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[NanaKat]

Okay I give up, I've been to every type store I can think of, where do you get the NoLo or any brand of the grasshopper spore stuff? Not only do none of the stores carry it they look at you like you all of a sudden started speaking Chinese and sprouted a third eye when you ask about it!

TLC Nurseries carried it in OKC .

Grasshopper stuff just arrived via fed ex. It exp 4/15, but stays good 2 months past exp date if stored in the freezer. So in the freezer my bag went. Now I just had to find where those grasshoppers hatch then I will be able to take action!
Been seeing lots of yellow butterflies this wk. I am sure the grasshopper army will appear soon.
Wednesday my plastic mulch gets laid for the garden. -- fingers crossed no rain. They said it takes 8 hours to lay the mulch & irrigation! I offered lunch but they said they would bring their lunch. Maybe I will bake them cookies or something...... At least I can send them home with eggs!
Hope everyone has a great weekend! Sunday the weather is suppose to be fabulous!

Bait is like oatmeal flakes...a little goes a long way I sprin kle it in a band around the edge of my garden.

Does anyone have any good ideas or tips for a calf that has a front leg thats knuckled under just above the hoof ?
He is an Angus, Longhorn cross, about 2 weeks old, a co worker gave him to me, she was not able to get him to tke a bottle very well, the momma cow would not have much to do with him. He can get up and walk, hobbles around fairly well, was a lot more spy after he got some electrolytes and a couple of bottles of milk replacer in him yesterday. Had a bow legged calf about 25 years ago, but for the life of me can not remember what was done for his bow legs.

DutchChic's suggestion given for physical therapy and Vitamin B and selenium are what we have done...two weeks will require some real effort in turning the foot.

Hello...I don't post much...can't keep up with such a busy thread,

But I've raised dairy goats for many years, and it wasn't uncommon to have a kid born with a foot broke over at the pastern. If you have a good relationship with your local vet, get him some BoSe...it's injectable vitamin B and selenium. A deficientcy of those can contribute to the issue...and giving some will help improve it. Our soil in Oklahoma is deficient in selenium, and the B vitamin helps for abosorption. I always gave a shot of it to each of my does a month before kidding....and any kids born with pastern issues. Ok...here is what I did when I had this issue and it helped, but it takes consistancy and patience. If he will stay lying down and still for you, you can do "physical therapy" on his foot. You hold his leg, and slowly extend the foot out into the correct position, hold it there and count to 10 or 15, or even 20. At first, you probably won't be able to pull it out completely into normal position, but go as far as is comfortable for the calf and hold it. Pull the foot back into the bent position, only go ahead and push slowly in as far as you can and again hold it for the same amount of time. Then back out again, working it in and out several times. This stretches the tendons, and is usually successful. You need to do it as often as you can each day until the issue is resolved. Splinting is hard to do because of the location, and the tendons are contracted anyway. I hope this helps!
If you have any questions, just PM me....like I said, it's a hit and miss thing for me to get to read much of this thread. I love how we Okies support each other...just wish I had more time to be more involved.
Well....off to get ready to go to the Pryor show.

Haven't been on in a few days. Been watching my grandsons so daughter could work out details for tile and paint with the builder. Then sister had a heart attack and ended up in the emergency room Friday and had angioplasty and with two stints on Friday morning. At my daughter's tonight while they make a turnaround trip to Dallas. His Mom has a design shop and found them a copper deep country sink.
Looking forward to a little time on Sunday to work in the garden.

 

[Okla-doodle-doo]

Hey naNa been wondering where you were! Hope your sis is doing better.
Well we just left Jackson,Tn. Should be home by eleven! Sure be glad, these new tangled cars aren't made for 250 pound old men to sit in the back seat for 8-10 hours a day!
Can't wait to see my birds and critters and hope they faired well with the grandson taking care of them.
You all have a great night!

 

[averytds]

TY from Kansas! Had a great time in Pryor today. The lady I came down with was so worried about leaving OK empty handed.

I told her, you do not come to OK for chickens and leave empty handed, ever. It's just not possible. Okies are master enablers.

Wish we could have stayed to the end, but she needed to get back. Probably a good thing because we were full as it was. Really enjoyed chatting with everyone. Congrats on an excellent show.

 

[Poco Pollo]

Does anyone have pictures from the show?

Bill - Does your dog story top this one?


http://partipoodle.homestead.com/content/poetry_stories/stories/bulldog_masarati.html

LONDON (UK) - Authorities won't prosecute "Harvey" the Bulldog for speeding, reckless driving or car theft, but if he's ever caught driving again, he'll have a lot of explaining to do.

Yesterday, The Sun reported that the three-year-old dog was responsible for sending Johnny Vaughan's £60,000 sports car (worth about $100,000 US) careening into a parked van. . .

"I was too shocked to be angry. I couldn't believe my dog had crashed my car."

 

[banjoejoe4783]

hi every one had a verry bussy week end so far

FRI night we had the stillwell auction every thing sold ok but i think the laying hens sold cheeper then last mounth but we had a great sell lisa thanks for coming oklado sorry that you could not make it
we had turkeys ,ducks ,gesse peecock,finchest, and all kinds of chickens but my favs where the buff and white cochins from bentonville AR
and the GOLDEN PINSELED HAMBUREGS i did not leave the stillwell sell till after 11:30PM and then i came home and loaded the truck for the 412CHUPPS AUCTION i lefted my house saterday morning at 6:00am and had a great day at the auction had a LF buff brahma pullet sell for $32.00 "thanks sooo much and i hope you injoy her" thought about buying bunnys but it seens that every one elss had the easter bunny bug to LOL after the birds sold i made a beeline for cenerton AR for the lifestock sell and got 4 nice kid nanys goats i finaly made it home it is now time to relax for a min but it will be short lived because tomarow i have brooder pins to clean and need to work on the breeder house if i have time

 

[averytds]

Sorry, too busy talking and looking. I didn't even think about pics until I got home. Then I took just a few of the new ones I bought from Betsy today.

 

[DutchChic]

TLC Nurseries carried it in OKC .

Bait is like oatmeal flakes...a little goes a long way I sprin kle it in a band around the edge of my garden.

DutchChic's suggestion given for physical therapy and Vitamin B and selenium are what we have done...two weeks will require some real effort in turning the foot.


Haven't been on in a few days. Been watching my grandsons so daughter could work out details for tile and paint with the builder. Then sister had a heart attack and ended up in the emergency room Friday and had angioplasty and with two stints on Friday morning. At my daughter's tonight while they make a turnaround trip to Dallas. His Mom has a design shop and found them a copper deep country sink.
Looking forward to a little time on Sunday to work in the garden.

Yes...two weeks will make it harder, for sure. I always caught my kids at birth, so by two weeks they were pretty much normal. I wish you luck with the little guy

 

[jcatblum]

Asking since I know this forum is full of professional chicken housing builders so I know all of y'all are always in the market for building supplies. I am in need of a gazillion t-post. The T-post will be to support my garden fence & to Bob & weave my tomatoes. -- unless someone knows something better than t-post for bob & weave. Is there any place that has t-post that I should avoid (such as ones not made as heavy duty). Any recommendations on best price? I love the old orange t-post that we have. Those seem to be much stronger than our new ones.

The t-post for the tomatoes will be pulled out of the ground at the end of the season & reused next yr. I really don't want to use material that won't last for many yrs to come. When I lived in town I sandwiched my tomatoes between cattle panels & it worked VERY well. However that isn't practical when planting hundreds of tomatoes! Any suggestions would be appreciated!

 

[DutchChic]

Sorry, too busy talking and looking. I didn't even think about pics until I got home. Then I took just a few of the new ones I bought from Betsy today.

Betsy was so nice! I got 2 gorgeous black showgirls, and a silkie hen from her today. Love me some fuzzy chickens!

 

[Elwood Lightfoot]

Does anyone have pictures from the show?

Bill - Does your dog story top this one?


http://partipoodle.homestead.com/content/poetry_stories/stories/bulldog_masarati.html

LONDON (UK) - Authorities won't prosecute "Harvey" the Bulldog for speeding, reckless driving or car theft, but if he's ever caught driving again, he'll have a lot of explaining to do.

Yesterday, The Sun reported that the three-year-old dog was responsible for sending Johnny Vaughan's £60,000 sports car (worth about $100,000 US) careening into a parked van. . .

"I was too shocked to be angry. I couldn't believe my dog had crashed my car."

I don't know LOL You all might be the judge there...

I had replaced the motor with one I had pulled out of a Mercury Marquis and had swapped the transmission also, this all required some Ummm, "Modifications, you might say", well there was a small gap between park and reverse that the column shift could be moved into without having the key on or one's foot on the brake,
So I had been out fishing with Festus my Springer spaniel and got home around 2am I had caught a stringer full of catfish and when I pulled in the driveway I had to rush to go to the bathroom,
I killed the truck, left Festus in the cab and ran into the house, I sat the fish in the sink and while I was standing there in the dark and quiet I heard this really loud grinding sound followed by an even louder crash! I thought, “Oh, Man! someone just bought it right out side in the street!”
I walked to the front door and looked up and down the street and it was all quiet, no one around anywhere, then looking to the side and my truck was gone!!
I followed the driveway to the street and looking across it saw the truck sitting against the neighbor’s brick house,
Festus was sitting behind the steering wheel with this really surprised look on his face like, “What!?? I needed to pee too!!
I knew this wasn't going to be something I could handle without the police so I called 911 and told them my dog just crashed my truck into the house across the road, it was maybe 100 yards away so I knew there would be a good deal of damage,
I hung up went and knocked on the door, the lady that lived there had heard the noise of the truck hitting the house but had decided that she was dreaming about a loud sound and had gone back to sleep,
When I knocked she woke back up and called 911 to report a strange man at her door and had his truck backed up to the garage,
About then the police showed up to take the report, I figured I was going to jail since it was now 2:30 and I just knew the cop was going to suggest I had just made it home from some bar I'd just closed, but everyone there and the extra cops that showed up just to see the bird dog that needed backing lessons all got a great kick out of the whole thing the lady I'd woke up was laughing also,
The truck was totaled and only worth $2K the lady as it happened was only a renter and the damage to the house was not too bad it cracked the bricks along the side from the corner of the garage up towards the front door but she still filed a claim and as far as I know she collected on it even though she was just renting,
The insurance adjuster from Farm Bureau was very rude and acted like he didn't believe me at all but approved a payment of $1200. I got a letter from them the next week canceling my insurance on the basis of filing an unusual claim.
I guess unlike the other story my insurance did cover my dog driving and if he'd been more careful I'd never have been cancelled LOL