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[21hens-incharge]

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OH I totally understand they are different things entirely. Yes the fire ants are vile and deadly. I would avoid them all together as I do not wish to find out if I am allergic. I have however known a person who lost 2 small dogs to red ants. I blame the owners for not noticing the colony in the small kennel area.

 

[HennieMama7]

Black Hawk, CO here! Cat wait to talk to you all!

 

[Latestarter]

Greetings @HennieMama7 ! Welcome to BYC and the Colorado thread! Got a good group of chickeneers here so you'll be welcomed I'm sure. I'll bet you and your birds are enjoying the cooler air up there in the mnts. Of course you also have to deal with the colder snowier air in the winter. If you have some pics of your birds you can share, that would be great! Make yourself at home!

 

[COChix]

iPad & iPhone issues on BYC site.

The site will fix issues, if they are aware of those issues. For about two weeks now I have not been able to upload images using my iPad or my iPhone. I started a thread to let the site know that there was a problem. Since I'm the only one that has posted about the issues that are happening, the tech people don't think there is a problem and are doing nothing.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/1108257/ipad-issues-with-site/10#post_17307224

Here is the link to my thread. If you are having technical issues using your IPad or iPhone on the BYC site...post what issues you are having...as explained in one of the posts of the thread, this will only be fixed if others are reporting technical problems.

Thanks for the link, I posted in that thread, basically having the same issues as you with endless spooling.

 

[lomine]

Black Hawk, CO here! Cat wait to talk to you all!

 

[Rock Home Isle]

Thanks for the link, I posted in that thread, basically having the same issues as you with endless spooling.

Thank you for posting....if you read the thread, the tech people and the admin people basically said until others are having the same issues it's an ignore.

I have not been able to post images and updates to my coop project for several weeks now...bummer.

 

[Auntie Moose]

Black Hawk, CO here! Cat wait to talk to you all!

Down the road a piece in Arvada here! Hello and welcome! jump right in.

 

[Robilyn81]

Black Hawk, CO here! Cat wait to talk to you all!

Welcome! What type of chickies do you have?

 

[Mtn Margie]

Black Hawk, CO here! Cat wait to talk to you all!

Welcome! We are over here by Peaceful Valley......

 

[StelleKitten]

There are red ants and they pinch like the dickens but not the down south kind of fire ants my husband has told me about. He is from Mississippi and lived in Texas for a long while so maybe the region has something to do with the pure evil ones he talked about.

You cannot miss a red ant hill as everything around it for a few feet in every direction is barren.

Sounds FUN!!!!!

No fire ants, yet anyway..... or killer bees or crazy ants. Just wind and sometimes, lots of it

Those comments cinch the deal for us. We were having to change our brakes and the nasty critters were everywhere. Couldn't find the nest but they were out roaming. My legs look like a teenagers nightmare!

Red ants and Fire ants are two different things. Fire ants can swarm and kill small animals and many people have horrible allergic reactions to the bites/stings as well (here I raise my hand).

I noticed my quail don't lay as many eggs on days above 90 but most of the time I get one from each. Ducks are laying pretty steadily too. Chickens are too young. I wonder if it is because all my layers are in their first laying season.

This morning I round the corner of my kitchen toward the garage door and hear a click-click noise. Sounds like dog nails on hard floor, but quieter. But the dogs aren't near me. I'm putting on my shoes to go to work. I hear a rustling and another click-click. Oh no, do I have mice in the house? Great! I start putting things in the car and call the dogs (they go to work with me). One comes and I load him in the car. I call the other again and I wait at the garage door. Then I hear click-click, followed by peep-peep. What the? I put the second dog in the car and go back. I look into the open door of my pantry closet. Behind a box is a quail chick. Just standing there like it was a completely normal thing for it to be there. I quickly scooped it up and returned it to the brooder. The brooder is covered with screen from a screen door on one side and cloth on the other. Fastened by cloths pins. I figure it somehow jumped up at exactly the right place were the screen is loose. Funny little bird took itself on an adventure.

They are little escape artists. But oh so cute!

OH I totally understand they are different things entirely. Yes the fire ants are vile and deadly. I would avoid them all together as I do not wish to find out if I am allergic. I have however known a person who lost 2 small dogs to red ants. I blame the owners for not noticing the colony in the small kennel area.

I just lost four chicks (about a month to two months old) to fire ants. I followed the trail into my neighbors yard and under their house. The bed is gone but those nasty critters wander far and wide to find food. And apparently chicks napping in the dust bath was easy pickings for them.