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[KMHunter]

Hello friends,
I've been lurking for months and I've noticed we have so many new people.
A belated welcome to you all!

Some of you know my son was overseas. I'm so happy to report that he's back, safe and sound.

Which means I'm up for a party!

Who wants to get together?

The photo is of my first year "cottage" garden. Mostly fragrant flowers, herbs, strawberries, raspberries, blueberries and the yummiest Italian plums.
So delicious to go out and water the gardens these beautiful September mornings!

Yay!

I am so happy for you! AND him!
Party time! & Welcome back! Missed you!

 

[Chicken Rustler]

Quote: I have not seen full spectrum LED's. They may be out there but I haven't seen them.
As for putting food in the coop ? I am guessing by your post that you have it outside?? All of my feeders are INSIDE my coops. The only thing we feed outside are treats. I keep my feed in the coop to reduce the chance of attracting un-wanteds!

 

[KMHunter]

Quote: Many people who are allergic to chicken eggs can eat duck or quail eggs.
Also for "hay fever" type allergies. Many people get relief by eating honey produced by bees that are feeding on the plants they are allergic to. Honey has MANY medicinal uses including wound dressing especially with Manuka honey. Honey IS the perfect food!!!! It needs no refrigeration, never spoils, nothing grows in honey and nothing lives in honey!

I have heard the duck vs chicken eggs thing for people with egg allergies. If you try eggs again, maybe you could try ducks egg first? If that doesn't bother you then try a chicken egg. If it does, then you know that chicken eggs are the culprit.

I have eaten honey made from bees that were using mostly tree pollen and it helped my allergies imensely! I did it as a lark, because I didn't think it wouldn't really work, but it seemed to when spring rolled around and trees started blooming. .

 

[itsren]

As for putting food in the coop ? I am guessing by your post that you have it outside?? All of my feeders are INSIDE my coops. The only thing we feed outside are treats. I keep my feed in the coop to reduce the chance of attracting un-wanteds!

Yes, my coop is pretty small, and elevated off the ground. If I add food and water inside the coop, there isn't going to be much room for the girls.

We fully enclosed every ince of our run in 1/4" hardware cloth and dug-down a foot and poured a thin layer of concrete over chicken wire beneath the entire coop and run. We didn't wany any way for most rodents to be able to squeeze through or dig under. A mouse could probably get through the 1/4" hardware cloth, but I don't think that a mouse could jump up to my hanging feeder (at least I hope not).

This is my coop...

 

[KMHunter]

When you hatch your own chicks, do you take them somewhere to be vaccinated? How do people feel about vaccinating for Mereck's (sp?)?

Hatching chicken eggs looks pretty easy. It sounds like I wouldn't really need a turner, I could do it myself. I do think it's funny that you mark a chicken egg to make sure you are turning it regularly, whereas you mark a reptile egg for the opposite reason. Snake and lizard embryos drown if their eggs are flipped.

Jennifer

When hatching your own you have to decide wether or not you want to vaccinate. Because you have to do it yourself. Unless you have a very nice vet that will do it for you, but I think it would be very expensive. The vaccine with shipping is around $50+ dollars. And once mixed it only lasts 1 hour. Some of us on here have had vaccinating parties and brought all chicks even those that are a little older to one house and help each other get them all vaccinated in that hour.

 

[KMHunter]

Quote: My coop is small, but my outside area is big. I can't put food in the coop either. So I added light both inside the coop and out in the secure part of my run. They came out and ate and drank every morning. It the light is bright enough out in the run, they will come out,

 

[itsren]

My coop is small, but my outside area is big. I can't put food in the coop either. So I added light both inside the coop and out in the secure part of my run. They came out and ate and drank every morning. It the light is bright enough out in the run, they will come out,

OK. Thanks. I will let my husband know he has 2 lighting projects. He's gonna love me for that.

 

[itsren]

Well, shoot! You know that frog the kids found a while back? DH refused to let me let it go free on the cliff where most of our wildlife lives. He was afraid the frog had a family somewhere and if we relocated it, it would be lost and not be able to find it's family.

So... this morning I went out to pick up the bike helmets I had sitting on the front porch for Jessica - and guess what has been living under them? Yep. That frog. I moved the helmets, put a garden "Toad House" near the frog on my front bench, and the frog has now taken up residence. I'm not sure what to do with it. We don't have a pond. We're not set up for a frog.

Any ideas?

 

[itsren]

It is crazy that I even had a frog house to begin with. It is just a silly garden ornament that I've had in my garden for about 12 years.

Anyone know what needs this frog may have? Or what kind it is? It's not a tiny tree frog - it is pretty big - but not as big as a toad would be.

 

[UrbanEnthusiast]

It is crazy that I even had a frog house to begin with. It is just a silly garden ornament that I've had in my garden for about 12 years.

Anyone know what needs this frog may have? Or what kind it is? It's not a tiny tree frog - it is pretty big - but not as big as a toad would be.

Sorry, I have no idea how to care for a frog, but this one is CUTE!!! Is there a reason you can't release it back to the wild?