Tons and Tons of waterfowl migrate thru Sequoyah county due to Kerr reservoir and the Arkansas river basin. Hope those of us to the West in drier counties will escape this mess..
Same here. I have a little coop to lock them up at night, but during daylight hours, they roam a half-acre backyard. An enclosed run would use resources and funds that I just don't have available at the moment..
I did take down my bird feeders to hopefully minimize wild bird interaction...
Went to the Newcastle Poultry auction yesterday for the first time, thought I'd report back.
There were things that I liked and disliked about it
Likes: 1) The facility was pretty clean and adequate, as clean as a shared county AG barn can be. Attendance and participation might have been down...
Nah, no luck. Doesn't seem to be any interest, even as just sacraficial flock protectors. Thinking about trying a sale next week, just to see if anybody will take them. I've heard there's a decent sale in Maud and one in Jones.
Bud of mine had some Polish, they were fun to watch. A bit...
You know, I have no idea. I saw it posted on the expo schedule and assumed there would be chickens there like all the other horse, cattle, stock shows they cater to.
That will be a bummer, I was looking forward to it.
I did find this, appears that somebody is showing something, don't know...
North American Poultry Breeders APA National Meet in Shawnee this weekend.
Will probably stop in just to see what real chickens look like compared to the mutts I have at home..
Looking for a chicken vet, Central OK. One of my hens broke some of her beak and needs professional care. Anybody around the Shawnee area work on chickens?
I'd SSS in a heartbeat. If it isn't your livestock, it will be some other poor soul's livestock.
People say "it's only a chicken". Yeah, well, I've got a grand or more in my coop, a couple hundred on chicken feed and chickens, and the doesn't even count the time I've put in. I don't like...