Minnesota!

[nordicacres]

Oh no, Bert! I'm so sorry I loved reading about his antics!

 

[duluthralphie]

Thanks all for the thoughts...


Rhett I love the pictures there are not enough here for me!




Chuckies I just bought some cedar for the nest boxes. I read/heard it helps keep mites and lice out of the boxes. Did not know about respiratory illness from it.

 

[Rhetts]

More photos. These are from inside the coop.
One of the production reds

The nice silver laced wyandotte

Dark Brahma, New Hampshire behind her

Light Brahma and Cuckoo Maran

Welsummer male and female This roo is the mean one.

One of our crowing Polish 'pullets' LOL

A production red checking out a nest box. I use ceramic eggs. That's what you see under her.

 

[Cluckies]

Chuckies I just bought some cedar for the nest boxes. I read/heard it helps keep mites and lice out of the boxes. Did not know about respiratory illness from it.

I guess it is up to a person to decide. This is what I've heard, so didn't use it. I heard the same thing when I had hamsters. I just did a search on the forums, some say ok, some say not. Some have lost chicks/chickens. Some have had no issue. Some use it 50/50 with pine and have no issue. Some say they give off toxins and have oils that can be toxic, others say no...

Short term contact is fine most people say. But I would think in a nest box or brooder, they are in contact with it quite a bit. I guess for me, I just do not want to risk it.

Here is a 15 page discussion from the forums.

 

[Cluckies]

@Rhetts Thanks for sharing, your birds are beautiful!


My girls were "helping out" in the garden today...

 

[nordicacres]

Fun! TFS the pictures. We have a lot of the same breeds

 

[Rhetts]

@Cluckies You are lucky to have so much help in the garden!

 

[bantiesrule]

First, rest in peace Bert, we will miss your antics.
Second, I'm sorry to hear about everyone losing/missing birds.

But, good news here, my missing hen came into the yard with 5 little fluffy butts.

 

[duluthralphie]

First, rest in peace Bert, we will miss your antics.
Second, I'm sorry to hear about everyone losing/missing birds.

But, good news here, my missing hen came into the yard with 5 little fluffy butts.

That's the way we like to hear about birds coming home!

Grats...Pictures?

 

[Cluckies]

But, good news here, my missing hen came into the yard with 5 little fluffy butts.

Yey!