California - Northern

[AmyPaperlady]

Frieda's starting to enter "broody-tease" mode again

Of course, last time she had the same level of broody-like behavior that she's exhibiting now, it took a month or two for her to be truly broody, so I somehow doubt I'll be able to join the Easter Hatchalong...

 

[Flowers of Abba]

I'd love to do a side-by-side experiment with DE, poultry dust, Sevin and ivermectin given orally, by injection and topically. I'll have to see if I can find six with lice and try it.

-Kathy

Now that's a yucky experiment to gather for .

 

[casportpony]

Quote: That is a good article, thanks! Will have to go through each of the links in it.

-Kathy

 

[casportpony]

I had a bad infestation of lice several years ago. Even dusting with Poultry Dust every 10 days, I could not get rid of them. I finally used Ivomec for a wormer and for lice, and it got rid of them. I started using DE as a preventative at that point. I dust the floor and the nest boxes with it, then put the shavings on top. I have not had any issues with lice since.

Curiously, how much of what type did you give?

-Kathy

 

[casportpony]

Quote: I should have done it when I wormed my peafowl, that would have been perfect! Every single last one of them had these itty bitty lice around their eyes and in their ears. All were dusted several weeks ago and all appear to still be free of them.

-Kathy

 

[donaquijote]

I'm in San Francisco and have two dearly loved Pekin ducks and need someone who might care for them from time to time. Anyone know of anyone who is super good and takes good care of dearly beloved quackery?

Diana Robinson

 

[chrissyr]

Yep, heavy winds all day. I was planning on checking on my hive today, but it's too windy to open it up.

I would love to have bees! My great grandfather had hives and my second cousin let me come out a couple of times to see how things work.
But alas, that DH says no. He says he's "deathly allergic", but I told him we should test him before he scraps the whole idea. But he let's me have lots of chickens, ducks and quail so I can't complain. I just remember my great grandparents having honeycomb sitting on a jar on the counter and their amazing garden! there was 1/2 acre of just a zinnia garden alone! those things were huge! Here are pics I took all suited up:
Here was my cousin showing me his work. Here is the shot of the queen with the blue dot

Good article

http://www.lonestarfarmstead.com/animal-care/permethrin-vs-de/

great article! I think we'd all like to go as natural as possible. But often find many methods don't work well enough. I would really like to find organic fertilizer and bug spray for this years garden. Tried it before with little luck. But maybe there's better info out there

 

[dldolan]

Cool bee photos! My hubby had to add a super on Friday, one of our hives was so busy! Caught to wild hived last spring, so this will be the first time (in Jue) that we'll take some honey. I'm so excited!

Yes, two years ago the late heavy rain/wind in June destroyed our olive crop here in Sonoma County. 90%+ crop loss! Wind pollinators...what do you do!?! Hopefully the orchard fruits will be fine! Frost danger is the issue right now!

 

[TheKeeper]

I would love to have bees! My great grandfather had hives and my second cousin let me come out a couple of times to see how things work.
But alas, that DH says no. He says he's "deathly allergic", but I told him we should test him before he scraps the whole idea. But he let's me have lots of chickens, ducks and quail so I can't complain. I just remember my great grandparents having honeycomb sitting on a jar on the counter and their amazing garden! there was 1/2 acre of just a zinnia garden alone! those things were huge!
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Me too! I would SO love to have a hive or 2. My husband kept bees in jr high before he found out just how allergic he was. He seems to have grown out of it but i have no idea how to find the time to properly devote to anorher hobby.

 

[Sylvester017]

I would love to have bees! My great grandfather had hives and my second cousin let me come out a couple of times to see how things work.
But alas, that DH says no. He says he's "deathly allergic", but I told him we should test him before he scraps the whole idea. But he let's me have lots of chickens, ducks and quail so I can't complain. I just remember my great grandparents having honeycomb sitting on a jar on the counter and their amazing garden! there was 1/2 acre of just a zinnia garden alone! those things were huge! Here are pics I took all suited up:
Here was my cousin showing me his work. Here is the shot of the queen with the blue dot




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