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its so cute! It has furry feet not just legs! Should I take momma out during hatching process?
 
Book said:
Do bug zappers catch pollinators too though?
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Technically yes, but mainly moths and such that pollinate at night.

RoboDuck said:
Not if you unplug it during the day when they're active.
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Yes, I have mine on a dusk/dawn switch.


Either way I figure as long as my birds are eating the zapped bugs its not that bad. I much rather kill a few moths than have my yard overrun with mosquitos and flies.
 
ChickAdee317 said:
Hasnt hatched them yet. Still in egg. Have to block her off from polish I recently got who keeps trying to mate her in nesting box. I just wasnt sure if I should move her and eggs.....away from flock while hatching
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I have been reading up on this recently (having a broody hatch eggs in the coop). Moving the nest at this late date COULD be risky if she gets upset and stops covering them. Can you put a pen around her? Apparently it is important to keep her and the chicks in a relatively SMALL confined space for a couple of days.

One reason is to keep the other chickens from messing with them, other broody hens may try to steal the chicks which can lead to fights tc... But also so that none of the early hatchers start running around all over the place forcing her to leave the nest to watch them (which means the late hatching eggs could get cold and die).

This is my first time using a broody too so I am not an expert but the experienced folks all say give them their own separate apartment until 2 days after the hatch. In my case I am going to set up an x-pen (like a crate for dogs) and just section off the part of the coop that the broody is in so I don't have to disrupt her by moving the nest.
 
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pr0wlunwoof said:
Book said:
 

     Do bug zappers catch pollinators too though? 
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Technically yes, but mainly moths and such that pollinate at night. 

RoboDuck said:
 
Not if you unplug it during the day when they're active.
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Yes, I have mine on a dusk/dawn switch.


Either way I figure as long as my birds are eating the zapped bugs its not that bad. I much rather kill a few moths than have my yard overrun with mosquitos and flies.
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Butterflies and bees are your pollenators. Moths not so much. I think the pollen cillectors' deaths will be at a bare minimum with it only on at night.
 
So yesterday I had my first good egg laid in the nesting boxes. Afterwards I cleaned out the coop and removed the obstacles under the roost. Hopefully they continue to lay in the boxes. I think it all came down to darkness. I was able to make the nesting boxes darker then the rest of the coop and I think that is what made the difference..
 
RoboDuck said:
Butterflies and bees are your pollenators. Moths not so much. I think the pollen cillectors' deaths will be at a bare minimum with it only on at night.
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Thank you all! We cut the grass yesterday and left a few patches of long grass and this morning on my way out to let the chickens and ducks out I noticed at least 100 bumble bees in the tall grass pollinating the grass seeds. I never thought of the tall grass as things the bees had interest in but it makes sense. We have been trying to teach the kids the importance of pollinators and still have a lot to learn ourselves. I wouldn't want to be zapping them! Sounds like a timer on the zapper would be a great option!

Our landlord has a huge dead inground pool (side walls crumbling) in the back, we fenced the sucker off to keep the kids safe from it but land lord refuses to let us drain it, insists we keep it half full (of green swamp water!) and I am sure it is breeding mosquitos.
 

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