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[ellymayRans]

I caught a varmint!

Hopefully she's the only one but I doubt it! The trapping continues!


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So glad for you! Hopefully it has babies that are too young to be on their own and that's why the sudden problem. Keeping fingers crossed for you and just keep setting the trap..looks like you done good to catch that one. I wish I had such luck with my coon problem.

I've had 3 nights of a bantam roo start screeching at 3 and 5 in the morning. My dog and I go out but it's gone already. My dog stayed outside most of the night /early morning. .hoping he got it. I have 2 traps set and can't catch them!

 

[DuckiesGarden]

I caught a varmint!

Hopefully she's the only one but I doubt it! The trapping continues!


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That's great! Keep it up, a live trap was a great idea!

 

[DuckiesGarden]

So glad for you! Hopefully it has babies that are too young to be on their own and that's why the sudden problem. Keeping fingers crossed for you and just keep setting the trap..looks like you done good to catch that one. I wish I had such luck with my coon problem.

I've had 3 nights of a bantam roo start screeching at 3 and 5 in the morning. My dog and I go out but it's gone already. My dog stayed outside most of the night /early morning. .hoping he got it. I have 2 traps set and can't catch them!

Have you tried tuna or a can of catfood for bait? We get them in our barns every year and that's what we use for bait. We always get em with it, the trick is not catching one of the cats! Lol!

 

[DuckiesGarden]

Two more chicks hatched! The butterscotch colored one yesterday, and the silver colored chipmunk this morning! I'm glad I've been checking so often, the "mamas" had this latest one pushed completely out of the nest. It was cold and wet when I found it, but dry and toasty and chirping now with the others. I don't have an incubator or I'd have taken all the eggs
from them. I think the other eggs still have another week or so to go.

 

[SallyinIndiana]

Something got 6 out of 7 chicks that my 3 broodies were sharing. The one left, a CCL ROOSTER.
It was not a good morning this morning.

I have more eggs going into lockdown in a couple of days so I might slip some of those into the broody nest tonight as I know they want chicks.

 

[atrueb00]

We also sheared our alpacas this past Friday morning & they look so skinny!!  We always transport them in our old van.  Thank goodness we used it this time again instead of the new one.  The 3 of them decided it was time to NOT get along once they were all in the back and ended up having a spit fight with each other.  Of course this was after they had eaten hay.  If you're not familiar with alpaca spit it comes out in a wet, stinky spray.  And if they've just eaten hay it will be loaded with chewed up bits of green.  Did I mention it stinks??  By the time we got home about half an hour later, both back windows and the sides below them, both middle windows, backs of the van seats and parts of the ceiling were covered with green spittle.  Of course DH had to get ready to go back to work so Chloe & I were left to get buckets of soapy water & rags...Yeah.....

That does not sound like fun at all! Darn spitting alpaca!

 

[atrueb00]

LOL its pretty amazing how much they shrink when shaved!!
That's very cool, thanks for posting about the bees!
The events posting will probably be minimal to none, am guessing until the AI threat is over. Lets hope we hear good news very soon.

What about chicken fest? Are we still on?

 

[SallyinIndiana]

Quote:
Yes. There will be bio security measures in place. And no birds are welcome. It might even be safer than going to your local feed store.

 

[SallyinIndiana]

For anyone local:
I should be getting in a medium size order of lye by the end of next week.
If you are in need of lye, and want to share some of the order send me a message for prices.

 

[Acornewell]

I came accross some interesting information while researching for something completely different, I thought I would share:

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I do not know if this is healthy or not ~ but note that they are only using a very dilute amount of 8 ounces in 1000 gallons of water.

I posted the link for anyone who wants to read it.
http://www.purewaterworksinc.com/index_files/poultryuses.htm

Drinking Water of Farm Animals: Use 8 ounces of 35% food grade hydrogen peroxide per 1000 gallons of water or 30ppm. If you do not have an injector, start out by using 1 teaspoon of 35% in the drinking cups at the stanchion. This same ratio is used for all farm animals: cows, pigs, poultry, sheep, goats, rabbits and birds: This process will increase the oxygen level to the blood and cells. Peroxide application into the well water or city water can best be accomplished by a metering device, which keeps the application more constant and thorough, although manual application can be a second best. The rule of thumb is 3 to 10 ounces of peroxide per 1000 gallons of water in a holding tank or stock tank, striving to maintain a 30ppm reading after application. In order to get a true reading of the amount of oxygen remaining in the water after application, use peroxide test strips, designed especially for this very purpose.

Chickens: In the fall of 1983, over 1,000,000 chickens were given hydrogen peroxide in their drinking water because of the avian flu epidemic. None of these birds got the flu, but before the epidemic was over, 11,000,000 chickens had to be destroyed and were put in a landfill. A chicken farmer in eastern Ohio, with a flock of 20,000 egg layers, found that by putting hydrogen peroxide in their drinking water, the egg production went up 1,000 eggs per day.

Turkeys: A number of turkey raisers throughout the US And Canada are using hydrogen peroxide in their drinking water. A turkey raiser in Canada put 20,000 turkeys on hydrogen peroxide. In the same growing time, they averaged 1.5 pounds more per bird, using 8.5% less feed and the mortality rate went down.

Decontamination of Broiler Carcasses: Hydrogen peroxide was used experimentally at the rate of .5% to 1%. The carcasses were soaked in this solution for 10 minutes as a decontaminant for salmonella. The was done in the Netherlands and published in 1987 copy of Poultry Science, Issue 66, pages 1555-1557.​