100 Broilers and Fermented Feed Project

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Angelicisi said:
Ditto here, can't keep bayou water away so the army of blood suckers continues.

I have severe reactions to bites and whole limbs will swell, eyes swell shut if bit neck or above. It's insane and frickin ridiculous. Never in my life (i have been an outdoor gal all my life!) Have I encountered mosquitos as wicked and large as they are here in Louisiana. I loved in Florida and we thought it was bad....nooooo noooooo noooooo. Here there is a "new" species that's come to light in recent years. It's double the size, loud-brown, has a bite that feels like a wasp sting and hunts during the day in the sun...my husband smack one hard, twice that got him and the sucker flew away, shaky, but c'mon! Can't even squish them!

I need a serious solution to mosquitos this year. It's gonna be bad Kuntry, I've been reading and we could lose animals. I can't afford to net ALL areas and even if we did, we both free range. :/

I have zappers set in two places AWAY from coops because they Attract bugs to kill and zap. I don't want a meal found by the bug on the way to the zapper near a coop.

I'm going to try the vanilla car fresh trees in a coop I know 3 people that Swear it works and they're local to me so know ours are super evil.

I don't want to fog...scares me but I may have to, is it truly effective? Worth it to keep ding it I suppose right? We have an outdoor rabbitry too now I need to protect :th

We have bats, they do help but honestly aren't a huge dent. Their diet varies and there are Soooooo many bugs here its a buffet. Tiny snacks aren't top of the list. But! Some is better than none gone so we figure a few hundred here, a few thousand there adds up?

I gotta figure somethin effective out ASAP
kuntrygirl said:
I hate the mosquitoes in Louisiana!!!!! :barnie They are so big and they are fierce. During mosquito season (every day it's hot), I go out in full armor. I wear a long sleeve lined wind breaker, long warm up pants, gloves, a ski mask, a hat, long socks and boots. I have to cover ever inch of my body. If not, they will eat me alive. And I feel so sorry for the birds because as they try to sleep, the mosquitoes are eating them alive. Their combs are dripping with blood. It's horrible. That's what I fog and mist their coops every single night.

Here is a pic of a skeeter that I killed September 2011. And this is a small one. They are even bigger than that.
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Fogger. This is what I use to fog the perimeter of my property.
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The fogger is what saved me. I don't fog in the chicken yard or coops. I walk around the property and fog the outside of the entire place. I can see a BIG difference. As long as I have animals, I will always have a fogger.
 
A lady text me about her broilers on yesterday. Shes purchased her broilers from the same farm that I did and she said that hers are processed and in the freezer. She said they weighed anywhere from 3 lbs to 5 lbs. I guess that's what I'll have to look forward to.
 
Does anyone have free range meat chickens? We're getting Jersey Giants and probably Light Brahmas as well, but I'd planned on free ranging them. Is that a problem for meaties?
 
I free ranged Freedom Rangers (I believe that is a diaphora) last year and I've also done CornishX in the past.

I lost a few to hawks because they were on their own without a good adult rooster with them. Other than that and a couple weeks of snow, all went well.
 
kuntrygirl said:
This is the all around best thread about FULLY free ranging your meat birds.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/...-your-cornish-x-meaties-tractors-do-not-count
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Excellent - thank you!!

ChickenCanoe said:
I free ranged Freedom Rangers (I believe that is a diaphora) last year and I've also done CornishX in the past.

I lost a few to hawks because they were on their own without a good adult rooster with them. Other than that and a couple weeks of snow, all went well.
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Ok. So it can be done. We do keep them inside quite a while. Maybe I can move them with the layers since there's a roo to keep them safe there. At least until they're bigger? Hmmmm...... Something to think about. I've got a place set up that I'm ready to fence in and put in a coop but the predator thing is an issue.
 
mrs1885 said:
Excellent - thank you!!

Ok. So it can be done. We do keep them inside quite a while. Maybe I can move them with the layers since there's a roo to keep them safe there. At least until they're bigger? Hmmmm...... Something to think about. I've got a place set up that I'm ready to fence in and put in a coop but the predator thing is an issue.
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Inside.. I hope you don't mean a house?

I cannot fathom meaties in the house..
 

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