The Front Porch Swing

[perchie.girl]

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Neem Oil is used as an insecticide.... good for spraying for mites in the coop too. Awesom I didnt know you could take it... I am going to research a little further....

deb

 

[Loc20chick]

Neem oil is used to combat powdery mildew and other fungi in vining plants.

Neem Oil is used as an insecticide.... good for spraying for mites in the coop too. Awesom I didnt know you could take it... I am going to research a little further....

deb

Didn't know of all these other uses, it was just something our parents gave us. We had the trees in our farm, took the fresh young shoots with the leaves and just boiled them.

Deb... does the oil help with flies? I'm seeing an increase in fly population around my coop despite using DE and now that I have added ducks I'm afraid they might get out of control.

Bee... any good remedy for keeping flies down around the coop?

 

[wyoDreamer]

A friend made rose wine. It was fantastic! He only made 4 bottles, and shared on with us. He saved on for his wife to have on their anniversary, and the last two were for them to enjoy with family at Christmas. He is a good friend.

 

[lovingmyhens]

Didn't know of all these other uses, it was just something our parents gave us. We had the trees in our farm, took the fresh young shoots with the leaves and just boiled them.

Deb... does the oil help with flies? I'm seeing an increase in fly population around my coop despite using DE and now that I have added ducks I'm afraid they might get out of control.

Bee... any good remedy for keeping flies down around the coop?

X2. I've heard that using fermented feed helps but when it tried it, twice, it was an epic fail.

 

[Tomtommom]

I buy a Captivator fly trap. Things stinks, so don't use it in your house

http://www.tractorsupply.com/en/store/starbarreg;-captivatorreg;-fly-trap?cm_vc=-10005

 

[Beekissed]

Didn't know of all these other uses, it was just something our parents gave us. We had the trees in our farm, took the fresh young shoots with the leaves and just boiled them.

Deb... does the oil help with flies? I'm seeing an increase in fly population around my coop despite using DE and now that I have added ducks I'm afraid they might get out of control.

Bee... any good remedy for keeping flies down around the coop?

I haven't seen a fly in my coop for 3 years now, truly! Mom is amazed. Deep litter and the FF are the combination that yielded that result and I'll never go back to stinky, fly ridden coops again. Even the poop in the yard attracts no flies unless it's cecal poops, then it only attracts the big, green blowflies.

If not wanting to try the FF and deep litter, I've seen vanilla car deodorizers (the little trees) work wonders in the house, the car and in the coop. When I tried them I was living in the middle of fly central as the farmers all around me would spread chicken and turkey litter all over their fields and then all the maggots in it would hatch....and guess who got all the flies are their place? Thousands and thousands of flies. The vanilla trees seem to ward them off the porch, out of my truck(imagine trying to drive while hundreds of flies buzz around in your truck and will not leave even when the windows are left down), out of my house and out of the coop.

 

[Beekissed]

Feedback on suppression cloth in the garden and nonskid safety tape on a hen's back.

1. Suppression cloth...get the real cloth and not the very thin plastic type stuff. It disintegrated as soon as it was out in the weather, whereas the cheap stuff that is actually cloth-like holds together much, much better. I got the nasty stuff at Lowe's for three times the price of the cheaper stuff you can get at Dollar General. Stupid move, never again....I'll stick with mulching with hay.

As it is, I'll have to mulch over top of this stuff where it has torn when we breathed upon it....

2. Nonskid safety tape....at first I thought I had made a mistake and the strong adhesive being danced upon by the rooster would just pull out more feathers at a time and it sort of looked like the tape had shifted and that was happening. BUT...it's settled down onto their backs now and seems to really be helping. I'll try to get a pic of the gals with their sandpaper saddles on as soon as I can. They seem to be less traumatized when the Great White stands on them, so I'm thinking this has eased their discomfort. In any case, they are not losing anymore feathers, so it's been quite effective. No comment from the rooster and I've not checked his nails yet to see if they are benefiting from his pedicure/mating combination.

 

[heartsizedfarm]

Does anyone have any sheep wisdom to share? I have a ewe, Nellie, ten years old, no chance of her being pregnant because the three boys in her field are wethers (castrated) but she's bagged up. I found it while shearing and called out the vet who said it was only a "false pregnancy" and he milked her out. Well she bagged up again.

So, what should I be doing? Do I milk her out again because I don't want her to get mastitis? Do I just let her be because if I milk her out she'll just bag up again? Is there something you can give to dry up the milk supply?

She's my friendliest sheep. Crappy fleece (oh don't tell her that!)

 

[Beekissed]

Does anyone have any sheep wisdom to share? I have a ewe, Nellie, ten years old, no chance of her being pregnant because the three boys in her field are wethers (castrated) but she's bagged up. I found it while shearing and called out the vet who said it was only a "false pregnancy" and he milked her out. Well she bagged up again.

So, what should I be doing? Do I milk her out again because I don't want her to get mastitis? Do I just let her be because if I milk her out she'll just bag up again? Is there something you can give to dry up the milk supply?

She's my friendliest sheep. Crappy fleece (oh don't tell her that!)

Know anybody with a late bum lamb or goat kid?

How about milking her and making some cheese? Do you have the time or inclination for that? If not, I'd just watch her, let her be and if it looks like she is getting mastitis, you can start milking her out then. I'd be putting some ACV in her water, if possible, which may help prevent mastitis.

 

[Tomtommom]

In women they use peppermint, parsley, hibiscus and sage tea to dry up milk supply.