*IMPORTANT WARNING* Remember to disinfect the place where the wasp nest was : If you don't, the scent of the remaining pheromones the wasps left there will attract other wasps and you'll end up with another nest in the exact same place. You need to disinfect it so you get rid of the leftover scent, that way it'll prevent them from coming back.
when trying to drown insects make sure to add a little dish soap to the water and suds it up at the top a bit it helps break the surface tension and ensure they arent just floating
For the wasps/yellowjackets: put up fake nests in spots like eaves to deter them building new nests. Can make with a small balloon, brown paper bags, and glue. Works great for me!
The brown paper bag works!!! We lived in Florida and had yellow jackets build a net in our balcony a couple of times after we put a brown bag up we didn't have them again. Also be careful with yellow jackets they can cause blood poisoning after getting stung.
yellow paper wasps will not care. they are communal. If two large nests touch they merge into a multi queen colony. Its a total myth that false nests will stop them. And sadly, like ants, wasps can interbreed in some cases. making it nearly impossible to find something that works.
@@jeanieschrag5378 The amount of poison is way too low to be dangerous for humans. As long as youre not allergic and have common sense youre completely fine
11:05 Abby is definitely learning! She turned right back around and stopped chasing those goslings the moment you told her to. Sure, she didn't quite sit, but progress is progress!
Abby did a great job responding when u told her not to chase the goslings. Even if she didn’t sit she stopped and that’s the important part! You’re doing a great job!
In my limited experience , geese are very helpful with each other. Moms are protective of their nests and brood, but any other geese that are part of a "family" chip in and help. When one of me geese went broody, the rest of the flock went out of their way to protect her.
I love the idea of you having a guard goose for the chickens! And it's hilarious that the calves have got a taste for the chicken food... naughty little things.
It's trhe corn and molasses in the chicken feed. Cattle and horses just love it. I use corn as a treat for my outdoor flock and have to be careful of the neighbor's cattle.
I raised a group of muscovy ducklings about 5 years ago and, for a treat, I gave them (defrosted) frozen corn. They absolutely loved it. As for the "flashlight" collar for Abby. I saw a video where someone else was having the same problem as you - keeping it on the dog. they got a pool noodle and cut it to fit around their dog's collar on the neck and it prevented their dog from bothering his/her stitches. Basically the same as the "flashlight," but not so confining.
Morgan, they make an inflatable neck donut now, I think, to use instead of the flashlight collar. Suggestion for Bean and Frankie: When the bulk of the ducklings move out of the brooder, leave the chicks and squirmy little one and the other smaller duckling, and put Frankie and Bean in the brooder with them. That way Frankie will be together with a few of your new layers and grow up together for a bit before they can all go out to the chicken tractor. If Bean wants to stick with Frankie, its probably fine as long as Bean isnt a drake. Otherwise, Bean will have grown up with squirmy little one and the other small duck, and the three of them can join the big flock together. Edit to add: Franks and beans...the BBQ crew? lol...
Be sure, as much as possible, to spray the area with something which will disrupt thier lingering scent pheromone at the site of the nest and surrounding it. The scent pheromone can linger for over a year and tells others seeking a home that the site or location has been a home and is a good place to create a new home. The old goto is to spritze well with about a 10% bleach solution; it eats porteins, fats, scents, and dissipates.
Anything in particular for that? I had a ground nest earlier this year, no one has made a new home where it was so far, but there are a lot of yellow jackets just around this year, and I don't want to test my luck twice on stumbling upon a nest in my raised beds without getting stung.
2:59 Add some soap to the bucket, it breaks the surface tension so the wasps can't float, they drown quite fast then (about 1-2 min at most, without soap they can swim for 5-10+ min) (it is about as "humane" as a wasp murder can be, except for instant death)
That's how I killed the ones I had. I waited till dark got some thick glove on got a sprayer out filled it with soap water also got a bucket filled that with soap and water. Then went to war, I sprayed the whole thing down stabbed it a few times spraying the inside once I knew it was soaked I knocked it down and put it in the bucket. And left it over night. No wasps survived.
Hey Cows hey Cows with summer almost mover hay hay hey Cows.. sounds like a song. Maybe the guy who did my friend Alfred. In fact some since release or song book would be great. How's is the book coming along?
We had a huge subterranean yellow jacket nest in our yard, right at the start of Covid lock down. I was super thankful bee removal was considered essential.
In the future, you can mix dish soap and water, then spray the nest and any straggling wasps/ invasive bees you don't want. The soapy water kills them fairly quickly, and is safe for your other animals to be around.
It was a yellow-jacket nest, spraying it with soapy water would just make the inhabitants angry and do relatively nothing to the nest. His solution was much simpler, faster, and safer.
It’s very interesting to see that most the duckling squad look to be runner ducks / runner crosses Personally love the runners they just look extra goofy!
Buffs are great moms, even first timers. Yellow Jackets got me when I flipped over the wheelbarrow and moved it without looking. Whoa, go in at night dude, when they can't see! And use a long stick next time. They make fake nests on Etsy, or a brown paper bag for the budget way. They also hate peppermint oil, if you get a rag and wipe the area....
I use a citronella plant (Pelargonium graveolens) to keep yellowjackets away from my house doors. I'm also going to put a plant out by my bunny hutches this year to see if they will repel bugs in that location, too. These plants don't keep them away from my entire yard, but in about a 6' to 10' diameter area they're pretty affective. The one year that I neglected to put a plant by the backdoor, I ended up with a nest in the gutter just above my door. I'd take the advice to heart about waiting until evening, when they're ALL back in the hive to do anything about disposal. So now you have a bunch of angry, homeless yellowjackets, who'll most likely build another nest back where the old one was. Please be careful and be safe! Prayers for health and safety!🙏🙏🙏❤❤❤🙏🙏🙏
Those are paper wasps, not yellow jackets! Yellow jackets build burrows in the ground, while paper wasps make those paper nests (you can guess where the name came from). The bee suit makes dealing with them look so easy!
That’s what I thought at first. But I’ve never been stung by paper wasps, and have been stung by yellow jackets (when mowing over their nest). So I thought maybe Morgan was right. Or maybe they’re a different species of paper wasp from the ones I’ve gotten.
Weird, we have yellow jackets down here in Texas as Docile as your average honeybee. I have literally walked within inches of their nests and they don't even react. Wasps on the other hand...can go dunk themselves... Also, if you have a pump up sprayer, fill it with water/soap and spray it on the nests (when they are open, before they cover it with that protective layer. Soap and water prevents them from breathing and suffocates them. They will die within a few minutes and abandon any nests.
Glad Toby is doing well. Abbie is a very rambunctious girl. Much like mine. I hope you can find a better collar. 💕 Will be interesting to see how Frank and been do.
Whenever you're trying to drown insects use soapy water which will break the water's surface tnesion and let the water. That will let the water get into their spiracles and kill them more efficiently.
Wasp stings suck. Every time i've been stung in life it's been by a wasp. Except last year. That was a bumble bee. I had to get a pokey stick and clear off two wasp nests this year. On on the back of my favorite porch chair. One in a birdhouse
They make a fabric covered inflatable donut collar that attaches to the dog collar that keeps dogs from reaching back with their mouth. The fabric is heavy duty, so they can't rip it with their back foot nails trying to scratch it off. Way easier than the cone head!
Yellowjackets are the worst! I have been five bombed and stung just trying to water my garden. I finally had to call someone to remove all the nests. I had them all over my garden. I was afraid they were going to sting my dogs. Glad you got that down. You look great in beekeeper outfit!
For Abbey a pool noodle slipped on collar might help. I used on my animals. There are a variety of sizes. Plumbing/ electric section might offer ideals too. I did give breaks with the cone. Garden fabric attached to fence or poles to block the view.Those teens are always watching...😉
Morgan, make sure to check the suture in Abby's belly, when they keep shattering their restrains, it usually means the surgical wound its itchy which equals to a potential infection. Keep an eye out to the suture stitches, it shouldn't be loose or bulging out. At least for the 14 days period to be on the safe side.
I'd be extra careful Morgan, that nest and the yellow jackets/wasps actually look like bald faced hornets. The behavior you described also fits this pest and they are very aggressive.
*@Gold Shaw Farm* Take out the wasp nests at night, then they're all in there, Use whatever means you find suitable. Eg: Poison spray, AXE + Lighter = flamethrower (if nothing burnable is nearby), vacuum cleaner (prepare a rag to clog the inlet pipe on the vacuum, or just watch RU-vid for more inspirations ;P)
Just a random personal observation... Lysol spray seems to repel wasps without making them angry. I've used that to discourage them from setting up housekeeping outside my door. It's not a lingering effect, so I have to spray them often, but eventually they get tired of being chased off and go find somewhere else to build.
I use dish soap (Palmolive or Dawn have been my preferred soaps), peppermint, food quality DE. 1 cup DE, 1 cup of dish soap, and 2-3 tablespoons of peppermint in 5 gallons of water. You can adjust the soap and peppermint. Using a roundup sprayer (or something similar) Cone for inside nests, fan for random groups in eaves or similar, stream for singles or small starter nests. At early dawn (just before the sun comes up) or evening (after dark for evening), the least likely times they swarm. Make sure you soak the nest outside to inside (if it has walls, stick the wand tip (cone setting) into opening, make sure you spray all the wasps (they will die in less than 30 seconds after soaked in mixture) that drop out. I tend to use a flashlight and do this sort of thing at night. Wasps don't fly at night that I have ever seen. The peppermint and the DE deter new nest building. With bigger nests I bag it after I see no more in or out (2 days at least, soaking each night). I use old t-shirts and vet tape to protect injuries on my dogs.
Shop vac with a long piece of PVC works nicely. We just prop it up with the ladder and leave it on for a couple hours. The stragglers come back and get sucked up
If they are yellow jackets you should wait until dusk when they return to the nest and are calmer. That way you get them all, essentially, and they aren't so scary.
Good job getting rid of the wasps! Wasps hate the smell of rosemary, cinnamon, tea tree and neem, so if you want to help keep them away in the future, soak a wood in some of those oils and just leave it near where they might try to set up a nest. It'll keep them away, and you won't have to tear down another nest!
Hey Morgan. Great stories today!. Brave snowman taking down the hornet nest. Impressive. Those calves are learning somebad habbits.nice studio apartment for little chicks. Abby is naighty she’s gonna give you arun for your money. Why should you be exempt from a trouble child? Wow! i’m exhausted by all your issues today! Gonna go nap. Luv Ya!
I remember knocking a nest off the eaves of our farm house exactly the same way closed up the 5 gallon pail and set it in the heat of the sun for a few days. They were paper wasps and did they ever get nasty until they all suffocated.
We had a TSC E-Collar - from the livestock supply section, not the pet supplies - survive two Great Pyrenees, including one who wore it multiple times. Worth a try if you haven't already. The first dog destroyed the vet E-Collar, a fabric doughnut, and an inflatable. She was licking her stitches after destroying the inflatable doughnut, they were red and angry, and I was desperate for something to get us through the night till we could get to the Pet Store in the city, I ran to TSC, pet section was sold out of XL and XXL E-Collars, but in the livestock section, sitting there with a picture of a goat on it, there was an ecollar just the right size for our big girl.... That was six years ago. When replaced that E-collar with an identical one last year, it was still fully functional, but was cloudy, scratched up, and n-a-s-t-y from being drooled on and pushed around in the dirt.
I don’t know if it is safe around your animals but there is a plant called a citronella or otherwise known as the mosquito plant. They work great in keeping away wasps from my experience with my own citronella. My father saw a wasp trying to approach our front door to build a nest and it smelled the citronella and made u-turn away from our door.
Right way to control what we call wasps in the UK is to make up load of dishwasher soap with bit of water and spray them with it, breaks down wings etc. Works a real treat. Had issue in my front garden with them nesting in the grass. They did go for me, but spray them like a gooden. Once you kill most of flying ones you can do the nest. Bleach spray area and wash off. Hope this helps.
There was a comment that derided Morgan Shaw as a farmer (paraphrased, "A bumbling idiot who has no business being a farmer. But interesting as a RU-vid video,"), but I guess it got yeeted off from this video comments section. Anyway, negative star-face notwithstanding, I advocate keeping Beansy and Frankie together, now that they had formed a dynamic that is inseparable. As for yellow jacket infestation, you have to start working on the fly infestation. Apparently yellow jackets follow where the flies are, and so they feast on them. Also, your calves are being calves, you have to start keeping the chicken feed secure, away from the calves' sight. My 2 cents worth.
I know you probably did this more for better filming but should of waited until it was night time when ALL the yellow jackets/wasps return to the nest. So that you take out all of them and not have as many stragglers.
If possible, try adding some wire on top of the chicken fence and hook it up with the electricity. Since the calves now know there is something good behind that fence, they will keep going over/through it. I hope they won't continue going under the cow "fence" even after they grow. They know that if they go fast enough, they won't get zapped.
I've watched some Wasp X-Terminators and they often use a wet vacuum with soapy water inside it and vacuum up the wasps. The soap is essential in ensuring they drown. You'll need to make sure your wasps stay in the bucket for days. Shake it up a couple of times a day and listen to make sure you don't hear wasps flying inside. One of the X-terminators will take apart the nest (usually it's the bigger nests) and give the larvae to his chickens. They go WILD for big juicy wasp larvae!
I don't recommend being all 'its ok Abby' and comforting her especially when it isn't something she is too scared of, like the bee suit. Just act normal and confident, trying to comfort her will reinforce her being concerned. Not a dog expert but just what I feel.
Guard geese are terrific! They are great for any type of smaller bird (or just silly bird) but better if they are raised with that other type of bird. I learned the difference between the value of a Guard Goose being a goose with a job and a Guard Goose having accidentally raised a gosling with chicken chicks (the hen who hatched him took care of him afterward, though he tried to eat her feathers. It's a goose thing.) I will never again be without a dedicated Chicken Guard Goose. Pat The Goose is amazing. He has bonded with the other geese, to the point of almost starting a family, but still watches over the chickens.
Night time is a good time to remove these nest. Take a galvanized trash can ,put dish soap and water in it. Remove and drop and place lid. You must clean base area. They leave a strong scent at base. Straight soap or a cleaner place on area. Let sit. They rinse with water. If needed mix salt and baking soda into a paste and paint the area.
