Hi sorry to bump this thread but it seemed in neccesary to start a new one.
I messed up my timeline resulting in lockdown on early day 20, possibly 19. I had an automatic turner up til then. I suppose it is what it is now.
what you you folks think?
I think this is what you are looking for.
add it to the water to treat the flock. It’s highly transmittable in poultry.
remember this only zaps the worms not the eggs so you have to play out the cycle. Thats why water works well...
You can’t save them all. Letting nature take its course is best sometimes. Nature weeds out the weak and deformed. This is a good thing. It breeds strength into bloodlines. I understand the compassion don’t get me wrong. However, nature always knows what’s best as cruel as it may sound.
Vinegar is a great disinfectant
The ph is 3.4 which is pretty acidic. Simply put, bacteria and small pests like mites..die out of their ph range. Most live in the 7.0 range which is water and chicken skin.
look at it as bleach but on the opposite side of the ph scale.
Lots of good input. I’d like to add use high ground. If that means bringing in fill like pit-run to get you a high,level, solid spot then I think the field is wide open for wherever you want it. I think a football field away is an extremely long trek several times a day. I think most coops its...
I used to rehome them 10 miles away in the woods. Within a week they come back. Shoot one raccoon and leave it. The rest will leave and never come back. Just like crows
It could be but normal raccoon behavior is to grab only one and haul it off to the family. Then the cone back every third day. It will take them roughly a few weeks to go through a flock of 10.
Are you saying maybe a raccoon is doing this by sticking his paw thru 1/2” mesh?
Bummer sorry that happened. Weasels massacre a flock. They kill for sport. I am suprised they made it thru 1/2”. Are you sure there is no other way to get in? The general rule of thumb is the size of a quarter or 7/8” the gold standard for weasel roofing is 1/2” mesh.
An otherwise normal buff orpington walks around in the middle of the night doing odd things. She doesn’t eat or drink, goes to the roost, but doesn’t lay. Pretty sure it’s not Meth.
any ideas?