Minnesota!

[The BlanchRanch]

OK. My chickens are eating dog poop!! Guess i gotta watch the dog now?

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I wish this was working!! My dog doesn't eat chicken poop. Picky eater, you know the kind. If it isn't meat or a dog treat, forget it.

Now this brings me to my next dilemma.

FLIES! We have sooooo many flies in the backyard. I have been mowing once a week with a bagger and cleaning the coop once a week and spraying with oils. Not to mention the fly catch and toss things. What do you all do to get rid of these annoying things?? They are driving DW and I crazy! Even more so DW driving me crazy about the flies...
Please help.

 

[The BlanchRanch]

Sorry about the double post.
I have found you can ask a person what Lake they are going to this weekend instead of just asking what they are doing and better than 9 out of 10 times they will tell you a lake!

So I ask you. What lake are you going to?
I am going to Rush.

 

[The BlanchRanch]

Caption?

Got treats?

 

[I Love Layers]

My chickens, ducks, and chicks will actually eat my flies, it helps if you open all of the doors, windows, etc in your chicken coop.

 

[sevenbabychicks]

Welcome back to Minnesota! I think a lot people on this thread have gotten their eggs or chicks from @Minniechickmama ! She's down by Zumbrota I think? I got eggs from her this spring, great birds and even better customer service! I'm not sure if she has any of the breeds you're looking for, and her birds all get kicked out to pasture in the summer so you'd probably only be able to get mixes from her right now. I got EEs, Buckeyes and Welsummers from her. I'm sure she'll see this post and chime in on what's what though

She sure did! Her birds look amazing. Thanks for the welcome back and the recommendation!

 

[gofeedthegirls]

How does alfalfa grass do for bedding? I will have more than enough for the livestock...

 

[The BlanchRanch]

Ouch!!!!
Well i just found out that the flies are really bad and not just around here.

 

[duluthralphie]

I am back,
I survived Togo and Makinin both.

I did get stuck at the Togo Bar for an hour or so, but I found my way out..


I am suddenly Guinea fowl rich. MY BA hen has 10 babies and is she ever a protective mother. I looked in on her when I got home and she puffed up clucked like crazy and kicked the wood chips and chick feed all over the pen, until I left. I also have 4 in the incubator, I am down to 2 incubators now and will be done to 1 shortly, by mid month none!

I even have a turkey egg to eat. One of the hens laid one in a chicken nest today. I love turkey egg scramble!

During Chicken/Beer feeding time, I had a little Creamette come over, she is the cutest chick, she has a crest that looks like Lyle Lovatts hair.


And just for you Holm, I have a new Mom Story.

The guineas hatched while I was stationed in Togo for 2 nights. My DW and my Mother checked on them and found the babies. I use a plastic milk jug case on it's side with board on the bottom to hold the eggs and nest together. The one the hen was in happened to have "lattice" work on the sides.

When they were there one of the babies got scared and put its head in the lattice work. They talked about it and hoped it would not "hang" itself, as in Minnie's conversation. Later that evening my wife went back to check on them again, my Mother saw her and went to check too.

This is the conversation as I get it. I should mention there was a piece of duct tape over one square/diamond of lattice.


DW: Why is that tape in the nest?

Mom: to keep the babies from choking themselves..

DW: why is it only on the one square?

Mom: Because that is the square I saw the chick stuck in...

 

[Cluckies]

Quote: Hahaha!

 

[Minniechickmama]

I am back,
I survived Togo and Makinin both.

I did get stuck at the Togo Bar for an hour or so, but I found my way out..


I am suddenly Guinea fowl rich. MY BA hen has 10 babies and is she ever a protective mother. I looked in on her when I got home and she puffed up clucked like crazy and kicked the wood chips and chick feed all over the pen, until I left. I also have 4 in the incubator, I am down to 2 incubators now and will be done to 1 shortly, by mid month none!

I even have a turkey egg to eat. One of the hens laid one in a chicken nest today. I love turkey egg scramble!

During Chicken/Beer feeding time, I had a little Creamette come over, she is the cutest chick, she has a crest that looks like Lyle Lovatts hair.


And just for you Holm, I have a new Mom Story.

The guineas hatched while I was stationed in Togo for 2 nights. My DW and my Mother checked on them and found the babies. I use a plastic milk jug case on it's side with board on the bottom to hold the eggs and nest together. The one the hen was in happened to have "lattice" work on the sides.

When they were there one of the babies got scared and put its head in the lattice work. They talked about it and hoped it would not "hang" itself, as in Minnie's conversation. Later that evening my wife went back to check on them again, my Mother saw her and went to check too.

This is the conversation as I get it. I should mention there was a piece of duct tape over one square/diamond of lattice.


DW: Why is that tape in the nest?

Mom: to keep the babies from choking themselves..

DW: why is it only on the one square?

Mom: Because that is the square I saw the chick stuck in...

No day is complete without a good belly laugh. Oh My God!! That is hilarious, and it sounds like something my 16 year old would have done/said about 5 years ago!