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    Where is everyone??

    A question for Josh... The other day I tried to get onto the forum from my laptop, which doesn't autofill the web address when I type in the first few letters... The closest that I could get, using both Google & Firefox, was Tim's Poultrykeeperforum.com website. Try as I may, I couldn't get the...
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    Where is everyone??

    What a tolerant flock 😄. My girls had a flap this morning when all I was doing was shaking out the last few layers' pellets from the paper sack onto the floor of the run before it went into the recycling bin. It goes to show how well you made your coops ready for your move to France, that...
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    Optimal diet?

    I noticed on yesterday's delivery of Smallholder layers pellets that the bags now have a new royal coat of arms on them, "By royal appointment to the king". He feeds his his hens with Smallholder organic layers' pellets. My girls have to make do with the next best thing. At least they're still...
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    Optimal diet?

    Welcome back BYM. We've missed you!
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    Optimal diet?

    Sunflower seeds are also very handy when you go into the run in the morning and two of them make a break for the compost heap!!! 😄
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    Optimal diet?

    If you're in the UK I recommend Smallholder layers' pellets, fresh water and a maximum of one small handful of sunflower seeds most days as a treat.
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    Where is everyone??

    Where are you all? Tigger would like everyone to know that today she laid the most beautiful pale blue egg the world has ever seen (in her opinion at least)!!! Mind you, she said the same thing yesterday and the day before... 😉
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    Red mite prevention

    I inherited some "real" creosote when we moved here, but couldn't buy any more when it ran out. But the Total Mite Kill works really well & smells much better too!!
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    Red mite prevention

    Hi Touchstone. No, I've never heard of it, sorry. I've had excellent results from "Total Mite Kill" from Nettex https://www.nettexpoultry.com/products/mite-and-pest-control/total-mite-kill-ready-to-use-spray/ . I was sold my first (wooden tongue & groove) coop, 2nd hand, by a local poultry...
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    What to do - lice?

    Oregano has got to be far better for them than nicotine!!! Clever chooks 😄
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    Sprays to eradicate red mite

    I bought my first coop second hand and it was riddled with red mite. I used an entire spray bottle of "Total Mite Kill", a pink opaque spray, on every surface & then left it to air for a couple of weeks before I collected my first flock of ex-batts. We didn't have any problem with red mite.
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    Greetings poultry keepers

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    So what do quail eat?

    I avoid using any herbicides or pesticides in the garden, because I never know what the girls will get their beaks into...
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    What to do - lice?

    Surely a spray of 30% nicotine would kill the chickens, never mind the lice??? I suggest putting an FFP3 mask or respirator on yourself & dusting each hen with diatomaceous earth powder. Puff it under each wing, around the vent and under the hackle feathers. You can also make up a slurry of...
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    So what do quail eat?

    Hi Brewster. I've found the quail thread. So what do you feed your quail? Icemaiden
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