This message is from: "Steve Sessoms" <ssess...@charter.net>
I adore my chickens and do not sorry about them carrying disease to me or the horses. Feed them food grade DE and put it in their dusting spots. That will take care of any mites or worms. There are also drugs to feed them or dust on them to take care of worms and mites. Keep them healthy and bright eyed and they will delight you with their sweet songs, cheerful nature and delicious, healthy eggs. DE might also work in itchy horse tails and in their feed to take care of worms. Hens also will break up horse poo piles around the barn to help keep flies down, and they eat spilt and dribbled feed to help keep rats and mice away. The only time having hens bothers me is when other creatures get to the eggs laid in the hay bales before I do. When that happens I have to break open the bales to get the flakes out that were ruined from broken eggs. Otherwise, I don't mind it when my hens make their nests in the hay. The bales only get ruined when I forget to check nests to collect the eggs. Meredith Sessoms Tooksend Art and Fjordhorses Moulton AL Important FjordHorse List Links: Subscription Management: http://tinyurl.com/5msa7e FH-L Archives: http://tinyurl.com/rcepw Classified Ads: http://tinyurl.com/5b5g2f
