calling any one from missouri

[shawluvsbirds]

I just hope it knocks the fly population down. They have been getting in the house like crazy the last few days. Guess they knew the freeze was coming

 

[jthornton]

With only a couple of hens left I've not had any fly problems this year.

JT

 

[shawluvsbirds]

With only a couple of hens left I've not had any fly problems this year.

JT

I'm sure ducks make flys worse than chickens since there is a bigger dampness factor.
And my bird pens are close to my house.
That is gonna change eventually, we're gonna start on the bird barn soon.
But right now it seems the flys are more trying to get in and get warm. There aren't that many in the bird coops. Just in my house
Having the dogs there's a lot of opening the door in and out all the time and 50 flys take advantage of every door opening.

 

[jthornton]

My buddy used to say flies only know one way and that's to the other side so if outside they want in and if inside they want out... dunno how true that is.

JT

 

[ChickenCanoe]

Stayed above freezing here. I think it was 33 at my house but 28 less than 30 miles west of here.

 

[karenerwin]

My buddy used to say flies only know one way and that's to the other side so if outside they want in and if inside they want out... dunno how true that is.

JT

My buddy used to say flies only know one way and that's to the other side so if outside they want in and if inside they want out... dunno how true that is.

JT

Seems to me they only want to be where I don’t want them. They get in my car and I try to roll the windows down so they can leave but they just want to stay in the car.

 

[karenerwin]

How is everyone doing? My garden is done now thanks to the frosts we have been getting, so the last couple of days I have been cleaning them out. Some predator wiped out half of my flock a few days ago, so now I have 5 roosters and 6 hens. I need to get out there and butcher some of the roosters as that is way too many for the number of hens I have. We did catch and dispose of a raccoon, I was expecting a possum since that was what I saw near 1 dead hen. I never found any sign of the other 7 missing hens.

 

[jthornton]

I'm down to 2 hens one 7 year old and one 4 1/2 year old. When they are gone I'm out of the chicken business. The last egg I got was on 9/20 so back to store bought eggs now.

JT

 

[SueT]

Tornado warning here!

 

[SueT]

Clear here, for now anyway....We've gotten over 6" of rain in the last 3 days