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[roosterhavoc]

I’m going to pick up some baby oil today. That’s what you use right?

You can really use any kind of oil to wipe their legs to keep them from getting dry and help treat leg mites. I use Vaseline with vetrx mixed in it too.

 

[Brahma Chicken5000]

You can really use any kind of oil to wipe their legs to keep them from getting dry and help treat leg mites. I use Vaseline with vetrx mixed in it too.

Ok. I guess I’ll stick to wiping their legs with Vaseline. Thanks again for your help.

 

[roosterhavoc]

Ok. I guess I’ll stick to wiping their legs with Vaseline. Thanks again for your help.

I think baby oil is easier and faster to use as a preventative but Vaseline is better if you have birds with raised scales or really screwed up feet and legs.

 

[JShubin]

 

[roosterhavoc]

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Birds and pens look good shubin. I have a question about your pens though. Have you had any birds killed inside the pens? I see a lot of gaps even a raccoon could get through. I know you don’t have as many raccoons as I do but I would be a little concerned.

 

[JShubin]

My dumb female dog broke into one of those broodpens by pushing through the door and breaking the latch.. She was only after the eggs. A hen got out but not the rooster luckily.

I had another hen squeeze through the opening on the roof. No deaths from predators though in a long time. Knock on wood. Even the free ranging chickens not getting eaten. Had two hens hatch in the creek bed without being eaten.

 

[JShubin]

Birds and pens look good shubin. I have a question about your pens though. Have you had any birds killed inside the pens? I see a lot of gaps even a raccoon could get through. I know you don’t have as many raccoons as I do but I would be a little concerned.

Thank you btw

 

[B123]

I sure wish I din't have to deal with outside predators. It would make building pens a lot easier and less expensive!

 

[roosterhavoc]

I sure wish I din't have to deal with outside predators. It would make building pens a lot easier and less expensive!

I choose to only go so far with pens. The cost of hardware cloth is too much to do all my pens. Traps plus .22 bullets aren’t much.

 

[JShubin]

Leaving my dogs to protect the yard is fairly easy now that the female doesnt kill them.

Since moving in this house I have trained the female dog to protect (even though she still looking for eggs). She knows the noises of the chickens and if she hears them freak out she runs down there and barks her head off.. running back and forth where the predators usually come from.

I think this deterrent is the reason I havent had any losses lately. The predators know they dont have the time to make successful kill, even if they can get to the chickens with some effort.