***OKIES in the BYC III ***

[old*cowboy]

Box full of fluff coming home to go in the brooder.

 

[NanaKat]

Cute...even the nekked necks.

 

[Okla-doodle-doo]

Looks like a good assortment of bantams and heavies ther cowboy. Nuthing cutier than chicks!

saw this ad in Bowling Green ,Ky craigslist. I can transport in june if ya need me too!lol

Due to a move I am closing my loft. I have Giant Runts, Black and white Lahores, Modenas, German Modenas, Old German Owls, Fantails. I will ship at buyers or birds may be picked up in Glasgow KY 42141 Please contact by phone or text at 270-308-5265 fir prices and availability.

 

[Ksane]

Got mine home they really are cool LOL only thing is I dumped the Dubia into the Rubbermaid tub I set up for them and some of the smaller ones made it to the top and almost out before I saw that they DO climb!! I put some petroleum jelly around the top I had already treated the Hissers tub that way cause I know they can climb...
Went to Tractor supply and was looking at a few things happened to notice that the Rubbermaid trashcan like I got from them before were all sold out but, there were 4 lids left over, I have been trying to find a way to buy some of the lids W/O the can cause they fit perfect over my plastic 55 gal barrels and keep all the water out better than the lids that came with them, So I asked them about the extra lids and the clerk said we only sell them with the set but he allowed he would ask the manager to make sure and came back out saying "This is your lucky day" and they gave me all 4 of them, That is a good score in my opinion LOL

I'm glad you mentioned that, that'll be good info to have when mine get here lol
Nana, the Cochins are the cutest of all lol!!! Reminds me so much of mine last summer.

 

[Ksane]

Cowboy, those are some awful cute babies!
Do you keep water in your foam incubator when you hatch with it? I only had 1 hatch and did a dry hatch, didn't add a drop of water til lockdown. But I don't know if that was the right way or not.

 

[NanaKat]

The Mottled OEGB pair Gnger and Fred gave us their first egg today!!


The eggs gathered today. Ginger's egg is in the upper right: Small, medium, large and extra large eggs. Of course hers is the extra small.



Diameter comparison to an extra large Australorp egg.


Length comparison

 

[Elwood Lightfoot]

Been playing with my new bugs LOL I have one female that's about to pop I'm sure she is going to deliver any time now, I think they are really cool, I wonder how many adults are needed to maintain a productive colony, of either type, I have also been working on getting the incubator going I got a 12v power supply and it should run the small fans in the bator and the hatchers so should be ready to start eggs in the next couple days I just need to rethink brooders since I've used the plastic tubs for bugs that I would have placed the chicks in,

 

[NanaKat]

I use a 6 x 2 x 2 water tank. For a lid, I use a retangle made from pvc pipe with a piece of 1 inch chicken wire wire tied to the pvc frame. I use a 2 foot runner rug to cover part of the top to hold the heat from a suspended heat lamp. It can be adjusted to allow more air flow . The Lamp can be raised or lowered to adjust the warmth. Just slide the cover back and forth along the tank to have access to food and water at each end. Holds a lot of babies and they have plenty of exercise room.

 

[old*cowboy]

Cowboy, those are some awful cute babies!
Do you keep water in your foam incubator when you hatch with it? I only had 1 hatch and did a dry hatch, didn't add a drop of water til lockdown. But I don't know if that was the right way or not.

Im pretty new to the foam bator thing. First hatch was poor due to fluctuatuing temps. Think I have that fixed with the blanket. I am keeping water in mine. How did your hatch dry come out.

 

[old*cowboy]

Cute...even the nekked necks.

Didnt you mean especially the naked necks