Please do not use poison! It gets into the systems of predators and kills them. Barn owls, owls, cats, coyotes, cougars, whatever predators you have locally. We need these guys! Use a trap or something like RatX which kills the rats but is not harmful to other creatures. I am a reformed...
I ferment my feed and love doing it. Scratch and Peck Feeds has some great links and information about it. I have to be careful in the summer as if you let it ferment too long in the heat (so. Cal.) it turns moldy quickly. My hens love it. Trial and error will help you perfect it. They...
This SoCal Thread looks rather inactive! Anyone still out there in SoCal? I have had many flocks throughout my life, and now am beginning again, very small this time. I just got three chicks today: black australorp, buff orpington, and an olive egger. I live in Riverside and it is hot here...