Ribh's D'Coopage

[RoyalChick]

Thanks, Bob. I feel in need of all the hugs I can get just now.

 

[Ribh]

Thanks, RC. I think I'm just feeling a little fragile @ the moment. No doubt I will survive & get over it.

 

[RoyalChick]

Thanks, RC. I think I'm just feeling a little fragile @ the moment. No doubt I will survive & get over it.

Take a mental health break. Cuddle a cat, chat to a chicken, and to hell with whatever you are supposed to be doing.

 

[Ribh]

Take a mental health break. Cuddle a cat, chat to a chicken, and to hell with whatever you are supposed to be doing.

Unfortunately I have deadlines...

 

[Ribh]

There are 3 chickens in here vying for nesting space.
Unfortunately Portia is one of them. Luna is behind & under her & Beatha is @ the back. As Luna was there first she wasn't budging for anyone!

Olivia politely asked to come inside this morning. She settled beside me for a quick cuddle but really she was looking for a suitable laying spot. She has retreated to the shed.​

 

[Ribh]

One of the things I truly hate about keeping chickens is the flies!!!
They come in absolute droves.
I've always kept a couple of fly traps round the coop because I figure the girls are no fonder of them than I am. Given the amount of manure & our warm, damp summers it just seemed sensible to have a couple hanging where they'd catch the maximum number of flies.
However when we moved here & the girls insisted on hanging on the patio of an afternoon it became impossible to set foot outside without 1 or 2 flies getting into the house. My son hates them more than I do so I repurposed an old fly trap I found in the yard & hung it @ the back door. It's only been there a couple of weeks but that's disgusting! Yep, the fly population has been considerably reduced!
Anyone else with the same problem or is it lovely, muggy Queensland?

 

[LozzyR]

Thanks, RC. I think I'm just feeling a little fragile @ the moment. No doubt I will survive & get over it.

I know the feeling. The storm will pass.

 

[RoyalChick]

One of the things I truly hate about keeping chickens is the flies!!!
They come in absolute droves.
I've always kept a couple of fly traps round the coop because I figure the girls are no fonder of them than I am. Given the amount of manure & our warm, damp summers it just seemed sensible to have a couple hanging where they'd catch the maximum number of flies.
However when we moved here & the girls insisted on hanging on the patio of an afternoon it became impossible to set foot outside without 1 or 2 flies getting into the house. My son hates them more than I do so I repurposed an old fly trap I found in the yard & hung it @ the back door. It's only been there a couple of weeks but that's disgusting! Yep, the fly population has been considerably reduced!
Anyone else with the same problem or is it lovely, muggy Queensland?
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I know that @WhoDatChick (who hasn't been active for a while) hung one (or maybe two) of those electric bug zappers - the dead flies dropped to the floor and the chickens ate them up.
I haven't tried it myself but it is an intriguing idea I might try this summer.

 

[MaryJanet]

One of the things I truly hate about keeping chickens is the flies!!!
They come in absolute droves.
I've always kept a couple of fly traps round the coop because I figure the girls are no fonder of them than I am. Given the amount of manure & our warm, damp summers it just seemed sensible to have a couple hanging where they'd catch the maximum number of flies.
However when we moved here & the girls insisted on hanging on the patio of an afternoon it became impossible to set foot outside without 1 or 2 flies getting into the house. My son hates them more than I do so I repurposed an old fly trap I found in the yard & hung it @ the back door. It's only been there a couple of weeks but that's disgusting! Yep, the fly population has been considerably reduced!
Anyone else with the same problem or is it lovely, muggy Queensland?
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Wow! That seems like a lot of flies but I have no point of reference, so I'm probably talking nonsense.

 

[Ribh]

Wow! That seems like a lot of flies but I have no point of reference, so I'm probably talking nonsense.

I thought it was a lot too. Mind you, for parts of some days they get crab bait & dead fish to buzz around too so I am battling on 2 fronts.