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[donnie]

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thanks mike .. nice hearing from you ... hopefully i can get ahold of him because i can make that trip if i need too since its too hot to ship

 

[Kassaundra]

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Thanks Carla. I am going to get the needed ingredients and set some grasshopper bait. Figure I will start in the orchard, that I planted this yr. The birds don't go on the far side of my property so it is a good place to test it out. I was just searching last night for some ways to eliminate the hoppers! I figure if I don't get them knocked down to something manageable I will never have a successful garden out here.

It isn't going to help me this year, but this winter I plan on surrounding my garden w/ a chicken moat, hopefully that will take care of runner grass and insects.

 

[jcatblum]

old*cowboy :

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Thanks Carla. I am going to get the needed ingredients and set some grasshopper bait. Figure I will start in the orchard, that I planted this yr. The birds don't go on the far side of my property so it is a good place to test it out. I was just searching last night for some ways to eliminate the hoppers! I figure if I don't get them knocked down to something manageable I will never have a successful garden out here.

Do you think Guineas are sorta like cats. If you want the cat to hunt mice more hold back a little feed. Recon if you cut the guineas back they would work harder on the hoppers.

I do think the heat cuts down on the hopper hunting. The guineas disappear at least 80% of the day in the woods for more shade. I know others that don't feed their guineas except winter, but I do leave feed available free choice. If I take it away they don't miss it. On the other hand if I take my chickens food away they are all trying to tackle me by the time I return with a full feeder. The chickens only get out & hunt early in the day or after 7 in the evening. Their doors are open all day but they think it is too hot to be out playing.

I tried to give all the birds a peep talk tonight. Told them if they would all get out & eat 10 grasshoppers a day then it would take care of those hoppers. Figure at least 75 birds that would be 750 hoppers gone a day. Wonder if my peep talk will help out?

 

[banjoejoe4783]

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yep shure do good oll buddy just come on out when ya can and i will fix ya right up

 

[NanaKat]

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I know that this is free enterprise at its best, but it sure is aggravating to be on the buying end of this.

It reminds me of the summer/Fall/Winter of 2005 when we tried a bale of corn stalks for the cows, because hay was next to impossible to find - at any price. We sold the cows in early spring because we couldn't find enough hay and then it rained so much the Spring and Summer of 2006 that we had to brush hog the pasture.

Agreed...it is hurting a lot of people who may need a few bales for horses or goats.
Hope we get that kind of rain to help refill the ponds for winter. We have four that are way too low. There are 8 ponds on our home place and the dozer man will be digging another to use the dirt to cover the tinhorns he is setting. It will be a dry hole until the rains come.

 

[NanaKat]

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Do you think Guineas are sorta like cats. If you want the cat to hunt mice more hold back a little feed. Recon if you cut the guineas back they would work harder on the hoppers.

I do think the heat cuts down on the hopper hunting. The guineas disappear at least 80% of the day in the woods for more shade. I know others that don't feed their guineas except winter, but I do leave feed available free choice. If I take it away they don't miss it. On the other hand if I take my chickens food away they are all trying to tackle me by the time I return with a full feeder. The chickens only get out & hunt early in the day or after 7 in the evening. Their doors are open all day but they think it is too hot to be out playing.

I tried to give all the birds a peep talk tonight. Told them if they would all get out & eat 10 grasshoppers a day then it would take care of those hoppers. Figure at least 75 birds that would be 750 hoppers gone a day. Wonder if my peep talk will help out?

 

[old*cowboy]

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http://oklahomacity.craigslist.org/grd/2521562172.html Lavender orpingtons,marans chicks and turkey poults - $8 (stroud)

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[Okla-doodle-doo]

Cowboy,was reading about your goat search last night. The only complait I ever heard about nubians is that they are loud and bawl all the time. And just about everyone who has them says that! Don't know if that would irritate you but its something to think about. The sannens are supposed to be a good milker and also the alpine. I have been seeing a few oberhasli on craigslist here,I sure like the looks of them.

 

[Buster52]

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I know that this is free enterprise at its best, but it sure is aggravating to be on the buying end of this.

It reminds me of the summer/Fall/Winter of 2005 when we tried a bale of corn stalks for the cows, because hay was next to impossible to find - at any price. We sold the cows in early spring because we couldn't find enough hay and then it rained so much the Spring and Summer of 2006 that we had to brush hog the pasture.

Agreed...it is hurting a lot of people who may need a few bales for horses or goats.
Hope we get that kind of rain to help refill the ponds for winter. We have four that are way too low. There are 8 ponds on our home place and the dozer man will be digging another to use the dirt to cover the tinhorns he is setting. It will be a dry hole until the rains come.

We have one big pond 1 1/2 acres 10+ feet deep at it's deepest point when normal and it it is close to dry.

 

[poultryand bees]

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Agreed...it is hurting a lot of people who may need a few bales for horses or goats.
Hope we get that kind of rain to help refill the ponds for winter. We have four that are way too low. There are 8 ponds on our home place and the dozer man will be digging another to use the dirt to cover the tinhorns he is setting. It will be a dry hole until the rains come.

We have one big pond 1 1/2 acres 10+ feet deep at it's deepest point when normal and it it is close to dry.

Your pond level is a very sad indication of the drought effects on our state. Sort of scary.