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Re: Does any one here keep a couple of chickens?
Reply #30 - Oct 4^th, 2016 at 7:58pm

jmjcare wrote on Oct 4^th, 2016 at 7:33pm:

Lord Herbert wrote on Oct 1^st, 2016 at 8:55am:

[quote author=Black_Orchid link=1475223175/2#2 date=1475235053]
DIATOMACEOUS EARTH is fossilised 'hard-shell' algae from millions of years ago, and isn't really an 'earth' but a composite of little corpses.

Try here that's where I got mine

http://www.ozfarmer.com/organic-natural-insecticide-diatomaceous-earth-fines?sea...

Thanks, jmj - I've already ordered 4.5kg from another online shop.

The stuff is cripplingly expensive for anyone who can't chalk it up as a deduction on a business tax return.

This is a one-off purchase that I'll have to use very sparingly.

Meanwhile I'm using Pestene at $33 for 500g. All very expensive.

The online purchases seem like a bargain until you factor-in the delivery costs. You may just as well trot down to your local pet shop.

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Re: Does any one here keep a couple of chickens?
Reply #31 - Oct 4^th, 2016 at 7:58pm

AiA wrote on Oct 1^st, 2016 at 1:37am:

the old geezer across the street keeps both hens and honeybees. i buy eggs from him and occasionally get a double yolk. he is struggling with the bees because he is periodically hit with a sudden die-off that he can't explain ... so no honey from him yet.

he also has a still and makes both bourbon and moonshine but i don't care much for spirits so never take more than a sip when offered. his muscadine wine is quite good however ...

moonshine ... excellent!!

I would say that someone is using pesticides in the neighbourhood if a heap of bees are all dying at once.. or maybe a farming paddock nearby where the farmer is spraying..

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President Elect, The Mechanic Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 17501 Gender:	Re: Does any one here keep a couple of chickens? Reply #32 - Oct 4^th, 2016 at 8:02pm by the way.. you can watch my bees swarming here... http://www.ozpolitic.com/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1454239778/15#29
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Dnarever Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 59372 Here Gender:	Re: Does any one here keep a couple of chickens? Reply #33 - Oct 4^th, 2016 at 8:42pm albatross get your albatross. albatross albatross get your albatross.
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Re: Does any one here keep a couple of chickens?
Reply #34 - Oct 4^th, 2016 at 9:03pm

Lord Herbert wrote on Oct 4^th, 2016 at 7:58pm:

jmjcare wrote on Oct 4^th, 2016 at 7:33pm:

Lord Herbert wrote on Oct 1^st, 2016 at 8:55am:

[quote author=Black_Orchid link=1475223175/2#2 date=1475235053]
DIATOMACEOUS EARTH is fossilised 'hard-shell' algae from millions of years ago, and isn't really an 'earth' but a composite of little corpses.

Try here that's where I got mine

http://www.ozfarmer.com/organic-natural-insecticide-diatomaceous-earth-fines?sea...

Thanks, jmj - I've already ordered 4.5kg from another online shop.

The stuff is cripplingly expensive for anyone who can't chalk it up as a deduction on a business tax return.

This is a one-off purchase that I'll have to use very sparingly.

Meanwhile I'm using Pestene at $33 for 500g. All very expensive.

The online purchases seem like a bargain until you factor-in the delivery costs. You may just as well trot down to your local pet shop.

You're welcome sorry I read this thread too late but what you are paying is way too expensive and you can put in your postcode after you've added the item to your cart and go to check out it will give you the different postage. Maybe next time, try that just untick all the insurance they offer.

oops just noticed you've already ordered 4.5kg that's a lot.

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Re: Does any one here keep a couple of chickens?
Reply #35 - Oct 5^th, 2016 at 7:52am

jmjcare wrote on Oct 4^th, 2016 at 9:03pm:

oops just noticed you've already ordered 4.5kg that's a lot.

A one-off, costing around $80 with delivery. Good for cat fleas too.

I'm only supposed to have two hens, but I got tricked by one of them that went AWOL for three days during which time I fetched a replacement companion for the remaining one ... only for the 'lost' one to reappear again - bold as brass and full of Bad Attitood because it failed to hatch any eggs.

Lots of eggs, but, and I'm too gutless to ask payment from my neighbours when I give them a few because I've got too many in the fridge.

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Re: Does any one here keep a couple of chickens?
Reply #36 - Oct 5^th, 2016 at 7:57am

John Smith wrote on Oct 1^st, 2016 at 10:28am:

you might want to be careful about where you let them brood . They might be laying eggs under there and if you don't get them out, you'll end up attracting mice and rats,

Since you wrote this, my cat Gizzy has had his collar ripped off him in a fight at night with a rat in the backyard Potting Shed that sh!ts turds as big as cocktail sausages.

Big as a Bull Terrier, and probably has a gold tooth.

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Re: Does any one here keep a couple of chickens?
Reply #37 - Oct 5^th, 2016 at 8:12am

Lord Herbert wrote on Oct 5^th, 2016 at 7:57am:

John Smith wrote on Oct 1^st, 2016 at 10:28am:

you might want to be careful about where you let them brood . They might be laying eggs under there and if you don't get them out, you'll end up attracting mice and rats,

Since you wrote this, my cat Gizzy has had his collar ripped of him in a fight at night with a rat in the backyard Potting Shed that runs turds as big as cocktail sausages.

Big as a Bull Terrier, and probably has a gold tooth.

Not near the Tempe Tip are you Herb.

They had rats as big as kangaroos their in the 1960s

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Lord Herbert Gold Member Offline Posts: 34441 Gender:	Re: Does any one here keep a couple of chickens? Reply #38 - Oct 5^th, 2016 at 8:49am Redmond Neck wrote on Oct 5^th, 2016 at 8:12am: Not near the Tempe Tip are you Herb. They had rats as big as kangaroos their in the 1960s That's not my area, but there's a lot of bushland around where I am where they probably feed on the plague of feral cats.
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