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[Cjarvis]

SORRY I haven't been keeping this list running.
I have been sick the past several days and haven't been online.
Let me know if you need to be added to the list.

Here is the current list of attendees for POOPS.
I will try and catch people as they post on the thread,
but if you don't see your name on the list then please
send me private message.
Please let me know how many will be in your group.
Thanks Monty

BUCKGUY20-----------4
SOONER-----------------2
NANAKAT----------------2
OAKIERIDGE-------------4
MEFORDZ----------------2
OKRACEFAN--------------2
PEPPER48_98------------2
MJGIGAX-----------------2
ELWOOD LIGHTFOOT-----1
upcdayz-------------------3
Old*Cowboy--------------2
Betsyok-------------------2
Muesky--------------------2
Poco Pollo-----------------2
Oceanseve----------------5
Allbreeds------------------2
Jabbcool-------------------2
Bird/wire------------------3
Johnorem-----------------2
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TOTAL __________ 46

Hey.. You forgot me... and the real boss, my other half.

 

[Oceanseve]

Evening everyone! A big WELCOME to all you new folks. Jump right in tells all about yourself and your birds. We try to be one big happy family here.

Yes, one big family tree covered in bird poop

Pretty birds!

Welcome Gigi!!!

 

[mefordz]

We have never had any luck with a Pit or Pit x around the birds.. The weimaraner is a bird dog and may be even more challenging especially as a Pit x. Poodles are a terrier and may also prove to be very challenging. We worked with out Rotts using a bird, making the dog lay down on his side and place the bird on the dog looking down at him, everytime the dog showed much interest in the bird make him lay his head back down. This estabilshes dominance and teh bird will be in the dominant position, with you enforcing that. This technique has worked for us but we have never tried with the breeds you spefically have.

yeah them 2 little sissy dogs you got are probably scared of chickens!

now i'm gonna get eaten next time i go to shawnee,

remind them i am old and probably tough and wouldnt taste good please, mabey they will leave some scraps for a positive i.d. of the body when they are done.

 

[RetiredArmyWife]

Yeah I was thinking good fences will be the only solution. Technically hot fences are illegal in Lawton city limits. Might do it anyway.

 

[RetiredArmyWife]

Hey.. You forgot me... and the real boss, my other half.

Hubby and I will be there. We will bring Shane but he probably only counts as half a person since he's only 4.

 

[muesky]

Well I don't really like Day Light Savings because I usually end up staying up too late. I was really productive when I got home. Got the frame for another kennel aka breeder pen put together. Had to cut a bunch of pipes since this was a total modification from the original design but will be far more functional. Now I just put the fence on and roof and it is done.

Bit off the chicken topic but I have been listening to Johnny Cash the last few days. I found a on youtube a collection of 100 of his songs. Was shocked at some of the songs he did. The coolest one so far was Personal Jesus that was originally done by Depeche Mode and was also done by Marylin Manson (which I like) but my favorite songs of his is Hurt and Ring of Fire. I am not really into modern country music but like the old stuff, like Cash, Patsy Cline, Dolly Pardon, Hank Williams and his son. This is what I grew up with, guess that is why I like it. Reminds me of my family.

Okay I need some good juju sent my way. I decided to apply for a state job and would really like to get this job. I am highly qualified for the job, it pays a lot more and it is a change from teaching, which I think I need.

Hey Monty Going well! I'm still chicken-less...actually animal-less entirely! That has definitely taken some getting used to, but I'm staying pretty busy at work!

Hey Grace, good to see you on the board. Think you guys will be able to make it to POOPS? Hope everything is going well.

UGH!!! This Cocci thing is going to drive me crazy!! We didn't loose any yesterday and then today hubby reports 3 have died. We are on day 4 of treating them all. 2 of the ones we lost weren't even in the brooders we lost the others from. They are in the big kid pen. One was 9 weeks old she shouldn't have died from this should she? They are still on medicated feed in that pen. Told dh to move all the babies in the brooders off the floor and to plastic tubs we have used for brooders for the time being and to rake out all the old bedding out of the big kid pen and put down new pine shavings thickly over the entire pen. He treated again in their waterers with Corid. Anything else we can do? I have babies in the house I want to move to the outside brooders next week but scared to do it now.

What is weird is we haven't seen the bloody poops since the first day of treatment.

Sorry to hear about your birds. I have had a run of stuff before. It sucks but just make sure to isolate the sick birds from the healthy birds. It may not just be cocci. There are respitory stuff that can mask as other things and drop a bunch of birds before you even know any birds have it. Once again sorry your babies are sick.

any ideas on what to do with all the eggs i'm getting? people don't seem to read the signs. they are piling up!

I am thinking of trading with people at the farmers market when it starts in April. That way I can get some produce I want, get rid of the plethora of eggs accummulating in my fridge and people get fresh eggs. Win- win situation!

Hey, folks. How are ya?

Already have 22 customers for the 125 Cornish Cross meat birds I ordered on Saturday, and expect some of them to purchase multiple birds. Best part, I'm not going to have to do the processing. They are Muslim and want to do it themselves, for religious reasons. I'll just supply the birds and kill stations, along with the plucker and rest of the of the equipment, and they will do the rest.

This might be easier than I thought.

Also bought 16 BBW turks at Atwoods yesterday and some may be interested in those, as well. They look to be about a month old. I love to wait until the poults are half grown and they are almost ready to cull them before I buy. That way, they have already don't the hardest work, plus put a month or so worth of food in them.

Way to go Buster!!! Congrats!!!

Also custard, I have developed a custard addiction.

the Preppers way of keeping the eggs that long is coating in oil, mineral oil I believe. My husband watched that episode.

Creme Brulle is really good and it is like a custard. Can't wait til the DD gets home, she makes the best creme brulle.

Woooo Hooooo!!!!! Just got awesome news. My niece was born w/ a heart valve problem that was going to result in open heart surgery, but the Dr's have been letting her get older and bigger for the surgery for the best possible outcome, and been keeping an eye on it so it didn't get to bad to do the surgery. Anyway she had a cardiology appt today and we found out it is self correcting. She is just at 1 year old now, and they need to do some more testing to make sure just how much it is going to self correct, but it is looking like open heart surgery is not going to be needed.

Congrats to her!

Our new favorite Egg recipe!!!!

Smokey Egg Dip

Yummy! I saved the recipe. Look forward to trying this one!!!

Hi Everyone; I'm new to BYC but have been lurking awhile. We are in Norman OK out by the lake and our baby chicks are now 1 1/2 weeks old. 2 EE's, 3 Buff Orpingtons, 2 Barred Rocks, 2 Light Brahmas and 2 Cuckoo Marans. I'm simply in love! They are doing great and lots of fun but I'm wondering when/if I should let them have greens and if so, what kind. I put chick grit in their brooder yesterday just in case they should begin eating greens. Any thoughts? My grandmother had close to 5000 chickens -- all free to move about and lay at will back in the early 70's and so I grew up with chicks. Now continuing the tradition on a much smaller scale.

We are practically neighbors in country speak. I live south of highway 9 and 180th in the Little Axe area.

Anybody have any ideas on how to keep my dogs away from my chickens. I have a toy Poodle and a Weimaraner Pit Bull mix that just wont leave them alone. The Weimaraner mix will stand there by the fence and stare, and the Poodle barks and tries to get in there. I've tried yelling at them and hitting them whenever they're eyeballing them. So far they still do it no matter what I try.

Hot wire and good fencing. Both breeds are hard dogs to train to away from dogs especially if they are older dogs. Good luck!

 

[michaeldaugherty]

WAY COOL!!! How you wrote the name's on the pic's..Hope to lern more about the net soon an how to us it.Newcastle sale is this weeken Hope to see you ther..

I remember that night, Mike!
Did I get everyone else's names right? Who'd I miss?

 

[artsyrobin]

depending on the dog, i had to work with mine for months before i could trust them with them- i leashed them near the pen- stayed with them at first when we let the chickens out, would take them for walks when the chickens free ranged- and only one dog at a time- watched their body language- each case will be different- one dog will round the ducks up whether they need it or not... watched her one day herd them around the house 5 times before i finally realized what she was doing- these dogs were dump dogs, i am thinking with the poodle, possibly get in there with her on a leash and work with her- the weimaraner breed is a birding breed, so she might need alot more work.... the big thing is to work with them, so they understand the chickens are part of the family

Anybody have any ideas on how to keep my dogs away from my chickens. I have a toy Poodle and a Weimaraner Pit Bull mix that just wont leave them alone. The Weimaraner mix will stand there by the fence and stare, and the Poodle barks and tries to get in there. I've tried yelling at them and hitting them whenever they're eyeballing them. So far they still do it no matter what I try.

 

[BBAcres]

Hi everyone!! What a gorgeous day it's been. When I got out of school I cleaned out the coop my dad had used a few years ago and set up places for them to roost and lay eggs. Although I only have chicks and it will be a long time before the girls do that. So I'm going to put chicken wire around it and on top to keep hawks and animals from jumping in and cut a little door for them to go in and out as they please. But my question is. How do you all keep snakes from getting your chickens?? I mean I know it will probably happen. But is there any tricks?? I got a long time before moving them outside. They just got moved into a swimming pool brooder. It's so cute watching them run around that thing.

 

[artsyrobin]

ok guys- another broody - one of the bantam cochins...as flat as a pancake... so since fall, i have had 4 broodies, and now licorice and olivia.... good grief... so what is the best way to break them?? or... i could just sell the chicks?? i do have some lf cochins cooking in the bator now, plan on selling hatching eggs in the future...