Search results for query: *

  1. northerngracema

    Monterey Garden spray, Spinosad question

    What did you end up doing? Elector PSP is incredibly expensive but it's 45% spinosad vs 0.5% in Monterey Garden spray, because Elector is basically a concentrate that you mix yourself. I'm going to do the math and see which is cheaper, but still considering going for the garden spray just as a...
  2. northerngracema

    Rooster Flock Thread

    Oh no! I'm so sorry.
  3. northerngracema

    2021 BYC Calendar - We Need Your Pictures!

    This is Caesar, an olive egger, and his best bud Omicron, a black copper marans, having a nice summer dustbath.
  4. northerngracema

    Rooster Flock Thread

    This is so interesting. I had a really similar experience with our rooster Pigeon who died earlier this summer. He was always a problem child, the secondary dominant rooster in a flock of 3. He would challenge the alpha and lose and then beat up the rooster below him to console himself. Really a...
  5. northerngracema

    Broody roosters in bachelor flock

    So, I didn't want to try putting eggs under him because yeah I think he would be clumsy and break them, but someone mentioned the porcelain egg prop and we do have one of those so I will try that and see if he stays on it. He has not been real diligent about sticking to one nest though, he kind...
  6. northerngracema

    Broody roosters in bachelor flock

    The "broody" ones are a Rhode Island Red (Joe, in the video) and a Black Copper Marans. The marans, Omie, is extremely docile, and he is super tight buds with the alpha, Caesar, whom he was raised with. Caesar also mounts Omie regularly, which is an act of dominance, not reproduction.
  7. northerngracema

    Broody roosters in bachelor flock

    They know that females exist (have seen them through fences) but that's correct that there are none around, anywhere nearby, or within sight. Nor does this behavior appear to correlate with having seen the girls recently. It would not be hard for them to do it within line of sight of the...
  8. northerngracema

    Broody roosters in bachelor flock

    We have a small bachelor flock (4 boys) and recently two of them have been acting broody. I've even caught the alpha guarding one of them while he nests and makes broody hen noises. There are a couple other threads on here discussing broody roosters, but I thought folks might enjoy the video...
  9. northerngracema

    Chlorhexidine vs Vetericyn?

    Wanted to unearth this old thread to note a few things. I have some science background so I'm happy to try to explain more if folks have questions or concerns about the chemical side of this. I am definitely not a medical professional though, so take it with a grain of salt. :) Hypochlorous...
  10. northerngracema

    Coop on a trailer

    Agree with @3KillerBs on ventilation and @aart on the roost height. Our highest roost is probably that high but the lower ones are farther out from the wall, so the girls can hop up and down one level at a time (this also solves the pooping on each other issue). Are you planning to leave that...
  11. northerngracema

    BYC members in Massachusetts?

    I hope you were able to re-home those boys alright. I would love to get some silkie boys one day but all the boys in our current bachelor flock would most likely beat the crap out of them. I've been trying to negotiate for a "cuddle flock" when we're in year 5, so I can get some of the sweet...
  12. northerngracema

    Injured Rooster

    @Rudyrama How is your boy doing? We combined two smaller groups of roosters into a proper flock this summer and I would say that almost all of them had similar looking foot injuries for the first month or so. We also soaked in epsom salt solution and used vetericyn and similar products on...
  13. northerngracema

    Hi! New member from Massachusetts

    Welcome! Hello from Franklin County :)
  14. northerngracema

    Western MA farmsteading / political project

    Hello! Long time listener, first time caller. We have a small farmstead in the North Quabbin area of Massachussets. We are maybe a little beyond "backyard" in the sense that we have a full size barn, two additional coops, and plans to build another. We're not a commercial operation though and...
Back
Top Bottom