Pennsylvania!! Unite!!

[heatherscooby77]

Already have one, time to go spraying!!! Thanks for the info

Re: stinkbugs
Put some dish detergent in a spray bottle full of water, spray the stink bug and they die almost immediately.

 

[southdakota]

I also use that foamy hand soap, not sure why the soap kills them, but it does.

 

[beaglady]

I wonder if they are hard to hatch. I must check into this.

I think it was because they were shipped eggs. When I used to have more than a few cuckoo marans and hatched them, I had a pretty good hatch rate.

 

[sharron]

i don't know about the being shipped makes them harder to hatch, i started out with shipped black coppers, thats how i got my start in the marans, hatching my own eggs now, still sometimes hard, the hardest egg i have ever seen to hatch is the brahma's, out of eight eggs, if i hadn't chipped the egg and helped the chicks out i would have lost three of the five chicks

 

[charmedbychickens]

Re: stinkbugs
Put some dish detergent in a spray bottle full of water, spray the stink bug and they die almost immediately.

Good to know! I got woken up last night by one crawling on my ear. Needless to say, I swatted at it because I was half asleep and ended up with a stinky ear. I was up a lot earlier than usual this morning.

 

[mama2my4]

ok y'all. How do I get NPIP certified? And does anyone know how I find out about becoming a tester?

 

[aukuma]

ok y'all. How do I get NPIP certified? And does anyone know how I find out about becoming a tester?

I called the state ag department and received my information and application last week. There was a card attached for Nan Hanshaw 717.772.2852

 

[sharron]

ok, i checked, the chicken swap at murrysville, delmont is at central tractor suppy , the first sunday in may, starts at 8 am altho the one time we went, people didn't start coming to set up til around 9, guess most of them like to sleep in

Dang!!!! Ah well...I'm hoping something pans out. If nothing else, I've got a short amount of time I can keep them. Plus, I'll take them to the Lucasville, OH show and see if I can sell any.

Also, does ANYONE do poultry testing as of right now? I need to have some PT/AI testing done for my birds so I can show them at the end of May?

 

[Blarneyeggs]

I think it was because they were shipped eggs. When I used to have more than a few cuckoo marans and hatched them, I had a pretty good hatch rate.

I also had a really hard time hatching BBS Orps. Got 3 out of 12 ~ the eggs were not shipped, so go figure.

I would LOVE a splash pullet. I hope to get more eggs soon, am LOVING the type on my Blacks.

 

[mama2my4]

I called the state ag department and received my information and application last week. There was a card attached for Nan Hanshaw 717.772.2852

thanks!