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

[Parront]

View attachment 1183652 Found this from way in my phone

Cute!

 

[rjohns39]

That would work for a few chicks. I used to order 50 chicks once a year from Murray McMurray, so I used the garage!

Here's a look at my crazy brooder. two 8x8 cells with chloroplast for walls on the inside and 1/2" welded wire on outside. Sweeter heater and nipples. Each cell can hold 100, but I like to keep it down to 75. Next year i'll put in rounded corners to avoid pileups.

I just bought a bag of alfalfa pellets (from the small pet section at TSC) to try giving my girls once all my yard vegetation dies off. I want to make sure they still get a variety of greens. Do you think they will eat them as is or should I soak them to make a warm mash? Or even ferment them? Share you thoughts and wisdom please squatchers!

Depending on the size of the pellet, as is, or you can put it in a bag and crack with a hammer, or you can put it in a food mill and grind it, etc... Whatever feels best to you.

Quick question. What is the best thing to put in the nesting box I can get in a small bag, probably at WalMart?

High price, for small bag... Avoid cedar at all costs. I use pine shavings or sawdust.

 

[Redhead Rae]

Similar to what I got at Lowes to grow some things in Palm Desert. My problem was that the ants kept taking the potting soil!

Put peppermint oil around the edge of the pot. Ants hate that stuff.

 

[staceyj]

pallets marked HT is heat treated and good to use

Yes! That's the kind.

 

[staceyj]

Similar to what I got at Lowes to grow some things in Palm Desert. My problem was that the ants kept taking the potting soil!

Where did they take it?

 

[Parront]

Here's a look at my crazy brooder. two 8x8 cells with chloroplast for walls on the inside and 1/2" welded wire on outside. Sweeter heater and nipples. Each cell can hold 100, but I like to keep it down to 75. Next year i'll put in rounded corners to avoid pileups.

Is chloroplast and insulation board? How does the heater work for you? They look happy! (And hungry)!

 

[Parront]

Where did they take it?

Down their holes! You could see them in a line with my potting soil!

 

[Parront]

Put peppermint oil around the edge of the pot. Ants hate that stuff.

That sounds interesting. I have a lot of ants here, too. If I use pots this year I will try that!

 

[staceyj]

Down their holes! You could see them in a line with my potting soil!

 

[Parront]

That stuff costs more than the plants I was growing!