Office Work, Part Deux: Professional Mayhen

[Orchid]

Kitten cuteness in 3...2....1...

 

[Orchid]

 

[jbowyer01]

Orchy...Awwwwwwwwww....We asked the seller of our new house if she'd be willing to let us keep her barn kitty, she said yes. Her name is Hillary and just a sweety. And I'm not a cat person.

 

[ChickenAlgebra]

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Oh I wish I knew. I buried him. I would try to get you a couple but right know they have some funky little white mite also. It makes me feel dirty. I swear I keep their coop clean.

I believe you. Better luck next time Emmy!
Okay, that didn't come out right.

AhHEM. Clears throat. May all your roosters live long and prosper. But if anyone needs to process one, Emmy is looking for pretty rooster feathers for her hair pretty project.

Sorry, we process extra roos too young, they don't have the pretty feathers yet. The molted ones are UGLY right now, excessively worn.

I've given up with the stupid mites. Ivomec on everyone's neck every 8 weeks. DE in the coop and dust bathing areas. Just started that when somehow sand fleas got to us and could not get rid of the dang things for love or money.

To "start" - get some flea/tick collars, toss them in the shop vac and vac every loving corner of the coops. Dump mess into doubled plastic bags, then flip to do the water slurping up part, I mixed up a few gallons of water with some healthy glugs of Ivomec pour on, and slurp it up, dump out, repeat. Then I dust the inside of the vac with DE once dry.

Scrub coop with cleaner of choice. Let dry. Dust with DE. Reload the shavings, mix in DE. Get a new bale of shavings, I swear that's where our mite problems have started from always. So I see mites, I toss the shavings we have and get new. Also, I swear, I get mites from the mom/pop stores more than TSC. I think TSC moves things too quick or has a better vendor.

Wait till the chickens go to bed, get everyone with Ivomec.

I do NOT go for deep litter method, as tempting as it may be at times. Tried it twice, get mites within 3 months.

 

[ChickenAlgebra]

Safe drive McFly, have a good time!

Orchy, awwwwwwwwwwww, that is an adorable kitten!

 

[Orchid]

She is adorable and almost impossible to photograph because she is ALWAYS moving! She finally wore out and laid on DH for a while last night...you know, the guy who didn't want any more cats.

 

[jbowyer01]

Get a new bale of shavings, I swear that's where our mite problems have started from always. So I see mites, I toss the shavings we have and get new. Also, I swear, I get mites from the mom/pop stores more than TSC. I think TSC moves things too quick or has a better vendor.


I BET THATS IT!!!!! I bought shavings froma small feed and seed instead of tractor supply! Thanks Algae.

 

[Buff Hooligans]

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Nice kitten. Ship her to me and I'll give you the brownie I stole from Algae (it doesn't have mites).

 

[ChickenAlgebra]

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I know, it's "mean" to the mom/pop stores. I've been in some that were clean, well stocked, nice employees, knew what they were talking about. I've been in some that were nasty dumps where I wanted to shower right after leaving there. But even in the good stores, I'm not sure if it's vendor or turn-over, but sigh, use them, get mites. I want to support them, but I hate mites more than I hate box stores.

I think you can freeze the bedding, but yeah, I don't have enough room to do that!

Are these your Sussex roos who are just crashing? We tried Speckled Sussex and they were the weediest, sickliest, stupidest birds out there. So not worth my time, no matter how cute they are.

 

[jbowyer01]

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I know, it's "mean" to the mom/pop stores. I've been in some that were clean, well stocked, nice employees, knew what they were talking about. I've been in some that were nasty dumps where I wanted to shower right after leaving there. But even in the good stores, I'm not sure if it's vendor or turn-over, but sigh, use them, get mites. I want to support them, but I hate mites more than I hate box stores.

I think you can freeze the bedding, but yeah, I don't have enough room to do that!

Are these your Sussex roos who are just crashing? We tried Speckled Sussex and they were the weediest, sickliest, stupidest birds out there. So not worth my time, no matter how cute they are.

Yep their my sussex, I think Laree said pretty much the same thing. If I didnt like the hens so much I'd start all over and go back to something a little less expensive and hard to work with.