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YAY! The termite house next door SOLD!!!
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<blockquote data-quote="Marguerite" data-source="post: 274012" data-attributes="member: 1991"><p>Hang on - you have chooks, don't you?</p><p></p><p>Seriously - use your chooks to advantage. First, from our own experience, chooks LOVE to eat termites. We have not had a termite problem since we had chooks. Yes, we did have the occasional termite nest in the yard (an old dead stump, at one stage) but as soon as I showed it to them (even sooner, I think) the chooks were into that nest, ripping it to pieces and gobbling the termites. No termite tunnel had a chance to get established.</p><p></p><p>Second, be careful about the use of pesticides around your chooks. Not only can it make them sick, but it can get into the eggs they lay.</p><p></p><p>Third - I bet your chooks would LOVE to get stuck into that jungle. If you let them loose make sure they are safe from predators (especially dogs). The chicken tractor works well here, but our chooks tend to be free-ranging and will clean out most nasty weeds. They eat a lot, maknig what's left much easier to clean out. They also fertilise as they go. And if you rip out weeds, most of them can be used as bedding in the chookhouse and again what they don't eat will compost down.</p><p></p><p>Win-win-win all round. Plus it makes good friends with the neighbours, saves them work (and expense) plus removes the eyesore and termite hazard from YOUR property.</p><p></p><p>Alternatively - suggest the new neighbours buy some chooks.</p><p></p><p>Good stuff.</p><p></p><p>Marg</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marguerite, post: 274012, member: 1991"] Hang on - you have chooks, don't you? Seriously - use your chooks to advantage. First, from our own experience, chooks LOVE to eat termites. We have not had a termite problem since we had chooks. Yes, we did have the occasional termite nest in the yard (an old dead stump, at one stage) but as soon as I showed it to them (even sooner, I think) the chooks were into that nest, ripping it to pieces and gobbling the termites. No termite tunnel had a chance to get established. Second, be careful about the use of pesticides around your chooks. Not only can it make them sick, but it can get into the eggs they lay. Third - I bet your chooks would LOVE to get stuck into that jungle. If you let them loose make sure they are safe from predators (especially dogs). The chicken tractor works well here, but our chooks tend to be free-ranging and will clean out most nasty weeds. They eat a lot, maknig what's left much easier to clean out. They also fertilise as they go. And if you rip out weeds, most of them can be used as bedding in the chookhouse and again what they don't eat will compost down. Win-win-win all round. Plus it makes good friends with the neighbours, saves them work (and expense) plus removes the eyesore and termite hazard from YOUR property. Alternatively - suggest the new neighbours buy some chooks. Good stuff. Marg [/QUOTE]
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