Wehner Homestead

[RollingAcres]

Show her a hatchery catalog and explain that they will send you chickens that will lay eggs

Haha! It might shock her into laying again. Or maybe show her a picture of a rotisserie chicken

 

[Wehner Homestead]

 

[Bruce]

Haha! It might shock her into laying again. Or maybe show her a picture of a rotisserie chicken

"Good cop, bad cop" ??

 

[RollingAcres]

"Good cop, bad cop" ??

You got it!

 

[Wehner Homestead]

 

[goats&moregoats]

So happy Perdy is doing well. Eggs!! Love them. I can't wait to get a few chickens again. All those babies are just adorable.

 

[Wehner Homestead]

@goats&moregoats Do you have an incubator? If so, I’ll ship you some hatching eggs for the cost of shipping only. I’ll have some soon but need a new bator and none of my hens look to be going broody at the moment...would be barnyard mix. Rooster is Rock-a-Doodle (French Black Copper Maran x Swedish Flower Hen) and he’s in with a Barred Rock, a Silver Laced Wyandotte, two Rhode Island Reds, and two Isa Browns. I usually get 4-5 eggs from that pen every day. The hens will be two years in May.

Still battling lice on the NDs. We used DE on them again tonight. I was going to treat them for the last few days but something else interfered. I had help from the two youngest kiddos. Note to self: have another adult around to help with baths for kids after dusting as mom won’t be clean and makes bathing difficult. (I had lots of help! Queenie is on the step. Knight is getting treated. Stand is in aisle to keep dust out of feed room.)

Does anyone know how often DE should be used? I know that human lice have cycles and didn’t know how often I needed to treat. We did treat bedding too. I also went ahead and treated the LMs and their pen to get a complete treatment in.

Pigs are growing and almost done. I need to call tomorrow and make a processing appt and verify that I’ve got everything sold that isn’t headed for my freezer.

We had rubber pans in all the chicken pens to keep them in fresh water all winter when everything kept freezing. DH wants to repurpose them for my goats and take back the cattle feed pans so he can advance his creep feeding more and get them used to eating out of pans. Calves will be sold as broke to tie, lead, and wash this year so he’s anxious to get started.

The older two kids actually wanted to scrub the rubber pans! Free labor! Lol

P.S. There’s a surprise update on the Calving thread...

 

[CntryBoy777]

Sure can't turn down energy like That ....I tell ya.....
....and some nice looking pigs headed to the table.....
I'm not sure on how often, but I always sprinkle some around when I change the bedding.....trying to keep the flies down and it works against the maggots....and so do the ducks and chickens......I try to change it every 4-6 wks depending on the amount of rain and them stuck in the house for several days, then I'll get it more often.....

 

[Latestarter]

IMHO, DE is NOT going to "solve" your lice problem... It will help knock it down some and "maybe/can" help prevent it from starting, but once they're established, DE is not the answer... on the animals or in their living quarters. The way it works, it must be dry and used in a dry environment. It does nothing when wet. I'm sure you also know that breathing the dust is very bad for folks also, right? Like breathing powdered glass shards... And that if used, it should be food grade DE only...

I would recommend another all natural lice killer: http://www.livingwithbugs.com/permethrin_pyrethrum.html I'm not sure but I believe I've also heard that oral Ivermectin will solve the problem as well. But would need to be redone ~10 days later to kill any new hatchlings from any eggs that didn't die.

 

[goats&moregoats]

Wehner Homestead, I do not have an incubator, but you are very kind to make and offer like you did. I do believe when I start looking I want young pullets, not chicks. Not even exactly sure when I will do this.

Looks like it was a beautiful day for all to work off some energy. Today is second day of rain here and suppose to be looking at a third day as well. I am ready for the sunshine again.