I am slowly using up the layer, then will feed the grower and add the high protein supplement I have - that and the Japanese beetles should be good protein!
(Or 1/8 BO, 1/4 Colombian wyandotte instead of the 5/8 BO)
I hate bugs. LOL
Oooo another Pretty Boy FloydSomeone likes to dig. He keeps this up and the chooks will have a new bathtub.View attachment 3607144
Meanwhile the Invasion (about 4 days younger than Sherlock)View attachment 3607145Tuff is getting black breast feathers. That makes Horus his papa. Mama likely Pippa (stronger Colombian markings). Let me see if I can break down his mix then. 1/4 brown leghorn, 1/4 gold penciled hamburg, 5/8 buff orpington, 1/8 EE......I think....
I glory in grabbing those Japanese Beetles and throwing them into the pail to feed the chickens - mwa ha ha ha hahahahahI hate bugs. LOL
Really, it's amazing I manage in the country. Im not afraid of them, i just hate them. (Except centipedes-I'm terrified of those!) My dog LOVES to eat bugs. Flies, spiders, moths, crickets...anything she can catch. I walk thru the yard and bugs, bugs, bugs. I have considered catching them, but not sure how to do that without touching them.
Widemouth pint canning jar and oval shaped kleenex box punch out (or the side of the box or cereal box cut to square 2-3 inches wider than the jar). Make 2 of those and take a large empty pickle jar, wide mouth quart canning jar or something similar sized (or bigger) with a screw on lid. When you catch a grasshopper, set the jar down on the cardboard next to the large jar. Unscrew the lid and slide the 2nd piece of cardboard over the mouth as you slide the lid off. Hold it on while picking up the caught jar with he cardboard lid. Match cardboard and slide it out from between the jars. Once the bug is in the bigger jar, slide the cardboard back and set the catch jar down. Replace the screw on lid (sliding the cardboard out) and go catch another. Don't leave the holding jar in the sun. Will get bugless pics if needed.I hate bugs. LOL
Really, it's amazing I manage in the country. Im not afraid of them, i just hate them. (Except centipedes-I'm terrified of those!) My dog LOVES to eat bugs. Flies, spiders, moths, crickets...anything she can catch. I walk thru the yard and bugs, bugs, bugs. I have considered catching them, but not sure how to do that without touching them.
We have lots of locusts here this summer. The chooks and pups love them. When a locust falls from the tree the scrum is on and may the quickest predator win!I hate bugs. LOL
Really, it's amazing I manage in the country. Im not afraid of them, i just hate them. (Except centipedes-I'm terrified of those!) My dog LOVES to eat bugs. Flies, spiders, moths, crickets...anything she can catch. I walk thru the yard and bugs, bugs, bugs. I have considered catching them, but not sure how to do that without touching them.
