Recent content by elaineinspain

Fermented feed smells like strong cheese, if that’s what you mean by “smelling horrible”😂

Thanks for your reply. That’s what I was worried about… I was wondering if they’d leave the seeds, like they do with cherries and nispero fruit🤔

I’m thinking of planting a couple of cherimoya trees in my poultry pasture. Does anyone know if they’re ok for chickens to eat? Will they eat the seeds? I’ve heard they’re poisonous…

I would give her extra niacin as well.

Keep us updated!😊

I’m in south Spain. We regularly get temps 45C in summer. My birds are in a converted stable. Air flow is what you need, so windows/ventilation gaps on opposite sides of the construction and good shade. My coop/stable is under the shade of a large fig tree on the south west side (afternoon sun)...

You can try putting sulphur in their dust bathing areas, and sprinkle it on the roosts once or twice a week. The sulphur needs the body heat of the hens to work. When they hunker down on the roosts at night it produces enough heat to make the sulphur effective against the mites and fumigates the...

Has she got a dust bath with wood ash and sulphur in it? That generally gets rid of mites on the bird quickly. But you also need to treat the coop. I release Androlis predatory mites into my coop, after making sure there is no DE or anti mite chemicals in there. ( these will kill the predatory...

You could try contacting this business in USA and ask them if they have predatory mites for Northern fowl mites. https://www.rinconvitova.com/predator mite.htm I’ve never used this company as I am in Spain, but was doing some research for a different thread and found it. Worth a try!

You could try contacting this business in USA and ask them if they have predatory mites for Northern fowl mites. https://www.rinconvitova.com/predator%20mite.htm I’ve never used this company as I am in Spain, but was doing some research for a different thread and found it. Worth a try! Good...

I’m in Spain, but I found a business in USA that could help you https://www.rinconvitova.com/predator%20mite.htm Good luck! 🤞

I have found this company in USA https://www.rinconvitova.com/predator%20mite.htm If you contact them and ask for Androlaelaps casalis predatory mites…

The thing is, there are thousands of different sorts of mites. Not all mites are poultry mites eg I have worm bins to make vermicompost and there are mites in there. They help break down the compost. They aren’t pests and don’t hurt the worms. If you have compost piles or mulch in your garden...

They work as long as you don’t have any sort of “anti mite” stuff like diatomaceous earth, Sevrin dust etc already in your coop. They come in a tub with “bedding” and you sprinkle them onto the places poultry mites like to hang out when not feeding on your birds. Then wait. It takes them a...

It sounds to me like the baby chicks are moving inside the egg and that would make them move in the water…