EDUCATIONAL INCUBATION & HATCHING CHAT THREAD, w/ Sally Sunshine Shipped Eggs

[Pensmaster]

Flowers... Warm...

Someone remind me that I really don't want skeeters back and I should enjoy the fourth month of brrrr.

You definitely don't want skeeters back. Get yourself some bats.

 

[5Sons Coop]

Hey hey hey!

Sally is/was a tester; might wanna shoot her a PM. Ain't too hard, I think.

aq

Is there anything involving our fine feathered friends she hasn't dipped her hands in??

 

[BantyChooks]

You definitely don't want skeeters back. Get yourself some bats.

Wonder if they'd take care of the black fly problem?

aq

Is there anything involving our fine feathered friends she hasn't dipped her hands in??

Doubt it, LOL!

 

[Pensmaster]

Wonder if they'd take care of the black fly problem?
Doubt it, LOL!

If they fly at night I would say so. Below is copied off internet

An ordinary brown bat can eat up to 100 percent of their body weight each night, which is about 1/2 ounce. They consume approximately 1,200 insects per hour. Insects including moths, gnats, crickets, beetles, locusts, mosquitoes, fruit flies and other bugs are frequently eaten by bats.

I had approximately 150 of them before the mouth fungus got to them. Now about 50 hang out Hopefully more this year.

 

[dan26552]

Wonder if they'd take care of the black fly problem?
Doubt it, LOL!

Yeah, bats will eat them, so will a lot of other bugs and animals.

 

[BantyChooks]

If they fly at night I would say so. Below is copied off internet

An ordinary brown bat can eat up to 100 percent of their body weight each night, which is about 1/2 ounce. They consume approximately 1,200 insects per hour. Insects including moths, gnats, crickets, beetles, locusts, mosquitoes, fruit flies and other bugs are frequently eaten by bats.

I had approximately 150 of them before the mouth fungus got to them. Now about 50 hang out Hopefully more this year.

They're most active in the day time, sadly.

 

[Pensmaster]

They're most active in the day time, sadly.

What's their food? Meat?

 

[BantyChooks]

What's their food? Meat?

Black flies? They're blood sucking pests that make you beg for mosquitoes. Their bites swell, ooze, and hurt to touch. And they're EVERYWHERE. <<Shudder>>

 

[Pensmaster]

Black flies? They're blood sucking pests that make you beg for mosquitoes. Their bites swell, ooze, and hurt to touch. And they're EVERYWHERE. <<Shudder>>

Just looked them up.

Mosquito traps are supposed to work. I don't suppose a regular fly trap would.

 

[BantyChooks]

Just looked them up.

Mosquito traps are supposed to work. I don't suppose a regular fly trap would.

Mowing in blackfly season is an absolute misery.

Now I feel a lot better about the rest of winter. Potholes and ruts are all filled in with snow too, so driving is pretty great too...

Yeah... Not envious anymore. Thanks!