Chicken Mites

[NH Homesteader]

Yay! Lol! My husband has a leg grabber on a long pole. He catches chickens and turkeys. I can't catch any of them. If they need to be caught, they wait til he gets home. (they rarely need to be caught, thank goodness)

 

[tortoise]

Oh thank you! I love the kiddie pool idea. I have lime. Can I use it with deep litter method?

 

[Beekissed]

Oh thank you! I love the kiddie pool idea. I have lime. Can I use it with deep litter method?

You can but it will slow down your composting.

 

[frustratedearthmother]

I love hearing that! My chickens free range, and go all kinda places they shouldn't go...someday I might try penning 'em up and trying that deep litter system.

 

[Hinotori]

The large fowl are only penned right now because they ate half my unripe blueberries a couple weeks ago. No ranging until berries are ripe and gone. Normally I Let them out during the day. The pen is closed at night because of coyotes. Even the cats are called in at night for that reason. Yes my cats come when called.

 

[tortoise]

I'm seriously considering the limewash. I know one of the places I got bugs on me is a gate some of the free range birds roost on.

 

[frustratedearthmother]

Nice - they look like they are having a blast!

 

[frustratedearthmother]

So cool that you get goodies for the gals! I've never found a deal like that. Tried to get "leftovers" from the cafeteria where I work but no go.

 

[waretrop]

I get over 14 banana boxes every 10 days....some pies and donuts are in there too.
Sometimes they bag up mashed potatoes and baked potatoes.

 

[frustratedearthmother]

That's fantastic! You might need a pig to help eat all those up, lol!