFarmer

    What do you do with your culls?

    i raise any culls to 8 to 12 weeks and then its freezer camp. with some silkies and cochins ive had in the past, i will put up a lil sign at the local county agents office ( for the 4-H) kids. Those 2 breeds do well with calm children. Also, several people i know like cull silkie hens for thier...
  10. FlipFlopFarmer

    anyone else feed road kill?

    I think back to to all the restaurants I have eaten at, and where all that hormone induced beef, chemically treated vegetables, and lord knows what else comes from. Road kill isnt something I thought of until now, but since its nice and cool out now, i will certainly keep a shovel and a bag in...
  11. FlipFlopFarmer

    Help a new chicken family with hens that won't lay!

    chin up! i wouldnt throw in the towel until spring
  12. FlipFlopFarmer

    Local Coop Maker Wanted

    do look at ALL the small coops and tractors under the byc coop section, one person uses one of those lil waist height rubbermaid storage sheds commercially available at home improvement stores and some fencing and a little creativity. You dont need fancy power tools, sure, they make things...
  13. FlipFlopFarmer

    Why have a rooster at all?

    I keep roos because i am HOOKED on hatching eggs and raising babies!
  14. FlipFlopFarmer

    Whizbang pluckers

    there are alot of chicken pluckers on the market, if you watch the u tube videos, most of those are homeade, i was under the impression that the whole concept behind the "wizbang" chicken plucker was do it urself? We plan on making one this winter after we aquire the parts. I have seen the book...
  15. FlipFlopFarmer

    Has anyone heard of a Barn Builder breed of chicken?

    isnt there a barbanter? or somthing like that also?
  16. FlipFlopFarmer

    My chickens have about stopped eating, I'm really woried.

    personally, i would deworm them, just incase its a parasite problem. secondly, with my own hens, they go on a mini hunger strike when i put only pellets for them. they like laying crumbles, and i have noticed a HUGE increase in eggs after i started feeding them just laying crumbles in thier...
  17. FlipFlopFarmer

    Cull? What to do? Help Please!

    i would seperate and give some liquid vitamins, food and water, maybe something to prob it upright with and give it a week or so, if no improvement, then i would cull.
  18. FlipFlopFarmer

    What do you do and why?

    From the time you collect eggs, what do you do with them and why?...... Do you rinse them, wash them, scrub them, if so what do you use? what is the reason? Afterwards, do you put them straight in the fridge? Do you ever put them in the fridge? How long do you keep them refrigerated before use?
  19. FlipFlopFarmer

    Causes of splay legg in a four weekold chick?

    i dont think you need to keep her on electrolytes, but you can surely put her back on vitamins, and i do believe splayed leg is a vitamin deficiency? I think, not 100% positive, but you can use that poly vi sol without iron liquid children vitamin.
  20. FlipFlopFarmer

    Washing the carcass

    refrigerating/freezing the bird properly, and defrosting and then cooking to the proper internal temps will prevent bacteria and food borne illness. Bacteria need specific environments to grow and thrive, temperature extremes usually take care of them. Proper hand sanitation and sanitation of...
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