[Jacob-list] Re: Fly control

[Mary McCracken]

I use free range chickens around the corrals but the fox is hard on them.  I
keep the real layers in a coop but extra roosters go to the barn.  Nice
little food chain.  Turning flies into fox.  Suits me!!
-----Original Message-----
From: cagco at penn.com <cagco at penn.com>
To: jacob-list at jacobsheep.com <jacob-list at jacobsheep.com>
Date: Wednesday, June 07, 2000 8:18 PM
Subject: [Jacob-list] Re: Fly control


>I have to agree completely with Robin about using chickens for fly, and
>other insect, control.  While my wife and I are still in the process of
>trying to build our first flock of sheep, we have been witness to very
>successful uses of poultry for insect control.  While our experiences
>have not involved free ranging chickens, we do a pasture rotation with
>mobile hutches and pens, which has worked very well, particularly with
>Japanese beetle population control.  We should be receiving our first
>ducks and geese next week, and, if successful in locating any, we will
>shortly be purchasing some Bourbon Red and Royal Palm turkeys to add to
>our anti-insect army.  (We are trying to locate rarer breeds, like
>Jacobs, for our farm, rather than the genetically over-engineered things
>readily available.)  These new additions will be allowed a significant
>range to wander, with portable hutches without fenced areas around
>them.  This is more insect control:  geese will help weed the garden and
>the turkeys are great at keeping insects off the corn.
>
>Cliff Grunstra
>Wycliffe Estate Farm
>
>
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