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I would think they would be fine. But am in no way an expert. Confession: I only really grow edible things. If it's not highly edible it has to be a plant it and forget it forever kind of thing. The only flowers I have are some random Melvia that keep reseeding themselves every year and not requiring anything from me... not even a drop of water when it's drought conditions and 90 degrees. And they do so in the clay soil with no compost. LOL!
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Welcome! I have a gilt named Bridget.
If you try to put the baby chicks with the adult chicks then yes, you very well could have a problem. Adult chicks can and will catch small animals and eat them -- mice, moles, voles, and... yes, baby chicks. It's best to wait until they're a bit bigger and fully feathered first. The disease that someone else mentioned, Blackhead Disease, can be a problem in keeping chickens and turkeys together, but isn't always. The disease doesn't affect chickens, but they can carry and spread it and it can be fatal to turkeys. The pathogen itself lives in the soil -- your soil either has it, or it doesn't -- keeping turkeys with chickens in a mixed flock on soil where the pathogen is present increases the likelihood of the turkeys becoming afflicted. You can contact your county extension office and they should be able to tell you what your chances of having it are and you can go from there. If it is not present in your soil you can keep chickens and turkeys together, no problem. Ours coexist beautifully. HTH!
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Have fun! Your spring annuals should be more than okay to plant at this point. Holding back on the later season stuff is what I've having trouble with. LOL!
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LOL! Too funny!
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Sorry about your grandma.
Please be careful giving the pig anything not specifically designed for livestock. Hogs have extremely strong jaws and are incredibly curious and persistent animals. It would not be unlikely for her to break the balls and ingest the bells within minutes. She may not go right for them if she is still young and timid, but it will not take long. Especially since she is a single. Swine are social animals and when kept alone tend to get into more mischief -- which I would extend as a warning to build a STRONG pen if you do not intend to acquire her a herd mate. Even small hogs are very strong.
I did think twice (before reading this) about giving the balls to Bella, so I gave them to my dogs. Aric is building an extremely strong pen. He's very knowledgeable on that stuff. We may get a mate at a later time if we find a good one. I almost took two home from where I got Bella, but I didn't want two from the same litter
I would think they would be fine. But am in no way an expert. Confession: I only really grow edible things. If it's not highly edible it has to be a plant it and forget it forever kind of thing. The only flowers I have are some random Melvia that keep reseeding themselves every year and not requiring anything from me... not even a drop of water when it's drought conditions and 90 degrees. And they do so in the clay soil with no compost. LOL!
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Welcome! I have a gilt named Bridget.
If you try to put the baby chicks with the adult chicks then yes, you very well could have a problem. Adult chicks can and will catch small animals and eat them -- mice, moles, voles, and... yes, baby chicks. It's best to wait until they're a bit bigger and fully feathered first. The disease that someone else mentioned, Blackhead Disease, can be a problem in keeping chickens and turkeys together, but isn't always. The disease doesn't affect chickens, but they can carry and spread it and it can be fatal to turkeys. The pathogen itself lives in the soil -- your soil either has it, or it doesn't -- keeping turkeys with chickens in a mixed flock on soil where the pathogen is present increases the likelihood of the turkeys becoming afflicted. You can contact your county extension office and they should be able to tell you what your chances of having it are and you can go from there. If it is not present in your soil you can keep chickens and turkeys together, no problem. Ours coexist beautifully. HTH!
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Have fun! Your spring annuals should be more than okay to plant at this point. Holding back on the later season stuff is what I've having trouble with. LOL!
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LOL! Too funny!
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Sorry about your grandma.
Please be careful giving the pig anything not specifically designed for livestock. Hogs have extremely strong jaws and are incredibly curious and persistent animals. It would not be unlikely for her to break the balls and ingest the bells within minutes. She may not go right for them if she is still young and timid, but it will not take long. Especially since she is a single. Swine are social animals and when kept alone tend to get into more mischief -- which I would extend as a warning to build a STRONG pen if you do not intend to acquire her a herd mate. Even small hogs are very strong.
I did think twice (before reading this) about giving the balls to Bella, so I gave them to my dogs. Aric is building an extremely strong pen. He's very knowledgeable on that stuff. We may get a mate at a later time if we find a good one. I almost took two home from where I got Bella, but I didn't want two from the same litter
