lol. My brother in law races cars at the montepiler race track. but ahsnt for a few months because he is fixing his car. First time I ever watched him race, he came around the track hit the wall, flipped 6 times, and landed right side up. Amazingly nothing but a few bruises. And If you have ever been to the race track you can probably agree that those cars arent built very good. To me they look like pieces of scrap metal lol.
CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCChickens is right. I don't know why I didn't think of it.
I let am working on the runs next, because me being the softie I am would feel bad if I didnt let them go outside. When I was first starting my breeding pens I was going to start from scratch. Then I was like wait a minute, why not just use the old horse stalls! Occassionally I have good ideas lol.
I didnt go to poultry fest. But did see a barn in pics people posted, but had no idea it was a horse barn. I only have 7 stalls. I used to have 12 horses talk about a feed bill lol, only 3 were mine.
I am too tired to read all the posts tonight, but when I saw this one I knew that Old Salt would be suggesting that you hire a crop duster to fly over your place to coat it with Sevin dust -- I skimmed ahead and sure enough Old Salt doesn't think just a sprinkle is enough.Now that poultry fest is out of the way. (At least for this year.) I'm getting ready to start on my next project, but found out I have a potential problem.
I was processing one of the extra roos, and he had mites pretty bad. I don't handle my birds a lot, so haven't noticed a problem before. I realize I don't know how to tell the difference between a chicken who is itching, and one who is just working on oiling up their feathers. So far I've checked 3 other roos and my broody pullet. One other roo had mites, the other two and the pullet didn't. So I think I may be early in the infestation.
So I started to do research and basically found that Everything kills mites and Nothing kills mites. Every product had it's cheerleaders and critics. So I'm turning to the group I trust. Who's had 'em and what worked for you? I'd especially like to hear from people here in Indiana, since I want to use whatever has seemed to work well locally. I've read back through this thread to find what I can, but I'm sure I missed things.
The project I'm starting is to work on breeding pens for next spring. I'm pouring over designs for coops and runs on here, and have seen some great ideas, but wanted to hear how others on here are liking their setups. These will be permanent structures. The laying flock ( and any breeders 'on a break') will use the mobile coop/pen setup. What I'd really like to hear is some 'Definitely do this... because it works so well for me'. and 'Definitely don't do this.....because I have found it is a pain in the butt' ideas. I"m aiming at the usual suspects. Strong security, good environment for the occupants, and ease of care for their owner/slave..
Had to share a pic if my silkie babies! So cute!
Yes, you aren't kidding! My 4 adults will harass the fox, he can't get them. I have seen him try out in the back corner of our property by the creek, they just fly away from it.
Quote: Ugh..I hate all of that, especially driving on it! I have a frost free hydrant by the coops so am not dealing with carrying buckets this winter. My goats have a heated bucket for the winter also.
I just love your coop! Maybe next year I can set up a garden plot
The egg song is getting old hand around here lol. Here is so often we don't even run every time anymore. Here's a couple pictures from this morning. The girls really like the tall grass in the foreground, and the bushy area in the background. Finally killed all the wild grape vines in that area. One of our sunflowers is almost 10 feet tall.
Would sure love some fresh squash.
