Well after about an hour and a half they all died, except for the one in the control container. Hmmm I wonder if I should add less and less and see which amount will not kill them?
Awesome, can't wait to hear the final results. I love DE, it's amazing stuff and the feed store where I live can barely keep it in stock.
A little OT, but I think it's pretty cool you have foxes AND chickens. ?
I like it quite a lot too but after hearing some negating things about it I thought I would set up an experiment and share it with others.
As for my foxes, they work out with my chickens very well actually. The smell of the pairs keeps most wild predators out of the yard, except for the biggest ones of course. My chickens don't mind them either, even though the foxes are housed about 60 feet from them. My foxes are domestic foxes not wild caught so while they do have the "kill" instinct they lack the "eat it too" part of it LOL Suki (my oldest) once got out, my fault, and killed 43 5 week old chickens (I may regret posting this on this board
) but even though she was loose for a week and extremely hungry she didn't eat a single one. I, of course, replaced the chickens and the man I and I are now good friends. He calls me up every time he see a fox in his yard to be sure its not one of mine before he dispatches it (much appreciated) My young kit Lady got out on me this year and didn't touch the chickens. I actually have to teach them that raw meat is food, they prefer it cooked (spoiled brats).
Anyway, I think I may expand my DE experiment to include other insects as well to see how well this stuff really works and what it works on.
