Homesteading Chicken Coop Build, Chickens, Pond, Garden & Projects

Sorry about your keyboard, I keep a cheap extra USB one here..... My keyboards last longer since I lost sweet Blondie doggie and she doesn't root around up on my desk at night anymore but we still break them.

 

I didn't look into it enough, thanks. "Oter"

 

Who ever heard of next day deliver from a few hundred miles away?!? I ordered just after midnight, so technically today with expected delivery 1-2 weeks. Nope they'll be here today

I guess XL dog crate and go to town tomorrow. Asked WWW to pick up some pellets, hope he makes it to the feed store before they close tonight.

 

PHEW!! Breeder emailed she made a mistake, deliver is next Thursday.

 

I didn't think about mosquitos. We have them so heavy here ~May - July 4th (they spray crops then), really, we can get a 1/4" thick layer of smashed ones on our bumpers and grills.... Can too many mosquitos harm chickens?

 

Thanks. LOL my first Brittany (dog breed) became obese in summer of (91' or 92'), we had a grasshopper invasion, it was incredible how many there were, and she liked to catch and eat them....She went back to normal size when the invasion was over but gained a few pounds with a miller moth invasion a couple years late LOL. I found something called Fowl Pox chickens can get from mosquitos but they are immune once they get over it and it's not severe. Even with the zillion mosquitos here heartworm is not common, so I'm not going to get them vaccinated for fowl pox. We had the horn worms in the late 80's, I can totally see your girls gorging on them lol, but sorry for your tomato plants.

 

I joined a FB chicken group. A woman there said be prepared to restock 1/3 of your flock every spring (predators). What are your thoughts on this?

 

Hi Dave, I hear you about the cold! But people here say they will be fine (I guess we'll see...). Daytime will be a covered and fenced area within sight of my desk where I sit, so hopefully I'll see if something slips through in there somehow. Sorry about your flock.

I have a heater water bowl I bought for the stray semi feral cats (now gone), maybe I can figure out how to secure it so it's not tipped over or pooped in. Idk, might need a differen't kind, tired of spending $.

 

Thank you Dave. Too bad I gave away our llamas water heater.

 

They're very cool pets. Yes I said pets not livestock. They can go anywhere with a delicate footprint as well as eat the foliage on hunting trips (we always had to pack in many miles) and you don't have to bring grain like for horses. And they are incredible guard dogs! We always knew if a mountain lion or yotes were near from their alarm call. Affectionate too, one was more high strung but still wanted attention. Only thing is they will stomp dogs with their front elbows. I was in the corral once with my ancient shepx and one was going to but both the llama and the dog heard me and stopped thankfully. I stopped taking her to the corral with me. I had incredible compost!! They always go in the same pile so it was easier than scattered horse/cow pies.

 

We're getting there.... Need to staple hardware cloth on floor and sink anchors in (ground to dry and hard right now), and build the chainlink run, and buy more locks for all the doors (coons and martens).