Pennsylvania!! Unite!!

[wingstone]

since I will be in penn state next week, does anyone from that area have anything for sale that needs transport south, or vice versa..

 

[Blarneyeggs]

I rake out my runs when they get nasty, then I put down lime (to help keep the flies down) and DE for smell, to keep it dry, and any bugs it may combat.

 

[wingstone]

Quote: won't be able to get there for at least the next 2 weeks,,,but would be interested after that on any bantam cochin,,,eggs or chicks..... we have a pen of serama (hubby's birds ) for some reason my older egg customers like the smaller eggs...so we decided to go with a second breed of bantam and the cochin won

 

[kada6305]

Do you have an area that is holding moisture,,,sounds like the flies are are breeding and trying to lay eggs in your coop

The ducks made a mess with the water so maybe thats it...I'll have to figure a way for it not to be such a mess.

 

[kada6305]

Oh, I should add. They are small flies too.

 

[SilkieSensation]

Oh, I should add. They are small flies too.

My ducks make a muddy mess too. It's the tiny gnats that they draw that drive me mad. The ducks eat the flies so they aren't as bad.

 

[stake]

Good news bad news....the 5th of my six big girls laid her first egg today....the bad new is that it was in a wild raspberry thicket...took me a 1/2 hour to track her down...geez....on a side note both my dorks are laying but the egg shell arn't holding up....I do have oyster available....not sure what to do if anything......

 

[kada6305]

My ducks make a muddy mess too. It's the tiny gnats that they draw that drive me mad. The ducks eat the flies so they aren't as bad.

Yeah i thought betweeen the ducks and Chickens they would clean up the flies. But nope, not mine! I think we might end up cleaning and hosing it out every other day, I am just worried about fly strike

 

[Jethro]

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Thanks much!

 

[SilkieSensation]

Quote: I don't get too many flies/gnats inside the pens where the birds can get at them, but where the water runs out of the pens from the pools I tend to have mini swarms if it doesn't get hosed away at least every couple days.