[Jacob-list] chickens for fly control

[Sugar Hill Farm]

I must agree, chickens can do wonders around the farm.  I've never had fly
strike with the sheep and mine have tails intact.  Hope we never do have a
problem.

But the chickens get the insects in general and break down the maure too.

Marcia
Sugar Hill Farm, Heritage Livestock
Jacob & Shetland sheep, American Bashkir Curly horses, Appaloosa horses,
Delaware chickens

----- Original Message -----
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Sent: Thursday, June 08, 2000 7:32 AM
Subject: [Jacob-list] chickens for fly control


>
> Hi all,
>  I also have free range chickens. There is just enough of a hole under the
> fence to allow them to go from paddock to paddock and to the outside
world.
> Fox haven't been a problem because of the dogs that we have. My husband
made
> a really nice wooden nesting box - with four separate nests. It worked
really
> well until my Black Cotswold ram decided that he loves eggs! He will stand
> patiently by the nest box watching the hens sit on the nest. As soon as
one
> of them gets up he swoops down like a buzzard and munches the egg. It is
very
> humorous to watch, however, it's not very humorous when I have to go to
the
> store and buy eggs.
>   Likewise, I have found that flies and other insects are a lot fewer with
> the chickens about, with the extra bonus (if I'm faster than Blocker) of
> fresh eggs.
> God Bless,
> Shelly
>
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