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[Kassaundra]

A sunburn in the part of your hair is horrible, you forget about it until you go to comb and rake across it!!! Ouch! But in your case mefordz, well.......................................................... let's just say the "part" of your hair is a little wider then most. LOL

 

[RetiredArmyWife]

A sunburn in the part of your hair is horrible, you forget about it until you go to comb and rake across it!!! Ouch! But in your case mefordz, well.......................................................... let's just say the "part" of your hair is a little wider then most. LOL

Just a tad wider.

 

[Kassaundra]

I'm digging up carrots today. This is the first year I have ever successfully grown even one carrot. So far I have a 3 gallon bucket overflowing, and not even half way done. I have always tried planting them is spring, but these ones I planted in fall, so I guess that is the trick, I'll plant even more this fall. Wonder how well carrots dehydrate? Anyone ever try?

 

[old*cowboy]

If you have only purchased from hatcheries does that mean the birds are npip tested at the hatchery? I understand the testing means your birds are clean from one disease. Once your birds have been tested does that mean you are npip clean forever? (If you don't purchase any birds just raise your own hatches?) Do you have to be npip tested to sell chicks, chickens, or hatching eggs?

Birds under 6 months old do not get tested. Most hatcheries get eggs from NPIP tested flocks, Birds have to be tested each year. If you sale chicks, eggs, or chickens you do not have to be NPIP certified flock, BUT lots of people will not buy birds from a flock that isnt tested, for the sake of not wanting to put untested birds with their tested birds, making their flock no longer NPIP certified. I may be off on some of this, but this is the way I gathered it when they tested my flock.

 

[Oceanseve]

It's only $5 for testing?? I thought it was per bird?

 

[Sooner]

Per bird would be from an individual test not a state tester.

 

[muesky]

What color Call ducks is Allbreeds going to have? What quality are they? And I'm sorry for not being able to keep up, but what is the date and location of POOPS? I have 3 Sebastopols I'd like to sell.

PM Allbreeds about the color of ducks. If you want I can add your Sebastopols to the list. Send me a PM.

A sunburn in the part of your hair is horrible, you forget about it until you go to comb and rake across it!!! Ouch! But in your case mefordz, well.......................................................... let's just say the "part" of your hair is a little wider then most. LOL

I'm digging up carrots today. This is the first year I have ever successfully grown even one carrot. So far I have a 3 gallon bucket overflowing, and not even half way done. I have always tried planting them is spring, but these ones I planted in fall, so I guess that is the trick, I'll plant even more this fall. Wonder how well carrots dehydrate? Anyone ever try?

Carrots dehydrate really well. They are also good as chips.

It's only $5 for testing?? I thought it was per bird?

That is a wonderful price. I wonder how much the price is going to increase?

 

[bfrancis]

We just had (2 weeks ago) close to 150 chickens,quail ,peafowl and one stupid turkey done by the state...$5.00 anything over 4 months old. Right now the state is also checking for AI for free when they come to do the NPIP inspection...

I'll look for the number...and post it in a minute

Tammera Saaverdra, 405-522-6139 is at the Oklahoma Dept of AG, she is the one to call and schedule an appointment.

Midway down this link, shows the forms for NPIP http://www.oda.state.ok.us/ais/forms.htm

For those that are interested, she is also the point of contact for a one day class in Oklahoma City to become certified testers...next class is in April, if those prices are going up...and I know some independents charging $5.00 per bird, it would be worth your $30.00 to get certified to do your own flocks...

 

[Oakieridge]

WOW I just called home and realized I have the best hubby ever. He has not only sprayed the baby pens and the pens on both sides of the baby pens down with Oxine this morning he started on new brooders. We decided we didn't want our babies moving outside at 2 weeks anymore. We are going to be a LOT more picky about not keeping any birds near the feed house and keeping the little birds away from the full grown ones. So from now on they will all stay in the house until 5-6 weeks of age. We have a large basement and so he is building me 4 large brooders down there. He is making the dividers where I can remove one and make an even bigger brooder if we need to. They will be 36" x 42" each. He is making the fronts removable so I can just remove it and sweep all the wood chippings up when I clean them. This will give him a few weeks to build the new grow out pens we will need. Knock on wood we haven't lost anymore birds today, praying this solves our problems. I didn't realize that Oxine was so versital so I ordered 2 gallons this morning and we will be using this instead of the bleach I have been using to wash feeders and waterers each week.

Now I can't wait to get home to see his handy work, I know my chicks will be much happier in the house where I can watch them much closer.

 

[Oakieridge]

I'm digging up carrots today. This is the first year I have ever successfully grown even one carrot. So far I have a 3 gallon bucket overflowing, and not even half way done. I have always tried planting them is spring, but these ones I planted in fall, so I guess that is the trick, I'll plant even more this fall. Wonder how well carrots dehydrate? Anyone ever try?

What kind of soil do you have? We only have red clay here and pretty much nothing grows well. I did turnips last year but they didn't get very big, onions were a bust as were potatos. I had to grow all my okra and tomatoes in containers.