Texas

[Belott]

We were in the closet a bit ago! The sirens here are scary! No sirens in Houston. ..

The bathroom is the safest place if you have solid water lines in your attic. They help keep debris from falling in on you!!

David

 

[Belott]

There is a swarm of bumble bees around my coop area.  I mean there is a lot of them and a few red wasps.  How do I get ride of them???  I am allergic to stings and I am not afraid of using what I need to kill them but I have no idea what I can use that wont harm my chickens when I get to put them out there.  So I need something that will kill the bee but want hang around when I put the chickens out there in a few days.  If I get hit by a couple of them, I will end up in the hospital. Any ideas??

I thought you meant around flowers and such!! If they are up in the attic of your barn then there are a lot of them. You will probably have to have them removed professionally. Soapy water kills honey bees but not sure about bumblebees.

David

 

[RachaelS]

Hey found this http://on.aol.com/video/texas-two-step-organic-fire-ant-control-method-2992 I have never tried it so can not say one way or another if it works, but could be a good alternative.

 

[Ms Jellybean]

There is a swarm of bumble bees around my coop area. I mean there is a lot of them and a few red wasps. How do I get ride of them??? I am allergic to stings and I am not afraid of using what I need to kill them but I have no idea what I can use that wont harm my chickens when I get to put them out there. So I need something that will kill the bee but want hang around when I put the chickens out there in a few days. If I get hit by a couple of them, I will end up in the hospital. Any ideas??

Are you sure they are bumble bees? There are some bees that don't usually sting but are great for pollinating. Shoot! I can't think of their name right now. I would call a beekeeper to help you.

Big Band, Love it. I told my son they needed to play that kind of music at their wedding! Love dancing to it. By the way, I love your aviator pic. voices in your head! LOL

Thanks! I thought it was pretty funny. It's that 5th voice that is the voice of reason..... lol!

The bathroom is the safest place if you have solid water lines in your attic. They help keep debris from falling in on you!!

David

Not sure about Brynn's house (she lives about 5 blocks from me) but my house is pier and beam and doesn't have any safe places to go to. Every room has an outside wall - even the closets. The closest thing I have to safe place is the crawl space under the house. I'm not sure I could go down there. It's scary!!

There is a flash flood warning for us now!!!! Yes I am happy. That means the lakes are filling up.

The radar is still red over us.


I missed the season ender of Once Upon A Time in wonderland tonight. It was preempted for weather coverage.


edit: The are showing hail photos on the news. Someplace north of DFW got an about inch deep of hail. wow! Other places got baseball sized stuff.

 

[RachaelS]

Quote: Yep sounds like you have a hive. Maybe you can call a local bee expert they might know of someone to come and remove it for free. Then they live, you stay safe and everyone is happy. Bees are on a crazy decline, just disappearing but are so import, seems like a shame to have to kill them off. Can you post a picture of them? You said you had red wasp and for some reason I did not think the two lived around each other (don't quote me on that

). However, my red wasps live near hornets, that look like "fuzz less" bees at a distance.

 

[Brookshire11]

The bathroom is the safest place if you have solid water lines in your attic. They help keep debris from falling in on you!!

David

Are you sure they are bumble bees?  There are some bees that don't usually sting but are great for pollinating.  Shoot! I can't think of their name right now.  I would call a beekeeper to help you.

Thanks!  I thought it was pretty funny.  It's that 5th voice that is the voice of reason.....  lol!

Not sure about Brynn's house (she lives about 5 blocks from me) but my house is pier and beam and doesn't have any safe places to go to. Every room has an outside wall - even the closets. The closest thing I have to safe place is the crawl space under the house. I'm not sure I could go down there. It's scary!!

There is a flash flood warning for us now!!!!  Yes I am happy. That means the lakes are filling up.  e The radar is still red over us. 


I missed the season ender of Once Upon A Time in wonderland tonight. It was preempted for weather coverage. 


edit:  The are showing hail photos on the news. Someplace north of DFW got an about inch deep of hail. wow!  Other places got baseball sized stuff. 

my brother in law got garlic head sized hail in allen

My house is the same. We have two tiny closets that aren't on the perimeter. I managed to get me and 2 kiddos, and the cat in one (she came in by herself).
Seems like I brought the girls in just in time. Their run is completely flooded though -_-
And Archer just ran through every single puddle..what a mutt...lol

 

[henless]

So I would like to know if any of you decorate your coops? And if so post a pic I would like to see.

I am/will be. In fact, I put up the plaque that is my avatar today. I'll post a wall pic of it tomorrow. I plan on putting up some wind chimes, hanging baskets and I will be putting a rocking chair out in the barn so I can watch my chick TV!

It is very hard to find chicken wind chimes. I did find one at TSC. It was on sale too!

There is a swarm of bumble bees around my coop area. I mean there is a lot of them and a few red wasps. How do I get ride of them??? I am allergic to stings and I am not afraid of using what I need to kill them but I have no idea what I can use that wont harm my chickens when I get to put them out there. So I need something that will kill the bee but want hang around when I put the chickens out there in a few days. If I get hit by a couple of them, I will end up in the hospital. Any ideas??

Sounds like you may have a nest in your barn.

a mom of 3 i have rir the heritage kind ...the roosters are not mean or aggressive toward humans even kids.. the ones from the hatchery are very mean and aggressive will attack most kids and some will attack u too. the reason is simple we select heritage ones for mild temperment the hatchery on the other hand uses flock mating for the most fertile eggs they can get with several roosters in with several hens. the most aggresive rooster get the most hens mutiply x 50 generations and millions of chicks a trait aggresive comes out. if you want a red rooster get a heritage one.

I have all hatchery chicks now. I plan on my next batch of chicks to start getting heritage breeds.

Weather update. There is some nasty stuff going on around here. Tornados are not too far away and people are without power. There is some big hail too.

I'm ok, where I am. So far.

Stay safe!!

Hey found this http://on.aol.com/video/texas-two-step-organic-fire-ant-control-method-2992 I have never tried it so can not say one way or another if it works, but could be a good alternative.

That looks very promising. Trying to find where you can purchase it at.



I poured boiling water into the mound until it would hold no more. It's not a big mound yet, it just started a couple days ago. Hopefully I got some of the little buggers. Not many came swarming out. Just yesterday when I disturbed it, bunches came out swarming.

 

[Belott]

Yep sounds like you have a hive. Maybe you can call a local bee expert they might know of someone to come and remove it for free.  Then they live, you stay safe and everyone is happy.  Bees are on a crazy decline, just disappearing but are so import, seems like a shame to have to kill them off.  Can you post a picture of them?  You said you had red wasp and for some reason I did not think the two lived around each other (don't quote me on that ).  However, my red wasps live near hornets, that look like "fuzz less" bees at a distance.

Honeybees always get a pass from me but we are not allergic to them either!!! Their population is reaching the critical stage. They are so very important!!!

David

 

[Ms Jellybean]

my brother in law got garlic head sized hail in allen

My house is the same. We have two tiny closets that aren't on the perimeter. I managed to get me and 2 kiddos, and the cat in one (she came in by herself).
Seems like I brought the girls in just in time. Their run is completely flooded though -_-
And Archer just ran through every single puddle..what a mutt...lol

I haven't had Sasha out yet. She is scared of thunder so she isn't a happy camper right now.

I think everything has calmed down here. It sure got quiet. Time to check the rain gage.

edit: 2 inches of rain in about 2.5 hours. That will fill the lakes up some!

 

[orumpoultry]

Didn't finish reading... Jellybean y'all okay out there? How are all or McKinney people.??? My brothers house escaped but the neighbors on both sides are gone...as well as half the neighborhood. Yikes!!