Fly Reduction Strategies
- Manage the chicken poop by raking the chicken yard daily, cleaning the coop daily and covering the chicken yard with yard waste
- Smoking out the chicken yard
- Running a fan in the chicken yard
- Any more ideas?
Strategies 2 and 3 do not solve the problem, they simply move the flies elsewhere (possibly to my neighbors, which is not good). I must prevent the flies from being born in the first place. I must manage the poop. Put your ideas in the comments. Remember- I don't kill garden animals because all animals are my helpers. They indicate to me what is out of balance and what needs managing.
Yesterday I gave the chickens food scraps from the kitchen. They only ate 3 cups of food instead of 4.
As usual, there are American crows in the chicken yard. They act like chickens too except they fly away when I come in. They also eat the chicken food.
Today we went to one of our favorite hiking spots. It has lots of volunteer plants from Europe (some people call these types of plants weeds). I brought some back home with me to plant in my garden: roman chamomile also called pineapple weed (Chamomilla suaveolens), sheep sorrel (Rumex acetosella), curly dock (Rumex crispus), plantain (Plantago lanceolata) and watercress (Rorippa nasturtuium-aquaticum).
Sara tried to sleep on the coop floor again so I moved her again. Popcorn and Isabella slept in the nesting boxes. Everyone else uses the perches.
Ant and Cob-weaver are cooking again but there are not more chocolate chips. Tonight they make sugar cookies.
1 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp baking powder
1 cup butter softened
1-1/2 cup sugar
1 egg
1 tsp vanilla
🐞Farmer Ladybug
Ant and Cob-weaver are cooking again but there are not more chocolate chips. Tonight they make sugar cookies.
Easy Sugar Cookies
2-3/4 cup flour1 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp baking powder
1 cup butter softened
1-1/2 cup sugar
1 egg
1 tsp vanilla
- Preheat oven to 375°F
- Mix flour, baking soda and baking powder
- In a separate bowl, cream butter and sugar until smooth. Beat in egg and vanilla. Gradually mix in dry ingredients.
- Put in fridge to cool for 15-30 minutes (although you can skip this part if you just can't wait)
- Roll and shape cookies.
- Bake 8-10 minutes
🐞Farmer Ladybug
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