I have been raising poultry for 48+ years and this has become a first for me... I have a large chicken run with 2 coops in it the smaller red coop is for my older girls who are set in their ways and will only go into the Cluckingham palace to sleep and lay their eggs, the other girls go in to a...
I used livestock dust and still use it every time I clean coops, It is a lot of work for me to get rid of those nasty bugs and to keep them gone with over 300 poultry and counting. You could try to use a garden sprayer, I have also used a 1 part vegetable oil and one tsp of dawn dish soap to 3...
I have had a battle with the mites this year as we had a very wet winter. I was out of my mind trying to battle them, I dusted and dusted the coop, birds and runs. I scrubbed and cleaned everything, brought in new sand for runs still had them..... yuck! Then I got out the bleach and soap and was...
Thank's for all the information!
One thing that I have not thought of is the information on hatching eggs both duck and chicken!!
This is going to be a great winter project for us. My husband suggest that we have a few extra things on hand such as waters, feeders, light's (ones that are teflon...
So we have a poultry farm here outside of Spokane Washington, We sell eating eggs, hatching eggs, chicks, ducklings and young poultry. We started small and now have grown so fast and have tripled in size. It is the end of the chick season here and before the next season starts we are going to...
Up date on Silly Sally...
So Silly Sally is loving be a mom so much I gave her 2 more kids to raise, It was such a nice day out today that I brought her and her 8 little kids out to play in the flower beds while working in the yard. She was teaching them what to eat and keeping a close eye on...