Anyone have luck catching a feral chicken?? UPDATE: Rooster caught, no hen

[Parront]

@Parront I saw something about classes. The guys might go the problem is the would be on their phone the whole time or sleeping

Afraid it would be like traffic court, a punishment. Women think it is fun to go to classes to be a better (pick a subject: wife, mother, cook, etc). Guys not so much!

 

[Parront]

I want to mention, that @rjohns39 posted that he keeps bees... BEES my friends... and not a single person batted an eye... it's like , *Oh, rj keeps bees too... well, that's rj!*.

We take it for granted that @rjohns39 can do anything!

 

[FlyingNunFarm]

@FlyingNunFarm

After being made totally itchy from reading up on leg mites I went and bought the only product near me.

I will start with it then follow up with vasaline.
I got poultry protector by manna pro.
Kinda bummed nothing stronger is available locally.

I may pick up some mineral oil too since that may be easier to use on the crazy feather footers.

I've read bag balm works too. I have a few girls that have dry looking legs. Not the horrendous picked up scabby looking scales I usually see in pictures of scaley leg mites. Gunmen

Ok. Cleome.
"Spider flower"?????

Love Cleome! Just don't let people mistake it for marijuana.

Don't know how many friends thought my mom was growing pot in the front yard! Even smells like it too. (Not that I would know)

Don't know if it's true or not but somewhere on here I read that you can use the spraycan cooking oils

I've used coconut oil on their legs before. The spray would be nice to get up under the scales. May try a few things and see how it goes.

ETA: Post 5000!!!

 

[Kiki]

I've been away...spent yesterday taking a "chicken class" and decided to not cook dinner and order pizza instead.
I woke around 11pm with horrible heartburn...
Then..
DH tried to murder me last night with a glass of baking soda and water for the heart burn.
I have never felt like I was going to die before last night.
Horrible horrible spasm things that about killed me.

I have been sacred to eat or drink anything all day...afraid that pain would come back.
Looks like I just found a painful diet plan!

Woot!

 

[Kiki]

View media item 7895288These sprays will work to get rid of scaly leg mites..Just make sure you spray them daily for a week.

 

[Kiki]

Poultry protector is garbage...return it.

 

[Kiki]

Sorry guys, I went out with the intention of getting pictures of the remnant of the flower, but I got sidetracked by a bloody chick. One of the Black Cochin/Dominique cockerels (I think his mother was a Dom/RIR because he has redish feathers on his chest.) was mercilessly beating up on one of his brothers. I put him (the aggressor) in time out for the rest of the afternoon by dropping a milk crate over him. He just wouldn't stop, even with me standing over them. I have no idea what to do about this. I would slaughter him, but he is still too small to eat (not even 8 weeks old).

 

[21hens-incharge]

That is what I was thinking reading about the active ingredient.

If they are marketing something it should at least work a little!

It ain't got any danged oil in it at all.

I have to do a grocery run tomorrow anyway so I will add the sprays to the list.

Thank you @KikisGirls

Now to talk hubby into helping manhandle birds every evening.

 

[21hens-incharge]

I am grateful to @FlyingNunFarm for posting about her bird or I wouldn't have looked at that birds feet.

 

[Molpet]

Beekissed swears by castor oil for scally legg mites
and nustock for about everything else