Doesnt matter what kind of light, but maybe red might disturb them less. If they have it, yes it can spread to other birds, youd have to assume they all have it and spray all wood. If you dont see any, then try feeding them dark leafy greens and boiled crushed eggs. If its been hot out, maybe...
Check the underside of their roosts tonight with a flashlight, if you see tiny tiny red dots moving around, its red roost mites and youll need to spray with permethryn spray tomorrow after removing all bedding and throwing the sealed beg into the trash. Repeat 6 days later. This time of year, if...
Get a tom turkey or guard goose to go with your chickens. My geese scare off hawks, and I thought my problems were over until my muscovy ducks started gettink killed, finally found out that it was because they were flying away from the geeses protection, the hawk only struck flying birds.
Naked necks are my favorite breed, if I had to only pick one breed it would be that, hands down. If they get out of their run, they come to tell me theyre out. They can self regulate their temperature by extending or retracting their necks, they lay all year round, nice big eggs.
All of my naked necks that age showing that bright pink of a comb all ended up being roos. Best to hold onto it until youre sure, but it definitely looks like a roo, sorry
The have a heart traps DO NOT work on coons, sadly. They are too smart. I dont know where to get the paw trap mentioned above, but I am told you can make a trap out of a 5 gallon bucket with a lid, and a small hole in the side just big enough for the racoon paw, and a shiny object too big to get...
You make it sound like there is eventually a cure... retirement?? (Ha! Yeah, right?) I started with 20 hens and 3 chicks, it "chicken-mathed" into 130 chickens, 21 turkeys, I-cant-count- how many ducks and geese, 4 peacocks, 2 llamas, and 2 alpacas. My husband wants to get a pig, and I am saying...
Just FYI, you are NOT going to want those chicks in the house very long, I kept some in my spare bathroom and changed their bedding every day and they still managed to stink and fling stuff EVERYWHERE! I ended up building an insulated brooding shed out of an old playhouse and some recycled...
Put a craigslist ad up for a broody hen, alot of people dont want them. I had a buff orpington that never went broody once, and my lavender, black and chocolate orpington hens never have yet, but my speckled sussex and bresse sure do! They tend to go broody in August though.
I live in Prineville, and didnt use any heat in the coops or waterers at all, we just had to bring them fresh water 2x a day, but I got a no freeze hose and it worked great! As long as I kept the snow out of their run, they did great.
I had a leghorn that constantly attacked all other chickens and the quarrantine method failed completely 4 different times. In desparation, I tried a pinless peeper on her, and WHAM! Different chicken. It appeared that she was focusing down her beak on every other chicken, but the peeper made...
This is an awesome way to provide clean water for baby ducks to drink from and immerse their bills so they can eat, but is very hard to clean if you get anything else in it, so not great to dispense feed from. This item does not work well at all for any other use that I know of, as baby chicks...
My concern is that if I left that depression at the base of the trunk, it turns into a pile of snow which quickly turns into a solid ring of ice that sits for at least a month, so I was told by locals to pile straw or mulch around the base before snow to keep the tree from being frozen in an ice...
Thank you for the mulch reminder, the part of Oregon I live in doesnt get much rain, but lots of snow in winter, so I have to pile up mulch around them before the ice sets in, but I will remove it from the bases of the trees in early spring.