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Hi, I know this is the middle of a January thread....and I have never posted on here.

I live in Elbridge and am interested in this non labeled non gmo and organic feed.

Are any of you still getting this or know where I can get it close by?

Thanks!
 
Well I am still fighting with the Coons latest Installment - I have the light on a fan that goes back & forth ..
Im going to pull all the corn down & give all the cobs to the chickens..before the coons get everything


Found some worms in one of the young chickens poo today ..I gave them all a cayenne pepper / crushed red pepper in tomatoes treatment .
Im switching them to my fermented organic food & apple cider vinegar in their water
Will check out wormers tomorrow .
Could they get worms from the coons ? I have been giving them The corn the coons have destroyed ...

We are overrun with beans ..10 quarts ...picked a bunch more today ..
 
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Pyxis said:
Having a bearded dragon, I regularly reach into a big bin of cockroaches to pull some out for her, lol. I think if I found weevils I'd be okay, but bugs are definitely not everyone's cup of tea!
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Chicken girl 15 said:
I think my flock would be in heaven if I gave them a bowl of crawling critters. They kill everything smaller than them. Including but not limited to any chipmunk that thinks their feed looks tasty. They have eaten 2 that I know of and countless small reptiles.
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Please do some research into reptiles and rodents with chickens. They carry disease that can be passed on to your birds.
 
rancher hicks said:
Please do some research into reptiles and rodents with chickens. They carry disease that can be passed on to your birds. 
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sadly unless I confine them to a plexiglass coop the are going to eat what they please. The lizards and small garden snakes go right in through the netting. The chipmunk was cough eating the chickens feed and they did not like it so they ate him! As for tree frogs they drink from the water dish and the girls don't like that either. So I stopped trying to limit what they eat so they can free range.
 
Chicken girl 15 said:
sadly unless I confine them to a plexiglass coop the are going to eat what they please. The lizards and small garden snakes go right in through the netting. The chipmunk was cough eating the chickens feed and they did not like it so they ate him! As for tree frogs they drink from the water dish and the girls don't like that either. So I stopped trying to limit what they eat so they can free range.
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I misunderstood in that I thought you had a pet reptile.

As for the frogs, mice and what not we can't control those can we? Lord have mercy there are frogs jumping all over here.

Mice and chipmunks can be controlled with traps to at least reduce those numbers. Storing food where they can't get at it helps. I find the plastic traps to be the best baiting and unloading without touching the little buggers. Of course cats can help in that regard. I have them in my garden. Had a chipmunk here a whiles back and a weasel. A rat trap took care of them.

We can only do our best to keep disease at bay.

I wish you well,

Rancher
 

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