Arizona Chickens

[springvalley123]

I know what you mean. I was thinking about selling off this group of Dorking's that I have over here, but now I'm thinking twice about it as they eat those black ant's and bee's that manage to get into the run. My Naked Neck's and Aloha's won't touch them.

when I had ducks, they would eat the wasps...

 

[turkey girl 0964]

when I had ducks, they would eat the wasps...

We have a pool and in the summer it is awful the wasps are everywhere.

 

[BlueBaby]

when I had ducks, they would eat the wasps...

@Parront is in the process of hatching some duckling's, so maybe you can get some more duck's from her.

 

[BlueBaby]

We have a pool and in the summer it is awful the wasps are everywhere.

Over here it's the honey bee's because of all of the farming going on nearby and the fruit trees in people's yard's when they come into bloom.

 

[Parront]

I know what you mean. I was thinking about selling off this group of Dorking's that I have over here, but now I'm thinking twice about it as they eat those black ant's and bee's that manage to get into the run. My Naked Neck's and Aloha's won't touch them.

I will have to see if my 1/4 Dorking here will eat ants. We sure do have them in the summer! It is snowing again, no ants right now.

 

[Parront]

Ducks love every kind of bug -- even slugs.

 

[CaroleW]

Over here it's the honey bee's because of all of the farming going on nearby and the fruit trees in people's yard's when they come into bloom.

I had bees already trying to go for my seedlings just on the porch for the day yesterday - tomatoes, peppers, eggplant and some odd herbs that aren't even flowering. Maybe they took a side trip from the apple and almond tree cuttings sitting in a bucket of water on the porch, there might have still been some almond flowers on those.

 

[CaroleW]

I will have to see if my 1/4 Dorking here will eat ants. We sure do have them in the summer! It is snowing again, no ants right now.

If I have anything that will eat ants- they are a keeper here - so many anthills in the field that I have yet to plant with anything. Not that anything grew last year. Raining here now so I have been sprinkling clover and pasture seed everywhere so maybe something besides foxtails, goatheads & thistles will grow this year.

 

[AngBantamLuv]

My yard is in full bloom, so i have had lots of bees and butterflies. I have seen wasps, but not as many as usual. Maybe they are waiting for the heat to start up!

Are you guys getting your rain? It has only been light drizzle here in the west valley.

 

[AngBantamLuv]

Have the chickens separated during the day.. D'uccles are laying away with no egg eating, so it definitely is Elsa. I need to get some "people" calcium citrate for her, i think she is skipping the "chicken" calcium.