Archive for October 28th, 2008
Tuesday, October 28th, 2008
Winter Is Here
The cold weather is finally due to land this week, the clocks have changed and we all know chicken keeping is not as much fun with cold fingers!!!
But please think of your birds the jobs must still be done, house cleaning, fresh water daily, an extra 1/2″ of bedding in the house for extra insulation [...]
Comments Off - Posted in P&T Waffle :), keeping chickens by trevor
Tuesday, October 28th, 2008
Is my cockerel mating with my hens?
Yes I do get this question often and the honest answer is - I dont have a clue but seriously without watching I could not say but normally you can see when you open the chicken house in the morning and if he comes flying out and waiting for his ‘prey’ (lol) or girlfriends to [...]
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Tuesday, October 28th, 2008
Poultry Wormer Ivermectin .8% dosage
As I am asked this question on a daily basis I thought it best to put it here on the blog.
“What is the doesage for my chickens?” - Well there are really three measures, 6 drops for large fowl - 4 drops for bantams and 2-3 drops for seabrights.
As chicken wormers go I am wavering from flubenvet [...]
Comments Off - Posted in Chicken Health by trevor
Tuesday, October 28th, 2008
Brahma Chicken House
We are very excited as we have confirmation our new design Brahma chicken coops will be shipped out to us on the 1st November 2008. Hopefully with delivery between the 4-5th. We are very excited as these are our new economy design but with very good features including our easy clean trademark following through on [...]
