Heritage Large Fowl - Phase II

[Lacy Blues]

On my Yahoo Rare Heritage Turkey list, someone else who gets eaten up by mosquitos was telling us all about using Cedarcide. The discussion was using on turkeys for bugs but morphed into other uses. Here are her comments I cut and pasted:

cedarcide.com .. I believe you can google it and find it. Red Cedar Oil for pests has been around a long time but it was not until the bed bug epidemic in NYC that it really got mainstream. People did not want to use toxic sprays and bombs in their apartments around themselves, kids, food, pets. I buy the 1 gallon about once every 18 mos. or 2 years - depending upon what and how much I use. It first appears as a little oily but it dissipates quickly. It can be used in kitchens, around food, on bedding, directly on you or your pets. A little secret... before guests arrive I dust a little with it and the room smells wonderful - not overpowering just clean. Beetles and spiders are hard to repel but this stuff seems to work on them as well. If you have dogs with ticks just put one drop on and in a couple minutes pull it off. etc. It you occasionally get those little tiny rolly-polly black beetle-like bugs in your cabinets that get in to your flour, rice, pasta etc. just get rid of them one time and periodically wipe down cabinet on inside with cedarcide and you won't be bothered by them.

A little goes a long way as far as warding off flying pests. If you are putting it on animals to keep off fly's, gnats etc. you may have to use it several times a week especially if the animal is in deep woods or water. But you may find that the many uses are worth it. I think its great and I am attacked by skeeters (mo) if I even step one foot out of my door so I put it on and I don't feel like I have put poison deet all over my skin especially after a nice shower. I don't slather it on birds - just drops with a dropper if I need too.

Thank you for this info. I'll definitely check it out.

 

[chickadoodles]

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In one of the two cases, RMB Group, LLC and its principals have agreed to settle the charges relating to their “Rest Easy” bed bug products. In the case against Cedarcide Industries, Inc. and others, challenging their marketing of “Best Yet!” bed bug and head lice treatments, the defendants have not settled, and the FTC is beginning litigation against them.
Bed bugs have been a growing public health pest in recent years, according to the Environmental Protection Agency. Consumers plagued with bed bugs experience considerable stress, discomfort, and expense in attempting to rid themselves of these pests, and many are unaware of the complex measures needed to prevent and control them, according to the EPA.

Here is the link to the webpage: http://www.ftc.gov/news-events/pres...gainst-companies-marketing-allegedly-unproven

Hey, thanks for that additional information. I was interested in it mainly to deter flies and mosquitos. Just about to read customer reviews on Amazon to see if users think it really works....

Your welcome. I was looking up where to buy it and found this instead and thought I would share.

 

[3riverschick]

I'm so pleased with how these Boese Light Sussex chicks are doing. They are growing like weeds. No visible DQ's. Am putting Goat Nutri-Drench in their water and I think it is having a positive effect. I usually use Poultry Nutri-Drench but I had bought the Goat for my collies and had it on hand. the chicks are so vigorous. The 2 weeks olds are already hopping out of their brooder. A hardwarecloth roof goes on it tomorrow. I need to get Agway or Tractor Supply to order me some Developer size Gran-I-Grit for the older ones. Put the last 3 eggs into the incubator today. They are Tux ex May. Have eggs hatching on the 4th and next week. The outcross chicks are everything I was hoping.
I should have some real nice show birds for the Spring shows. Unfortunately none will be old enough for Columbus. But I could enter some Junior ex May hens from last year. They are surprising me with their mature form.
Of the 5 hens in the egg flock. "March" is broody a lot, sometimes she lays, other times just broody. One hen is a zero, no eggs. 2 hens are regular layers. One is like "March" but doesn't go broody as often. There's a ratio here I need to think about. And need to compare it against Oscar Smart's system.
Best,
Karen

 

[3riverschick]

Hi,
Happy 4th of July!

7 more Tux and May chicks hatched out today.
No, I am not giving them patriotic names. Only
the breeders get named. The others are known
by their leg band numbers. These 7 are smaller.
Gave them a drop of Goat Nutri-Drench each.
They are doing well. Just 2 more hatches to go
and we are done here. If all the rest of the eggs
hatch, that makes a total of 10 Knight and Day
ex Sweetie (strain- crossed) chicks and 20 Tux
and May (inbred) chicks. I am happy with that.
Patriotic Regards,
Karen

 

[3riverschick]

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[ronott1]

Do you mean day 21?

If there were no pips, they will be fine.

 

[desertmarcy]

I have done that on more than one occasion

and never had it affect a hatch badly.

 

[3riverschick]

Hi,
Today is day zero. My Brinsea counts down the days. No pips when it happened.
Maybe I will dodge a bullet. I sure hope so. I only have 10 chicks by K & S and the
ones inside those eggs are 5 of them.
Best,
Karen

 

[ronott1]

Hi,
Today is day zero. My Brinsea counts down the days. No pips when it happened.
Maybe I will dodge a bullet. I sure hope so. I only have 10 chicks by K & S and the
ones inside those eggs are 5 of them.
Best,
Karen

I hope you have a great hatch!

 

[Lacy Blues]

That's a nail biter! Good luck Karen and I hope they all start popping like popcorn soon!