Red Mosquito

tragabigzanda wrote:I agree chickens are filthy. I built housing for 300 layers, and know a fair bit. What do you want to know?

As far as the rat business, I see suggestions to dig down a bit and enclose the run with hardware cloth all around and a couple inches down. We have mice in our area, but I haven't heard tale of rats. If we go with a larger breed of chicken, they might just take care of mice themselves, or so I hope.

For newbies, would you suggest chicks, pullets, or chickens?

We have a deaf, blind dog. How much should we worry about segregating him from the chickens?

Bammer wrote:

simple schoolboy wrote:Any input for prospective chicken owners?

I grew up with chickens ... can’t think of a dirtier animal and they attract rats.

I grew up in what used to be a big egg producing area in the 50s. The CC&Rs all heavily restricted chickens when it became a suburban neighborhood for a reason, eh?

How do you prevent the chickens from getting fly bitten?

simple schoolboy wrote:

tragabigzanda wrote:I agree chickens are filthy. I built housing for 300 layers, and know a fair bit. What do you want to know?

As far as the rat business, I see suggestions to dig down a bit and enclose the run with hardware cloth all around and a couple inches down. We have mice in our area, but I haven't heard tale of rats. If we go with a larger breed of chicken, they might just take care of mice themselves, or so I hope.

For newbies, would you suggest chicks, pullets, or chickens?

We have a deaf, blind dog. How much should we worry about segregating him from the chickens?

Man, if you’re this hard up for eggs I will just ship you a dozen.

simple schoolboy wrote:

tragabigzanda wrote:I agree chickens are filthy. I built housing for 300 layers, and know a fair bit. What do you want to know?

As far as the rat business, I see suggestions to dig down a bit and enclose the run with hardware cloth all around and a couple inches down. We have mice in our area, but I haven't heard tale of rats. If we go with a larger breed of chicken, they might just take care of mice themselves, or so I hope.

For newbies, would you suggest chicks, pullets, or chickens?

We have a deaf, blind dog. How much should we worry about segregating him from the chickens?

Man, if you’re this hard up for eggs I will just ship you a dozen.

why is this in A&E?

96583UP, any recommendations for climbing vines that would survive Canadian winters?

doone wrote:why is this in A&E?

96583UP, any recommendations for climbing vines that would survive Canadian winters?

i had a bad experience with a yard was completely dominated by ivy

ever since then i can barely look a vine in the face

funny you mention though bc i was juuuuuuuust thinking about maybe trying to maybe consider some vines again.... if they were slow-growing..... and flowering..... but i don't think i am ready

i dont want to get hurt again

but english ivy will likely survive/ problem is, once it gets going, it just doesn't ever stop

depending on where / how / what your are trying to grow (vertical, etc)... periwinkle or creeping phlox could be an option

creeping phlox is pretty cool actually

Thanks, I'd like something to slowly grow up my stucco but not do any damage.

I grow English ivy, it's controllable if you stay on top of it

my neighbors are gone for 3 weeks and they asked me to look after and water their garden and take whatever when its ready..filled up a bowl of cherry tomatoes and cucumbers this morning

i bought a peach tree this morning and 3 more boxwoods

doug rr wrote:i bought a peach tree this morning and 3 more boxwoods

We planted a peach tree this spring. Probably won't produce for a couple of years, but it completes our area of Blueberry bushes, lime tree, lemon tree, and now peach tree.

E.H. Ruddock wrote:

doug rr wrote:i bought a peach tree this morning and 3 more boxwoods

We planted a peach tree this spring. Probably won't produce for a couple of years, but it completes our area of Blueberry bushes, lime tree, lemon tree, and now peach tree.

this is my first peach..it was about 4 ft tall already so hopefully it works out...i really want to get a grapefruit tree too

bulbs are starting to arrive in the mail.... from early-in-the-pandemic-blackout online shopping... gonna be a lot of plantings over the next couple weeks

today day lilies

planted a bunch of crocuses today

i weed the dandelions

it leaves a hole

i fill the hole with a crocus bulb

cover it in a soil mix with grass seed

seeds the grass

removes the dandelion

crocus grows early spring before grass cutting happens

win-win-win

now let's see how many the bastard squirrels dig up

96583UP wrote:just ordered some of these babies to put in front of the pool equipment...



i've become addicted to camellias

these are blooming. and they are magnificent

transplanted a japanese maple today

Mowed, pruned, and mulched today.

Thinking I’mma hire this stuff out starting next year.

having our first compost "station" being delivered today...i think its about 30 gallons

doug rr wrote:having our first compost "station" being delivered today...i think its about 30 gallons

My parents ordered from this farm to get the worms going and they seemed to really like the customer experience.

i was thinking today about my bulbs and how i hope they are growing nicely underground in this mild winter