CaroChickenMom
Songster
we are at war with mice as well. had tried several "humane" methods but the old good snap trap is by far the most successful. We have a little mice cemetery in our backyard lol
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I am wishing you the best of luck. We will win this together, as humanly as possible!we are at war with mice as well. had tried several "humane" methods but the old good snap trap is by far the most successful. We have a little mice cemetery in our backyard lol
So glad I found another Idahoan! Your flock is beautiful. I sure hope yours (and mine) start laying again SOON. 8 of my 10 ladies stopped in October and my 2 egg-stars aka Barred Rocks stopped in early November I really hate buying eggs from the store when I have chickens...
Thank you for the hint about storing some eggs for the 'dark times'. Hopefully they will actually lay enough this year for me to do that. I'm new to chickens; my flock is nearly a year old and we are learning learning learning haha! We've been through rotten Roos (don't know if I want to try that again), meanie mites, and the latest fun was internal parasites. I have a LOT of sparrows that come to the chicken feeders and I believe they are to blame, but my ladies wouldn't eat out of the treadle feeder and I'm too soft to let them starve.Idaho potatoes!
Let's hope they pick up again soon! Mine did pick up, a bit, but now I am collecting for hatching, so... Yep. Store eggs anyways.
Do your ladies have names? I'd love to hear about your flock!
I love all the names! They sound like such a sweet flock!Thank you for the hint about storing some eggs for the 'dark times'. Hopefully they will actually lay enough this year for me to do that. I'm new to chickens; my flock is nearly a year old and we are learning learning learning haha! We've been through rotten Roos (don't know if I want to try that again), meanie mites, and the latest fun was internal parasites. I have a LOT of sparrows that come to the chicken feeders and I believe they are to blame, but my ladies wouldn't eat out of the treadle feeder and I'm too soft to let them starve.
The dark brahmas are Bea and Doo (think Minions), my light Brahma is miss Etta, the Barred Rocks are Stitch and Stink, the EEs are Blue and Belle, and the Speckled Sussex are Dottie, Daisy and George (short for curious George).
Idaho potatoes!
Let's hope they pick up again soon! Mine did pick up, a bit, but now I am collecting for hatching, so... Yep. Store eggs anyways.
Do your ladies have names? I'd love to hear about your flock!
Thanks, they really are a calm little flock. I was really getting discouraged mid-December because I decided to raise chickens for EGGS. I love them but I really didn't want JUST pets. I haven't tried FF yet, so I'm off to research it - I'm desperate to get them eating out of the treadle feeder and get rid of the dang sparrows!I love all the names! They sound like such a sweet flock!
Wow, you've been through a lot in your first year! Sparrows, I have had problems with those too. But then my flock for a bad lice invasion, and I figured out that the birds were invasive House Sparrows, so I got serious about keeping them away.
Have you tried fermenting your feed? I'll bet your chickens would eat from the treadle feeder if it had FF in it!
Well, try not to name em all - and sell some started Pullets and breeding groups?I do sell my eggs and the cost of that and what eggs I keep, covers the feed cost.
I haven't down any hatching to sell... I only hatch to keep... and this would be a problem because I would want to keep all the chicks. An Addiction!!
Wow this gave me a laff! Videotape the whole dang thing - we can make your YouTube channel pay your bills with this one!Today I finished reading My Side Of The Mountain to the chicks, because it got a couple degrees above freezing (for the first time all week). It was late, so all the birds gathered round and a couple sat beside me while I finished. It was a great way to finish the year!
Tomorrow we'll be starting The Goose Girl by Shannon Hale, it's long but I hope they'll be interested because it's about poultry, and Enna (and her evil and now dead mate Finn) was named after a character out of it
Happy New Years everyone! (Fun fact, it's currently 1:00 AM here! Don't worry, I'm closing off right now. Night!)
I can’t help but name them all! It’s a weakness.Well, try not to name em all - and sell some started Pullets and breeding groups?