100 Broilers and Fermented Feed Project

[kuntrygirl]

 

What a shame.  Dogs living out where dogs should live and they take them away...a dog trapped indoors for all their natural born life, completely out of their natural habitat and being completely inactive, without a normal social structure within their own species is considered normal and humane?  I thought that was called a "zoo". 

I pity the homebound dogs and cats of this world and often wonder why people can't see the cruelty in that situation. 

So I'm not the only one who thinks those dog houses look sufficient, and the dogs healthy? I got called all sorts of names for defending the breeder... Even had death threats. Animal rights activists put animal rights ABOVE humans. While I relate more to animals than people (always have), I find their responses absurd. 

A lot of people kept saying that we should sleep outside in barrels and see if we like it.. We are humans! We don't have thick fur coats all over our body! I'm sorry, didn't Inuit people live in the coldest parts of the world in igloos with animal skins for warmth and protection? I think dogs acclimated can do just fine in the cold. As long as they have shelter, and those dogs did! Ugh.. 

I have a hard time getting my BMD in the house on the coldest of days. He is made for the cold. So are Border Collies. They are working dogs. They have long fur coats. I'd totally understand people complaining for poodles and those little dogs that can't handle the cold.. but big dogs bred for cold environments? It makes no sense how that is any of their business...

Death threats? WOW!!! Sorry you had to go through all of that.

 

[aoxa]

Death threats? WOW!!! Sorry you had to go through all of that.

It was all via internet. I was stressed though, and upset. All good now.

 

[Coralietg]

Here in the south, EVERYONE puts emphasis on protecting your pets and other animals when it's REALLY cold and when it's REALLY hot.

That dog that was out in the -20F weather would have gotten visited by Animal Control and police and probably get a warning, a ticket or arrested or have their pet removed from their property if the owners did not supply some type of warmth or protection. They take that VERY serious in my area. With the last cold spell here, there were many dogs that died due to the cold weather and several people were arrested because of that. It was features on the news. They didn't provide the proper protection for their animals. On the news, animal abuse, etc gets almost the same amount of TV time as local arrests, robberies, etc. They have zero tolerance for that. During the cold weather, the TV station contacted me and wanted to do a story on how farmers protect their farm animals during the cold freeze. Unfortunately, I was at work and I couldn't meet with them to do the story for that evening's news.

I think you're right when you say we are more likely to heat and insulate a coop when cold weather comes. Probably because we know our animals can and have died due to the cold weather.

I'm way behind, been out all day! Our coop isn't insulated. It's actually pretty much an open air coop, because it gets so hot here in the summer. I was a little concerned about the chickens in the really cold weather, but we don't add heat. I did block the open side with a blanket during the freezing wind days, and all the chickens weathered it fine.

I don't mind the cold, really. The heat never went above 65 in the house, it makes me ill. I used to have a greater range of tolerance when I lived in the UK, I was comfortable in 30 temps. Now, I'm cold at 50

 

[kuntrygirl]

Here in the south, EVERYONE puts emphasis on protecting your pets and other animals when it's REALLY cold and when it's REALLY hot.


That dog that was out in the -20F weather would have gotten visited by Animal Control and police and probably get a warning, a ticket or arrested or have their pet removed from their property if the owners did not supply some type of warmth or protection. They take that VERY serious in my area. With the last cold spell here, there were many dogs that died due to the cold weather and several people were arrested because of that. It was features on the news. They didn't provide the proper protection for their animals. On the news, animal abuse, etc gets almost the same amount of TV time as local arrests, robberies, etc. They have zero tolerance for that. During the cold weather, the TV station contacted me and wanted to do a story on how farmers protect their farm animals during the cold freeze. Unfortunately, I was at work and I couldn't meet with them to do the story for that evening's news.


I think you're right when you say we are more likely to heat and insulate a coop when cold weather comes. Probably because we know our animals can and have died due to the cold weather.

I'm way behind, been out all day! Our coop isn't insulated. It's actually pretty much an open air coop, because it gets so hot here in the summer. I was a little concerned about the chickens in the really cold weather, but we don't add heat. I did block the open side with a blanket during the freezing wind days, and all the chickens weathered it fine.

I don't mind the cold, really. The heat never went above 65 in the house, it makes me ill. I used to have a greater range of tolerance when I lived in the UK, I was comfortable in 30 temps. Now, I'm cold at 50 

I also have open air coops because of the heat in Louisiana. When it's really cold, I cover the wire with tarp to keep the cold out.

I'm cold at 60 but that's just me.

 

[Coralietg]

I also have open air coops because of the heat in Louisiana. When it's really cold, I cover the wire with tarp to keep the cold out.

I'm cold at 60 but that's just me.

How do you deal with the mosquitos? That is the biggest thing I feel bad for in the summer.

I want it to be 60-70 all year round. I'm blonde haired blue eyed, do not tolerate heat well at all. I practically hibernate in the summer, lol. How I manage to time it so I am heavily pregnant during the summer every time, I do not know.

 

[kuntrygirl]

I also have open air coops because of the heat in Louisiana. When it's really cold, I cover the wire with tarp to keep the cold out.


I'm cold at 60 but that's just me.

How do you deal with the mosquitos? That is the biggest thing I feel bad for in the summer.

I want it to be 60-70 all year round. I'm blonde haired blue eyed, do not tolerate heat well at all. I practically hibernate in the summer, lol. How I manage to time it so I am heavily pregnant during the summer every time, I do not know.

You don't even wanna know. I research and find all kinda stuff to do and use. We will sometimes burn trash/wood in our metal 55 gallon containers and the smoke will keep the skeeters away. I also fog the perimeter far away from the animals. I will order Skin So Soft from Avon and spray the area. Since people can put it on their skin, then I use it on my animals. You name it, I have done it . My poutls got bit really bad one year and got dry pox and then wet pox and I almost lost 12 babies. After that I vowed to never let that happen again. I also have zappers out there to zap the skeeters. The next thing is to get bats. I was coming from Lake Charles on Saturday and I saw someone selling bat houses but I couldn't stop because I was in a rush trying to run errands. I am actively seeking to buy bat houses and put in the chicken yard.

 

[foreverlearning]

How do you deal with the mosquitos? That is the biggest thing I feel bad for in the summer.

I want it to be 60-70 all year round. I'm blonde haired blue eyed, do not tolerate heat well at all. I practically hibernate in the summer, lol. How I manage to time it so I am heavily pregnant during the summer every time, I do not know.

#1 way is to put sand in the coop! I got rid of pine shavings because the humidity in the summer allowed the mosquitoes to breed in them. ACV in the water to prevent breeding. If all else fails, hang a vanilla tree car air freshener in the coop.

 

[foreverlearning]

You don't even wanna know. I research and find all kinda stuff to do and use. We will sometimes burn trash/wood in our metal 55 gallon containers and the smoke will keep the skeeters away. I also fog the perimeter far away from the animals. I will order Skin So Soft from Avon and spray the area. Since people can put it on their skin, then I use it on my animals. You name it, I have done it . My poutls got bit really bad one year and got dry pox and then wet pox and I almost lost 12 babies. After that I vowed to never let that happen again. I also have zappers out there to zap the skeeters. The next thing is to get bats.

I was coming from Lake Charles on Saturday and I saw someone selling bat houses but I couldn't stop because I was in a rush trying to run errands. I am actively seeking to buy bat houses and put in the chicken yard.

Do you ever have a problem with the zappers and your chickens? I was thinking about putting some out there but was afraid of the girls harming themselves.

 

[kuntrygirl]

 

How do you deal with the mosquitos? That is the biggest thing I feel bad for in the summer.

I want it to be 60-70 all year round. I'm blonde haired blue eyed, do not tolerate heat well at all. I practically hibernate in the summer, lol. How I manage to time it so I am heavily pregnant during the summer every time, I do not know.

#1 way is to put sand in the coop! I got rid of pine shavings because the humidity in the summer allowed the mosquitoes to breed in them. ACV in the water to prevent breeding. If all else fails, hang a vanilla tree car air freshener in the coop.

Sand does not work for me. My chicken yard and runs look like a beach. Skeeters pay no mind to my sand.

 

[kuntrygirl]

You don't even wanna know. I research and find all kinda stuff to do and use. We will sometimes burn trash/wood in our metal 55 gallon containers and the smoke will keep the skeeters away. I also fog the perimeter far away from the animals. I will order Skin So Soft from Avon and spray the area. Since people can put it on their skin, then I use it on my animals. You name it, I have done it . My poutls got bit really bad one year and got dry pox and then wet pox and I almost lost 12 babies. After that I vowed to never let that happen again. I also have zappers out there to zap the skeeters. The next thing is to get bats. I was coming from Lake Charles on Saturday and I saw someone selling bat houses but I couldn't stop because I was in a rush trying to run errands. I am actively seeking to buy bat houses and put in the chicken yard.

Do you ever have a problem with the zappers and your chickens? I was thinking about putting some out there but was afraid of the girls harming themselves.

I have metal poles that I hang the zappers on. They birds can't reach it. It's about 4 to 5 feet up.