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How to Stop Red Mite in your Chicken Coop
With summer approaching and the warmer weather on the way, the return of the dreaded Red Mites into our coops is probably inevitable. However, using the double-sided stick tape method of catching and killing the mites will rid your coops of these dangerous little bugs and will also warn you of their presence in the first place. Here's how to do it.
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Integrating Chicken Flocks 2
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If you don't have the ability to put 2 flocks in close proximity for a week or so before letting them mix, then this is another method that you may want to try. Ideally, put the new birds in the coop at night whilst they are all roosting but in this case I had to do it during the day.
DIY Chicken Coop
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Here's a quick tour of my latest DIY chicken coop that I've attached to a run for my Ixworth rare breed chickens. There's lots more great examples of DIY coops at our FaceBook group. Here's a link to the group. Come and join us and show us what you've done or seek inspiration from those who've already done it. groups/282095406714401
When Can Chicks Go Outside into a Coop?
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The Cream Legbar chicks are 3 weeks old now and fully feathered. Time to leave the Brooder Box and go outside into the coop. The important thing is to acclimatise them slowly if the temperatures are low.
Brooder Hut Complete - The Chicks Move in (and a Polytunnel Chicken Update)
Просмотров 3293 года назад
The kiddies' Wendy House we bought for £30 has finally been turned into an outside Brooder Hut complete with a thermostatic temperature control system and the Legbar chicks have moved in. This is how we did it.
Chickens in The Polytunnel
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The Warrens and Cream Legbars have moved into the Polytunnel on a 6 week working holiday to prepare the ground for the tomato plants. With some additional wood chips and a daily scatter of grain, the soil should be perfect for planting. Looking forward to some really good tomatoes.
Polytunnel Chickens - The Plan
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We're moving some chickens into the Polytunnel so they can prepare the ground for the tomatoes in a few weeks' time. Lots of prep required to ensure they're safe and sound and healthy.
Wendy House to Nursery Coop Conversion - Part 1
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We bought a kiddies' Wendy House for £30. Watch as we turn it into a Nursery Coop with electrical power for our first chick hatch in the Spring. Part 2 to follow.
Winter Rounds on The Smallholding
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Join me on a wonderfully crispy and cold winter's morning as I check on the livestock and give them their breakfast.
Avian Flu Lockdown Update - Top Tips and Lessons Learned
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A week into chicken lockdown and here's how we're doing. Top tips including the chicken tractor, dustbaths, storm lashings and deep litter bedding.
Avian Flu Precautions - Fox Proofing your Run
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With people trying their best to comply with the latest Avian Flu restrictions, its important to ensure that the runs and enclosures we're building are completely fox proof. Here's a few suggestions on how we can protect our birds whilst they are locked down.
Avian Flu Plan - Preparations Complete (Plan for the Worst and Hope for the Best).
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Finally finished the changes we needed to do to meet the new restrictions placed upon poultry keepers as a result of recent Bird Flu outbreaks. It's taken longer than I had hoped for but we're there now. Remember ....plan for the worst and then hope for the best.
Avian Flu Plan - How We Intend to Protect Our Birds
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Avian flu Government restrictions are now in force in the UK so poultry keepers are faced with making some big (but hopefully temporary) changes to ensure that they adhere to the restrictions and also protect their birds. Here's what we plan to do.
Mk3 Chicken Tractor Build - Part 1
Просмотров 3473 года назад
I bought an old trailer for £15. As my 5 month old pullets need a new home, it seems a perfect opportunity to turn it another chicken tractor. This is the first part of the Mk3 Chicken Tractor build.
Moving the Mk 2 Chicken Tractor and Cage
Просмотров 2973 года назад
Here we compare how easy it is to move the 2 rotational systems we have adopted. Each one has its own merits but if you only have a small amount of land, the cage and portable tractor is ideal. Here's the links to the other videos showing how we built it and electrified it. ruclips.net/video/UCRZ9L6HfWM/видео.html ruclips.net/video/1Mgucdg6EBg/видео.html
Tractor and Cage Finished - 12,000 Volts Attached to the Base
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Tractor and Cage Finished - 12,000 Volts Attached to the Base
Chicken Tractor Mk 2 - The Ixworth Chicks Move in
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Chicken Tractor Mk 2 - The Ixworth Chicks Move in
Keeping Your Chickens Healthy in the Winter
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Keeping Your Chickens Healthy in the Winter
Winter Chicken Shelter
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Winter Chicken Shelter
How to Fit an Automatic Coop Door Opener
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How to Fit an Automatic Coop Door Opener
Chicken Coop to Chicken Tractor Conversion
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Chicken Coop to Chicken Tractor Conversion
How to set up your Electric Poultry Fence Energiser and Solar Charger.
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How to set up your Electric Poultry Fence Energiser and Solar Charger.
The Chicken Tractor and Other Updates
Просмотров 6034 года назад
The Chicken Tractor and Other Updates
Hatch Day - Brooder Box Requirements
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Hatch Day - Brooder Box Requirements
LOCKDOWN - Ixworth Egg Update - Day 18
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LOCKDOWN - Ixworth Egg Update - Day 18
A Chicken Kinda Day
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A Chicken Kinda Day
Integrating Flocks
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Integrating Flocks
Ixworth Egg Update - Day 9
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Ixworth Egg Update - Day 9
The Smallholding Diaries' Guide to Hatching Eggs - Part 1
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The Smallholding Diaries' Guide to Hatching Eggs - Part 1
Hatching a Plan - New Chicks Arrive.
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Hatching a Plan - New Chicks Arrive.

Комментарии

  • @FrTheodoreObraztsov
    @FrTheodoreObraztsov 13 дней назад

    I really enjoy the ambience of your farm. Wow!! I’m an old man just beginning with some chicks. But I’m anticipating the first time challenges of this coming Autumn

  • @FrTheodoreObraztsov
    @FrTheodoreObraztsov 17 дней назад

    I’m very glad to have run into your presentation. I’m brand new to this and I have four silky bantams. I’m thinking that they are into their fourth week. A lot of the people I talk to you say don’t take them out of the Bruder until they’re fully feathered at 6 to 8 weeks. Here’s the deal… My chicks look a lot like your chicks do feathered wise. Do you have any experience with silkies? What do you think? 😊

  • @debbiebarnard8027
    @debbiebarnard8027 Месяц назад

    Problem is my rescue birds won't roost 😔

  • @nicholasjames2998
    @nicholasjames2998 Месяц назад

    My chicks hatched about 2 weeks 4 days ago. Still in the brooder. it's currently 90 degrees days and about 70 degree nights. do you think it would it be okay to put the chick/en outside in a few days? Looks similar to your as far as the feathering goes

  • @MichelleMyers-b8n
    @MichelleMyers-b8n 2 месяца назад

    I'm beyond DONE, but my FAITH is strong but it has been so damn difficult. Living with this problem for SOOO long, and they are not just on my skin, but also under my skin. My feet are so bad, I can barely walk. Had an exterminator come out, and they told us to rid ourselves of any and all bird's nests or birds in the house or around it. I live in a very old house. Probably going to have to move out --😢😢

  • @georgeingridirwin6180
    @georgeingridirwin6180 3 месяца назад

    WOW! Thank you, this is a fantastic idea & so easy. I'm going to do this in our chicken coop.

  • @jasoncsking
    @jasoncsking 3 месяца назад

    I did this one year while building a proper home for my chickens. Protecting the sides of the tunnel is essential. I put a metre high thick fabric border all around. Chickens still managed to jump up and scratch the plastic above it. Then the cat tried climbing it, sticking claws in everywhere. Probably wouldn't risk it again, because we have foxes and pine martens that could easily get inside.

  • @yiming6787
    @yiming6787 4 месяца назад

    Loved your video!

  • @patty9265
    @patty9265 4 месяца назад

    I like this idea and I'm going to try it. Thank you

  • @biddibee3526
    @biddibee3526 4 месяца назад

    Thank you fine sir

  • @susantaylor8507
    @susantaylor8507 5 месяцев назад

    My chickens are just there new feathers but i want to wait till there bigger because of my turkey i don't want her picking on the chicks

  • @truebeliever3948
    @truebeliever3948 6 месяцев назад

    ⭐⭐⭐⭐

  • @fernandizo
    @fernandizo 7 месяцев назад

    Does diatomaceous earth prevent red mites?

  • @readingroomcafeproject
    @readingroomcafeproject 7 месяцев назад

    How's this worked out for you? I'm thinking about a polytunnel for an run extension - open one side to their current run.

  • @cazsantics525
    @cazsantics525 7 месяцев назад

    yes, this is what I’m going to do

  • @cazsantics525
    @cazsantics525 7 месяцев назад

    Amazing!!!

  • @danishshaheen5973
    @danishshaheen5973 9 месяцев назад

    Please be nice ❤

  • @77lases
    @77lases 9 месяцев назад

    What a clever idea! Thank you for sharing!

  • @andrewboydnz
    @andrewboydnz 10 месяцев назад

    That's brilliant! I also squirt used engine oil into the crevices, which they drown in, so combined with the sticky tape would be the end of it for sure. Thank you so much for sharing this video.❤👍

  • @ClaudiaSolervicens
    @ClaudiaSolervicens 10 месяцев назад

    I love this. Will definitely try!

  • @alicedaley851
    @alicedaley851 11 месяцев назад

    Stop using straw...and use wood chips. Straw hides mites and encourage mites.

  • @sirtrevis
    @sirtrevis 11 месяцев назад

    Thank you, Sir.

  • @cecikrups
    @cecikrups 11 месяцев назад

    This is a fantastic idea and I will definitely try it very soon! Thanks a lot for sharing!!

  • @rcar9115
    @rcar9115 Год назад

    Great content. Subscribed!

  • @rcar9115
    @rcar9115 Год назад

    Those sound like some very happy chickens. They're all just chattering about in the background ❤

  • @klivija1
    @klivija1 Год назад

    Thank you for idea.

  • @lisanlatour
    @lisanlatour Год назад

    Paint the inside of your hen house (a few coats) and caulk up the seams/gaps/holes in the walls and floor. Use an exterior paint that will hold up to moisture. I also have used a clear coat waterproofing sealant in the US called FlexSeal - never had a mite issue in 7 years.

    • @thraftofcaanan281
      @thraftofcaanan281 11 месяцев назад

      This is exactly what I was thinking. "Can't hide in the cracks if there ain't no cracks."

    • @ourfrugallife
      @ourfrugallife 4 месяца назад

      I use silicon mastic on every crack I can find, that and diatomaceous earth and I don't have mites anymore.

  • @jaxtrusty2383
    @jaxtrusty2383 Год назад

    I did this and it’s fabulous. Quite gratifying seeing the dead mites.

  • @barbarahalkyard1901
    @barbarahalkyard1901 Год назад

    Duramitex.

  • @Frogandtoadtime
    @Frogandtoadtime Год назад

    Worth a try, we have mites pretty bad right now, I know we have red mites, had them 3 years ago but also wondering if we have something else. There are bugs on me when I collect the eggs but it’s hot here. Last time I used PSP 2x and still had them after treating the coop and all the birds, it’s exhausting.

  • @bottomfragbarb
    @bottomfragbarb Год назад

    May I ask, your ex battery hens - do you keep them for eggs and breeding or do you eventually eat your chickens as well as the eggs? Also how do you go about collecting eggs for eating making sure they haven’t started to develop?

  • @TheStickinator
    @TheStickinator Год назад

    So thankful people like yourself share this info. Well worth a 👍

  • @JuliaMarshall-n4f
    @JuliaMarshall-n4f Год назад

    Great advice! Really works.

  • @Pk-mu8ij
    @Pk-mu8ij Год назад

    I live in Florida it is 90 during the day and high 70: at night

  • @kevenbeene4585
    @kevenbeene4585 Год назад

    Those aren't red mites . We call them bluebugs. Sprays pens with mix of diesel and used motor oil. They are like a tick. They can deplete the blood in the chickens and kill them

    • @thesmallholdingdiaries7833
      @thesmallholdingdiaries7833 Год назад

      They're red mites but thanks for the tips.

    • @kevenbeene4585
      @kevenbeene4585 Год назад

      We call them blue bugs here. The hardred mites we get are generally around oak trees. Rough to get rid of , the same thing works on them.

    • @aliciaspears7847
      @aliciaspears7847 Год назад

      That's what I thought too based on the description of their feeding habits etc... fowl ticks aka blue bugs. Hard to tell from the pics though. Horrid, can definitely lead to anemia

    • @aliciaspears7847
      @aliciaspears7847 Год назад

      I've heard that Orange oil kills them , but it has to get on them. Hard to spray effectively on all the nooks and crannies. Another good tip I got for prevention of fowl ticks is to caulk every seam/ joint which I'm going to do with the coop we're currently building. Then paint over all the surfaces

  • @voiceofmanywaters3720
    @voiceofmanywaters3720 Год назад

    Brilliant!!! Thank you:)

  • @ImFieldy
    @ImFieldy Год назад

    I liberally sprinkle DE in nesting boxes and take a handful and rub on perch. Ive tried various sprays ....50/50 bleach. .... pure white vinegar. ....cooking oil - still have mites :) The only very effective remedy is 1ml of I ver me ctin dripped on back of each chooks neck. Sadly its banned here in NZ incase ppl use it instead of the P hyser option :) But dble sided tape as a detector is a great idea. Cheers. ps. whats the pink stuff ?

    • @barbarafarr1298
      @barbarafarr1298 9 месяцев назад

      You can still get that particular pour on for cattle in N.Z. (off label use for poultry) it was just the human version that was banned as it proved to be excellent in dealing with a certain human virus, but the powers that be didn't want that to happen as then their jab wouldn't have been required.

  • @Tangerine-rj5tr
    @Tangerine-rj5tr Год назад

    Great idea. My hens are suffering from this now.

    • @theurbanthirdhomestead
      @theurbanthirdhomestead 2 месяца назад

      Mine too. It took me a long time to figure out what the problem was. It got kinda out of control. Poor babies.

  • @thesilverbulletriflecompan4317

    Hi. Where did you buy the cage. ? Many thanks

  • @thesilverbulletriflecompan4317

    Hi. Where did you buy the cage. ? Many thanks

  • @les99021
    @les99021 Год назад

    Great idea!

  • @Fallenblossoms
    @Fallenblossoms Год назад

    My chicks are 6 weeks old and are pretty big, I live on Long Island the weather during the day is high 70s and weather at night has been 55-60s do u think they can go outisde?

    • @thesmallholdingdiaries7833
      @thesmallholdingdiaries7833 Год назад

      I think so yes. As I say in the video, its all about how feathered they are. They should be fine at 6 weeks. Try it and keep an eyes on them. As long as they have the ability to snuggle up together at night they should be fine. Let me know how they get on xxxxx

  • @PixiePrincessBrat
    @PixiePrincessBrat Год назад

    She thinks you're a pirate and she's a parrot lol

  • @phenixjiraliving
    @phenixjiraliving Год назад

    This is great! I’ve seen tiny red spiders in my yard. Don’t think they are the same but I love this idea and will be trying it soon.

  • @theresamurphy9799
    @theresamurphy9799 Год назад

    good job they look happy and healthy ❤!

  • @LindaMorton-s8g
    @LindaMorton-s8g Год назад

    Wayne Morton

  • @Matt-du9ez
    @Matt-du9ez Год назад

    I much prefer using a broody hen as to a brooder setup, I barely have to do a thing!

    • @thesmallholdingdiaries7833
      @thesmallholdingdiaries7833 Год назад

      Me too but some people don't have the ability to do that.

    • @Matt-du9ez
      @Matt-du9ez Год назад

      @@thesmallholdingdiaries7833 It's something I definitely recommend! For us it wasn't really a choice, one of our missing hens just popped up out of nowhere with 8 chicks, another was brooding a nest of eggs in a very hard to reach spot, so we let her be and she ended up hatching another 10. So far, we've only lost 1 chicken, and 1 toe (to a mouse). The first 8 chicks are 8 weeks old now and the other 10 are around 4-ish weeks. The hens teach them how to find food and keep them warm, which is all I could really ask for! My only issue with hen brooding is that you have to keep them in an enclosed space (so the chicks don't get lost, drown in water, etc.) and also make sure all the chicks are with mum at night. Apart from that, its been so hands off that I fully trust the hens to take care of their chicks.

  • @olsonlr
    @olsonlr Год назад

    What if you have to introduce them to a coup with older birds in it. Will they beat the little guys up?

    • @thesmallholdingdiaries7833
      @thesmallholdingdiaries7833 Год назад

      They may do. Its a size thing not an age thing. Bigger birds tend to bully the smaller ones but you could try my method of introducing new chickens to a flock. It's another video on this channel. Basically you keep them next to each other (they can see each other but can't physically touch) for a week or 2 until they get used to each other then let them mix. There will always be issues as they try to find the new pecking order and there will always be someone at the bottom but thats nature I'm afraid.

    • @olsonlr
      @olsonlr Год назад

      @@thesmallholdingdiaries7833 Yes I just tried that after two days of being next to each others and it was instant attack and feathers everywhere. I'll wait a while and next time its the garden hose for the bullies!

  • @dg-vg9di
    @dg-vg9di Год назад

    I let my hens brood and raise their own chicks. The hens watch over their babies and take care of them. There’s no issues.

    • @NC_SUGAR
      @NC_SUGAR 4 месяца назад

      Same here. Plus it's fun to see them walk the chick's around to show them off to the other animals and chickens.

  • @pamelak7924
    @pamelak7924 Год назад

    Brilliant