ALABAMA!!

[Alabama Jack]

I "re-homed a wild possum" on craigslist.

Is that what they're calling it these days??

 

[Alabama Jack]

Mosquito question: Do any of you have issues with them and the hens? If so, would using people screen over HW cloth be worth it?

Just saw our first today, and I can't stand them. Hate to have the ladies cooped up with a few hundred at night.

 

[Razadia]

I don't understand that at all Raz. None of those birds ever ate any of their eggs here even if I did not collect them for a few days trying to see if one would go broody. Is your protein high enough? You might try getting some turkey delight and giving it to them as a treat. I always did, it has much more in it than the grain.

I may have to do that. She only did it that one time and she lays almost daily since then. I make sure she's got free choice oyster shell. They all get 19% gamebird feed. They also get scratch as a treat.

 

[chickadoodles]

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I don't understand that at all Raz. None of those birds ever ate any of their eggs here even if I did not collect them for a few days trying to see if one would go broody. Is your protein high enough? You might try getting some turkey delight and giving it to them as a treat. I always did, it has much more in it than the grain.

I may have to do that. She only did it that one time and she lays almost daily since then. I make sure she's got free choice oyster shell. They all get 19% gamebird feed. They also get scratch as a treat.

Raz I was feeding them the gamebird or showbird plus the turkey delight and I also bought and gave them oats and wheat and sprouted black oil sunflower seeds mixed with the oat and wheat for them. With all that they seemed happy and grew and filled out beautifuly! And really with all that I hardly ever had to give any of my hens oyster shells.

 

[BexB]

I re-homed a wild possum on craigslist.

darn I trapped an opossum last night, wish I had remembered I could sell it. What do they bring these days? 5 or 10 bucks? Cost me 1 naked rib bone!

 

[Razadia]

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I don't understand that at all Raz. None of those birds ever ate any of their eggs here even if I did not collect them for a few days trying to see if one would go broody. Is your protein high enough? You might try getting some turkey delight and giving it to them as a treat. I always did, it has much more in it than the grain.

I may have to do that. She only did it that one time and she lays almost daily since then. I make sure she's got free choice oyster shell. They all get 19% gamebird feed. They also get scratch as a treat.

Raz I was feeding them the gamebird or showbird plus the turkey delight and I also bought and gave them oats and wheat and sprouted black oil sunflower seeds mixed with the oat and wheat for them. With all that they seemed happy and grew and filled out beautifuly! And really with all that I hardly ever had to give any of my hens oyster shells.
I'm going to get the Turkey Delight pretty soon. My feed store doesn't sell wheat. I need to find somewhere else to get it from. The rest I can get fairly easily. I just really need to get everything.

 

[BexB]

Mosquitos here are horrible! I think bout 80 million hatched yesterday. I just treated the coop for mites IDK if that helps with them or not , but I don't see them in the coop.

 

[chickadoodles]

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I don't understand that at all Raz. None of those birds ever ate any of their eggs here even if I did not collect them for a few days trying to see if one would go broody. Is your protein high enough? You might try getting some turkey delight and giving it to them as a treat. I always did, it has much more in it than the grain.

I may have to do that. She only did it that one time and she lays almost daily since then. I make sure she's got free choice oyster shell. They all get 19% gamebird feed. They also get scratch as a treat.

Raz I was feeding them the gamebird or showbird plus the turkey delight and I also bought and gave them oats and wheat and sprouted black oil sunflower seeds mixed with the oat and wheat for them. With all that they seemed happy and grew and filled out beautifuly! And really with all that I hardly ever had to give any of my hens oyster shells.
I'm going to get the Turkey Delight pretty soon. My feed store doesn't sell wheat. I need to find somewhere else to get it from. The rest I can get fairly easily. I just really need to get everything.
I get mine at the farmers co-op for 11.00 per bag that also includes the turkey delight for 50# bags so they last along time. I think the Boss is cheaper like 15.00. And you can even grow it in the yard if you want. I also planted a section of my pasture around the pens with turkey delight and oats so that the birds can eat it with some herbs. They love it!

 

[bamadude]

Is that what they're calling it these days??

Lol. She said she was going to try to tame it.

 

[bamadude]

darn I trapped an opossum last night, wish I had remembered I could sell it. What do they bring these days? 5 or 10 bucks? Cost me 1 naked rib bone!

Idk. List it on craigslist.