Eastern Tennessee Thread

[TNBarnQueen]

I'm smushed between a crazy dog lady and ignorant arrogant motorheads. The best thing is to move but in this market I'll take a huge loss or sit on it forever.

We had the same problem about 17 years ago..but a lot of it was animal noise. They continuously kept at lest 8 dogs...and they ALL barked. The problem worsened about 11 years ago. Now the have a German Shepard that rushes you at the fence when you get out or is at the fence where my chickens are.
We where faced with the same solutions as you....sale and move or come up with a plan. Animal control helped with some and a privacy fence helped a lot. We have been slowly putting up privacy fence. It is costly and we do a little bit as we can afford it. The next area is where my chickens are. It won't help the noise but you feel better...just make a little world of your own. It is sad where the police really don't/can't do anything about the harassement which I feel this is. I hope things work out for you cause I know how irritating it can be and not being able to get anything done leaves you feeling helpless.

 

[TNBarnQueen]

OK....let me see if I understand this. If I order the vaccine and destroy what is left ....I will need to order another round of vaccine for the follow up. I wonder why it only last 2 hours? Boy...when they put it to you they do a good job of it. I don't understand why companies make so many products that are for huge commercial businesses and forget those of us who are much smaller.

 

[littlechicklet]

OK....let me see if I understand this. If I order the vaccine and destroy what is left ....I will need to order another round of vaccine for the follow up. I wonder why it only last 2 hours? Boy...when they put it to you they do a good job of it. I don't understand why companies make so many products that are for huge commercial businesses and forget those of us who are much smaller.

My understanding is you mix it all, use within 2 hours and destroy the remainder. If you order I would suggest you order 2 so you only have to pay 1 shipping charge (since you have to do a follow up dose). I guess their market is the larger businesses.

 

[tnchickenut]

We had the same problem about 17 years ago..but a lot of it was animal noise. They continuously kept at lest 8 dogs...and they ALL barked. The problem worsened about 11 years ago. Now the have a German Shepard that rushes you at the fence when you get out or is at the fence where my chickens are.
We where faced with the same solutions as you....sale and move or come up with a plan. Animal control helped with some and a privacy fence helped a lot. We have been slowly putting up privacy fence. It is costly and we do a little bit as we can afford it. The next area is where my chickens are. It won't help the noise but you feel better...just make a little world of your own. It is sad where the police really don't/can't do anything about the harassement which I feel this is. I hope things work out for you cause I know how irritating it can be and not being able to get anything done leaves you feeling helpless.

The dogs barking bothers me very little... it is them getting into heat and off the chain and attacking chickens that is the problem there... the noise is coming from the otherside. We talked about a privacy fence. I hate them, personally... I bought that place with the view in mind. I think it will come to me moving. I am not in love with the house anyways. Now, if this was my dream home or wasn't a starter home to begin with... it would be even more a issue. I think if I was to win the lottery I would abandon it and let it rot. Or worse... rent to unsavory people on purpose LMAO!!! just kidding.

It does suck. Now there is a whole other layer to it with my accident and all. Again, it is a shame that they don't have just some human decency and not run back and forth on the 300ft property line for hours on end when they know what I have just been through. Just rude, really.

 

[bairo]

Quote: I have never owned an orp..... but I'm right there with daph. except Im going with 75% chance on girl for the little blue one.

 

[grawg]

Wow, I don't read during the weekend and miss 100 posts...

@laughindog Welcome back! Thought we lost you to some yankees awhile ago.

@ilt discussion concering ducks - From what I've read ILT doesn't really hurt waterfowl, I read where ducks could carry it for two weeks while neutralizing antibodies are produced. Seems its chickens and pheasants that are susceptible to it. Now from reading about that, I came across some sort of "duck plague" that is a herpesvirus. Ignorance is bliss, no?


As for the DUCK side, sooner or later the balance will come to the poultry world, and ducks will assume their rightful place. Join me, and together we can rule the poultry world!

 

[dncarr09]

Ok, so this is going to sound like a silly post. I am going to be dusting my chickens for mites. I have found a few, and want to take care of it before it becomes a problem. I have about 30 adults that I am going to be dusting. My question is how do you dust a chicken? Do you lift the feathers and powder them, or do you just srpinkle it over them? I am either going to use seven dust 5%, or food grade diatomaceous. I just cleaned the coop, and scrubbed out the plastic nest boxes, and refilled with shavings, and treated the roosts with a liquid seven dust. Do I need to lift up the wings and dust under there, or dust around the vent area? I know that sounds silly, but I have never had to dust mine before. Also, I am going to make a large boxed in area for a dust bath. What have you all found is best to fill the dust bath with? I have also heard you can put seven dust, or Diatomaceous earth in the dust bath box also. Any advice....

 

[stanglover2001]

Ok, so this is going to sound like a silly post. I am going to be dusting my chickens for mites. I have found a few, and want to take care of it before it becomes a problem. I have about 30 adults that I am going to be dusting. My question is how do you dust a chicken? Do you lift the feathers and powder them, or do you just sprinkle it over them? I am either going to use seven dust 5%, or food grade diatomaceous. I just cleaned the coop, and scrubbed out the plastic nest boxes, and refilled with shavings, and treated the roosts with a liquid seven dust. Do I need to lift up the wings and dust under there, or dust around the vent area? I know that sounds silly, but I have never had to dust mine before. Also, I am going to make a large boxed in area for a dust bath. What have you all found is best to fill the dust bath with? I have also heard you can put seven dust, or Diatomaceous earth in the dust bath box also. Any advice....

I hold them upside down, don't breathe it in, it's very fine irritant to our lungs... I hold them upside down, starting at the vent area, to the body, the wings, and then the head... I use FGDE myself... I found it for like $1 a pound at LC feeds... too bad they're not making it very well... I haven't been there in a while, poor Mike tried to run it and every distributor, including Purina, screwed him with their prices and it put him out of the market compared to TSC.

 

[stanglover2001]

You can also take a covered cat litter box (or something with the similar set up) and put the seven dust/DE in it...

 

[tnchickenut]

Wow, I don't read during the weekend and miss 100 posts...

@laughindog Welcome back! Thought we lost you to some yankees awhile ago.

@ilt discussion concering ducks - From what I've read ILT doesn't really hurt waterfowl, I read where ducks could carry it for two weeks while neutralizing antibodies are produced. Seems its chickens and pheasants that are susceptible to it. Now from reading about that, I came across some sort of "duck plague" that is a herpesvirus. Ignorance is bliss, no?


As for the DUCK side, sooner or later the balance will come to the poultry world, and ducks will assume their rightful place. Join me, and together we can rule the poultry world!

LOL!!! They are hardier!

My two Pekins have found their way out of their part of the yard and are in the front yard now weeding for me. That is the biggest reason I keep a few larger ducks. I noticed that they will keep a flowerbed clean.