Developing the grass in your yard for increasing free ranging nutrition

[chickadoodles]

 

[Beekissed]

Actually he thinks your hoop coop is cute, I believe the words he used were 'very functional'.

wink - wink I explain a LOT of things to him.

I love it! Hey, at least he even listens to you....many never even listen or just discount what a woman has to say. Give him a hug for that one.

 

[enola]

He is truly a keeper!

 

[Mister B]

Enola, I saw in your tag you have mosquito fish for sale. What are mosquito fish?

 

[enola]

Enola, I saw in your tag you have mosquito fish for sale.  What are mosquito fish?

They are a live bearer fish much like a guppy in appearance. I use them in my livestock tanks to control mosquitoes. They multiply very quickly. They survive overwinter here in upper counties in SC.

I don't have them any more since my land lord drained my stock tanks. (Not knowing they had fish in them)

They also make great treats for the chickens.

Their scientific name is gambusia. THEY SHOULD NEVER BE ALLOWED TO ESCAPE TO LAKES OR STREAMS. They will eat the eggs of native fish instead of mosquitoes. Thus disrupting the entire ecosystem of the lake or stream.

 

[Mister B]

Oh. I see. I need a handful of those. I thought of getting minnows from the baitshop and putting them in the pond. I have a little 100 gallon pond and mosquitos love it. I thought the tadpoles would keep them under control, but they didn't do much. I will try to find a local supplier. Thanks!

 

[ChickenCanoe]

Is red clover as good?

It's ok but pretty tall.
Another thing is that honeybees avoid it (wrong type of flower) but they're used by native pollinators.

Oh. I see. I need a handful of those. I thought of getting minnows from the baitshop and putting them in the pond. I have a little 100 gallon pond and mosquitos love it. I thought the tadpoles would keep them under control, but they didn't do much. I will try to find a local supplier. Thanks!

I use native fathead minnows in my rain garden in case we get a deluge and some escape to a waterway. I raise them in the aquarium and have to replenish after droughts.

Tadpoles are primarily vegetarian until they grow legs, resorb their tail and develop their tongue, then they're carnivorous.

 

[Beekissed]

I've used just common goldfish before but they won't winter over in the reservoir unless it's heated and they are fed.

 

[Arielle]

I would love to have tadpole clean the algea from my tanks-- livestock inspectors here don't like to see any algae . . . any. Of course my ducks would eat the fish . . . . so I keep scrubbing and dumping . . .

 

[Beekissed]

I would love to have tadpole clean the algea from my tanks-- livestock inspectors here don't like to see any algae . . . any. Of course my ducks would eat the fish . . . . so I keep scrubbing and dumping . . .

Could you use a jug of ACV in the water to keep the algae down? Would that work, you think? Could be it might also discourage mosquitoes.