Hi, and welcome to the new flockers!
Last year, I had not a single hen go broody, not even my bantam, that will usually go broody if you look at her funny. This year, I swear, they all drank "broody kool-aid"! Craziness!
We rent an old house and tend to get a few roaches in the winter. I read that they love rotting wood, it's their favorite food, and since the landlord refuses to keep this place from falling apart around us, the basement is one huge, moldy, rotten wood buffet for roaches!
I keep them out of the rest of the house for the most part by keeping a line of Diatomaceous Earth all around the walls, and a sprinkle of it under all furniture, but this year, I may try the Boric acid (maybe mix it with the DE), unless we move to a new house...which we're looking for one. I've spent the last two days cleaning, organizing, and tossing every thing in the house, since we finally got the landlord to agree to come out to the house to look at all the mold that's growing everywhere, and I'm one of those people that clean like crazy whenever anyone comes over, even if they'll only be here for 30 mins. We've been trying to get them out here to treat the mold for two years now, and finally told them that, along with the letter we sent to them, stating everything they've neglected to fix/repair in the house the last two years, we sent a copy to the owner. That got them to call us and let us know they plan on setting up a time to come out and see what's going on!
Hollowoak, sorry about the quail! Are they hard to brood? I've been thinking about trying my hand at raising a few, just for fun (won't happen till we move though), but know absolutely nothing about them.
I hope everyone has a great evening! I'm exhausted! Good night!
Last year, I had not a single hen go broody, not even my bantam, that will usually go broody if you look at her funny. This year, I swear, they all drank "broody kool-aid"! Craziness!
We rent an old house and tend to get a few roaches in the winter. I read that they love rotting wood, it's their favorite food, and since the landlord refuses to keep this place from falling apart around us, the basement is one huge, moldy, rotten wood buffet for roaches!
I keep them out of the rest of the house for the most part by keeping a line of Diatomaceous Earth all around the walls, and a sprinkle of it under all furniture, but this year, I may try the Boric acid (maybe mix it with the DE), unless we move to a new house...which we're looking for one. I've spent the last two days cleaning, organizing, and tossing every thing in the house, since we finally got the landlord to agree to come out to the house to look at all the mold that's growing everywhere, and I'm one of those people that clean like crazy whenever anyone comes over, even if they'll only be here for 30 mins. We've been trying to get them out here to treat the mold for two years now, and finally told them that, along with the letter we sent to them, stating everything they've neglected to fix/repair in the house the last two years, we sent a copy to the owner. That got them to call us and let us know they plan on setting up a time to come out and see what's going on!Hollowoak, sorry about the quail! Are they hard to brood? I've been thinking about trying my hand at raising a few, just for fun (won't happen till we move though), but know absolutely nothing about them.
I hope everyone has a great evening! I'm exhausted! Good night!
