Nine new employees will be arriving in less than a month. Like their parents, they will be put in charge of manure pat maintenance. As turkeys flip dry manure pats, looking for seeds and bugs, they break apart and scatter the pats, spreading fertilizer. We don’t use commercial treatments for … Continue reading →

We have added fly tape as additional control of those pesky insects. While we welcomed the Spring moisture, it promoted a plethora of irritation for our cattle. Six feet by ten inch lengths are put around empty ACV barrels and moved along with the herd.

Don and I have started adding raw apple cider vinegar to the stock tanks. We have been reading about its usage to aid in digestion and to ward off face flies. In the beginning, we offered the apple cider vinegar as free choice in tubs. The cattle ignored it, and … Continue reading →