Sounds like you need new neighbors. I made this DIY fly trap with pretty good success (although not as good as the traps I got at Tractor Supply, the DIY one's are free to make if you have milk jugs laying around). Here's the link
Hope that helps! I usually have several going at once. This is...
Yea, although guinea fowl originated in Africa, the French have selectively bred the fowl to produce a bigger strain of guinea fowl for meat production. French guinea fowl retain the watchdog personalities and tick eating instincts they are known for. No guinea fowl will reproduce well in...
Here's a different breed I found called an "Estelle" easter egger that claims to be unrelated to the Araucana breeds. It's imported from the Czech Republic. So I think the Easter Egger terminology refers to anything that lays a colored egg. Just because a chicken is called an "Easter Egger"...
I stole this off of Mailorderpoultry.com. They have a shot on their Novogen page of the difference between a cockerel and a pullet. It's pretty obvious. The males are yellow and the females are a reddish brown. It only gets more obvious as they get older. Unless TSC put a breed such as Rhode...