Posts by NanaKat

Just a little reminder for anyone wanting to make donations for the Benefit Auction on May 18. at the regular Newcastle Auction.  They will sell eggs and chicks first as usual, then have the benefit auction and then go back to...

Two of my Columbian Wyandotte hens have gone broody. Outside temps reached 88 today and our last frost was May 3rd. Temperatures have been outrageous in the difference. Rather than let them both sit on eggs in the outside pen, I'll...

The boys are rinsing out the trailers after we moved the 25 pairs and bull to the pasture in Paden. It took several hours of sorting and loading. Two trips with 3 trailers each trip....git 'er done! I'm relaxing before fixing...

Good morning OKIES. Yesterday was a beautiful day! One of our daughter came with her family for Mom's day and the two little boys got to "feed the chickens ". Meaning toss them some scratch and did a little fishing...meaning we baited...

  Happy Mother's Day to all our OKIE MOMS  

Hey Bill, wondered what happened to you! Congrats on the renewed peace. Stray, Coraline Sage is BEAUTIFUL! Robyn, glad your hen is better. CrunchyJeepMama, hope your chick's crop is getting better. Update on BIL....he Is doing great...

It was a gorgeous day today. I was able to spend some time in the garden weeding a few beds. The onions are growing out after the hail damage. Moved 9 more juveniles chicks outside today. It is always fun watching them adjust to the...

The photo of the chicks and the baby goats is just too stinking cute! Thank you for the prayers for our BIL today. The triple bypass surgery went well and he is going to be in ICUS for several days .

Quote:Originally Posted by nnbreeder Quote:Originally Posted by emach0301 And another question, Could these worms cause a hen to go egg bound? This is what I am thinking happen to my hen. Usually an egg bound hen will walk...

Quote:Originally Posted by miohippus can chickens get lice? because some of the bugs looked like the lice that get on our goats. Yes, there are feather lice....about 1/8 inch long...yellow, gold or light brown... Mites and lice come...