Texas

[Belott]

How do you like the thermacell? We are buying a least one this weekend. I get bit the min I step foot outside. I have to soak myself from head to toe, even my clothes, just to let the girls out. Soooooo bad and we live near a little lake/pond so there isn't anything to he done about it. I regularly kill them inside the house as well, but by that point they have feasted and are full of blood. The "natural" methods just don't work on these blood suckers!

I have been using the Thermacell for 10 years now. The newer units are in my opinion not as good as the older ones. The last two I bought last year I have to set on aluminum foil because they drip an oily substance on the bottom. The refills are what kills you dollar wise. You can find the butane cartridges cheaper online but the pads cannot be found.

I will try the Lantern version next. The Thermacell is the only thing I have found that keeps the skeeters away without soaking yourself in Deep Woods Off.

I first used it while bow hunting and it does work well. I will add, the harder the wind blows the less effective it is. It gives about a 15 foot diameter of protection.

David

 

[orumpoultry]

I'm about to screen in my front porch so we can enjoy outdoors after dark without being mugged by mosquitos.

 

[RoosterCogburn7]

I'm about to screen in my front porch so we can enjoy outdoors after dark without being mugged by mosquitos.

Avon Skin So Soft works great, until you sweat it off working in the yard.

 

[orumpoultry]

That's good to know.

Hey can someone do me a favor I just ran an update on my site and the slideshows aren't working on my computer. I just need conformation they work.

Avon Skin So Soft works great, until you sweat it off working in the yard.

 

[RoosterCogburn7]

That's good to know.

Hey can someone do me a favor I just ran an update on my site and the slideshows aren't working on my computer. I just need conformation they work.

Yes, the slideshow on the website is working.

 

[orumpoultry]

Thank you. I guess it's just my computer then.

 

[RoosterCogburn7]

Thank you. I guess it's just my computer then.

Mine has the tendency to stop accessing the internet randomly, then I have to restart the computer. Or, during a graphic intensive program, the video goes out, and I have to restart the computer to get it back working again.

 

[cheepcheep riri]

In January we got 13 chicks. 6 RIRs, 3 white giant stars, 3 BO and 1 leghorn. Yesterday night I noticed that I was missing two. After about 30 minutes of searching in the dark, I decided to wait it out. Thinking they would come back in the morning. This morning no sign of them. But this afternoon I went to check on our trap in the back of the property, I find the chick that I was missing. I took a picture showed it to my dad and he said it was eaten by a hawk. Have you guys had problems with Hawks before?

 

[hensfortherapy]

I had been planning to breed my two german shepherds, Weiss and Knox, they tied about a month or so ago, and I had written down the date of the breeding and planned everything out. I should have been able to xray my baby next saturday, she has not had any changes, and with how upset she was at being bred, I decided to get her spayed. Also for the fact that she had been a little puny and I was suspecting that she may have an infection setting in since after breeding infections could occur. So, I took the dogs to work with me and set her up for a spay. Lo and behold, the doctor called me in and stated "She's pregnant" I smacked my head in disbelief. So with little more to say, my lil female shepherd is three weeks pregnant, and has at least three little ones on one side of her uterus that I saw. I am excited to see the pups come. Here I was ready to get her spayed and she pulls a blind one on me haha. I guess till after the pups~

Congrats.

 

[RoosterCogburn7]

In January we got 13 chicks. 6 RIRs, 3 white giant stars, 3 BO and 1 leghorn. Yesterday night I noticed that I was missing two. After about 30 minutes of searching in the dark, I decided to wait it out. Thinking they would come back in the morning. This morning no sign of them. But this afternoon I went to check on our trap in the back of the property, I find the chick that I was missing. I took a picture showed it to my dad and he said it was eaten by a hawk. Have you guys had problems with Hawks before?

Hawks are a common predator of chickens. I have had a close call, which is why I don't let them free range on their own.