anyone in England ?

[Newbie00]

Hey! I'm from London

 

[XxMingirlxX]

A heads up for everyone near Bolton. After 6 years of breeding I am giving up the chickens to concentrate on my feed shop.
I am selling all my breeding stock, all coops, incubator, brooders, feeders, waterers etc. Anything you can think of, I am selling!

Do you have good bedding? I live near Bolton and am looking to try something apart from wood shavings I find at pets at home.

What breeding stock do you have, I might be interested in buying?

 

[suebgbr]

I have Bedwell Equinola. It is rape straw impregnated with lemon oil to deter flies and red mites. It should be £7.50 for a waist high bale but cos some corners are a bit wet (most of it is usable and none is mouldy. I use it in all my coops) I am selling it for £5 per bale.
I have layers pellets for £10 for 20kg, chick crumb £11 for 20kg and mixed corn for £11 for 20kg. I also have all the range of Hentastic treats.
I am selling warrens, welsummers, wyandottes, pekins, light sussex and some silkie crosses, one that lays blue eggs (legbar cross silkie).
I also have used coops for £50, £75, and 2 lots of huge double coops/catteries at least 10 x6ft each coop and are £500 for the pair. (So 4 coops in total are £1000 ono or £500 for a double).
I also have a brooder that you can put 40 chicks under for £40 and a brinsea that holds 20 chicks under for £20.

 

[XxMingirlxX]

The straw sound good, do you have photos or a website? What part of Bolton are you from? How close are you to Middle Brook and the Reebok?

 

[suebgbr]

Next to the Royal Bolton Hospital. Townley's Equine Laundry and Feeds, Minerva Rd, Bolton, BL4 0HS.
The sat nav takes you to a car park in the hospital. A bit further down the road, just after the security lodge there is a dirt track on the left, where everyone stands to smoke. The farm is down the dirt track.

 

[simon30]

Hi all what products do you use to help get/deter red mites been using johnsons mite powder but still seems be a few still hanging around
Thanks Simon

 

[Yorkshire Coop]

I use nettex red mite killer spray ~

I also use smite powder (DE earth) ~

I clear coops out of bedding, even vacuuming sometimes with an old vac I have. Remove the perches too before cleaning out. Checking underneath for mite evidence. I then spray with killer. Once dry I put the smite everywhere. End of perches and underneath too. Check regular every other day and repeat until you have them under control. Also a couple of times per year I get the coop right out and power wash them out. They key is getting into all the nooks crannies of the coop where they hide.

 

[simon30]

 

[simon30]

This is what I'm using combined with the Airasol spay but The coop I was given with my first hens is infested so I'm stripping it down today n cleaning with Jeyes fluid n starting again with get some netex as the cans of spray really don't last more than a minute

 

[suebgbr]

Once a year I unscrew all the panels, creosote every surface then the next day, when they are dry I use fence paint on them.
At the same time I bath the chickens using tea tree shampoo with about a 1/4of a bottle of pure tea tree oil from the herbal shop (added to the shampoo bottle and shake up well), and any normal hair conditioner. I then dry them with the hairdryer
They stay in a dog crate inside so they don't catch cold until the coop is back together. They get ivermectin 1% drops (like a dog flea spot on stuff) and D.E and garlic added to their bedding. I also put garlic in their water