We have been going non stop. Yesterday, after picking up allot of branches and large twigs out of our 2 and half acres, took a very very large trailer full of them to the place we deposit them. Cleaned the chickens very well. That always happens on every Saturday unless something is going on. Went to an event in the afternoon. We came home and moved the "dining room" chicks to an outside building. So so glad they are not "dining room" chickens anymore. Now it's time to clean the room...What a mess.....
Today we will cut the ornamental grasses and trim the weeping trees before they get leaves. We will pick up more twigs and uncover the cement and metal things left out in the gardens.
The gigantic tortoise wants to get out of this plastic once and for all.
Will be putting my deer deterrent out today, now that they attacked allot of stuff last night....
Sure glad we don't have to worry about deer here. I've seen them all around us, but we've never had a problem with them. Guess the dogs help with that!
We have very few deer here, compared to you guys, but we have a LOT of rabbits. Some of them are the tiniest, cutest little things I'm not sure if it's a small species, or young ones.
Nothing like chicken dust after raising chicks inside. It's worse than plaster dust all over the place.
Just bought a 25lb bag of Diatomaceous earth and spread it in the nesting boxes, around the floor of the coop and in a few dust bath areas. I think my chickens may have lice or mites. I've noticed them doing a lot more picking at themselves the last week or so. In 3+ years of having chickens, I've never had a lice or mite problem.
Also, bought a bag of pulverized lime to put down in the run.
The deer devour my flowers in the front yard each summer at some point, but I hate putting high fences around flower beds...kind of defeats the purpose of looking pretty.
@MoonShadows Remember I asked you if your birds had bugs???? They have had them for a while now....
Diatom powder and wood ash in the sand bath is good. I know they love to take baths in lime powder bet that keeps them away.
If you grab the chicken and move the feathers away from the ear quickly you sometimes can see them crawling in the ear and on your fingers. The leg mites you have to go out with a flash light at night and quickly look at the legs...much harder..
@MoonShadows Maybe but I would think it would take a little longer for your chickens to get them enough for you to suspect or see them....
Should have taken my free mop do....LOL he was raised in my dining room and none of mine have bugs...Even though he is not as pretty as Phil's.... LOL You know I am just kidding....about my chicken...LOL