[Jacob-list] chickens for fly control

[Chovhani]

Few cats will attack an adult chicken. Mine run the other way. We used to
keep the chickens in with the sheep, for bug control, and it did work. It
wasn't the fleeces that got messy, it was the pop in the waterers and hay
that I objected to. However since we moved them all out the flies are bad so
I may select a couple just for that job.

Melanie
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----- Original Message -----
From: Sugar Hill Farm <sugarhil at northland.lib.mi.us>
To: <dazazel at usit.net>; <jacob-list at jacobsheep.com>
Sent: Saturday, June 10, 2000 10:37 AM
Subject: Re: [Jacob-list] chickens for fly control


Hi all,

We have chickens and cats.  I have found cats (domestic/barn) to be no match
for chickens.  I even have a hen that lost her wings and still she makes the
cats move if they are in her way.  Now, if injured and bloody, I don't know.
Marcia
Sugar Hill Farm, Heritage Livestock
Jacob & Shetland sheep, American Bashkir Curly horses, Appaloosa horses,
Delaware chickens

----- Original Message -----
From: <dazazel at usit.net>
To: <jacob-list at jacobsheep.com>
Sent: Saturday, June 10, 2000 9:03 AM
Subject: Re: [Jacob-list] chickens for fly control


> I have two hens that are freerange and until this spring I never noticed
> very many flies at all.  Then after moulting one of the hens turned broody
> and wouldn't budge out of the coop until a few days ago.  I wonder if that
> may be part of the fly problem--one hen just can't do enough to keep the
> flies down?  I also haven't seen the hen who was broody in a couple of
> days--I hope she didn't wander off and get caught by a cat.  There are a
lot
> of cats around here and they can (and do) get through the fence, which is
> why I haven't gotten any more chickens.  Maybe if I got a few dozen there
> would be safety in numbers?  I really like the eggs too!
>
> Katherine
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