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Garage Workbench.
Recently with our move to the new house I had the opportunity to make a work bench in the garage to consolidate my tools that were in box...
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All I want is a pair of goats. Thats all I want. That is what I asked for as our wedding gift... Mike said no. I found a pair on craigslist ...
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Mike and I moved to the country last May. We both grew up in very urban areas and neither of us really had much exposure to anything countr... -
Today on facebook, I saw that an old high school friend had found some baby quail who's momma had abandoned them. He stated that he didn...
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Oh, shoot! I'm so sorry, Mike - it sounded like you were doing all the right stuff.
You asked me on my blog about what I dusted my chickens recently with. Sadly, it is chemical - the first time I've used anything stronger than food grade diatomaceous earth. I was really paranoid about introducing anything new to my flock with the addition of the three new hens and since it has been so wet and moist here (making the D.E. completely ineffective), I made a conscious choice to do this once to make sure nothing new came in. I also removed all food and water from the coop during the process.
Here is a link to what I used:
http://ablackhorse.com/productcart/pc/viewPrd.asp?idproduct=3339&idcategory=555
It ain't pretty, but it's the stuff my chicken mentors use and they say it works well with minimal impact to their chickens.
Depending on what your weather is currently like, have you tried dusting with D.E. first?
We haven't tried anything. Too worried about the chemicals. We have been reading up on it.
So sorry, you did everything possible....and if it's any consolation you gave my wife and I lots to think about so that maybe we can avoid this issue in the future.
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