***OKIES in the BYC III ***

[Oceanseve]

Anybody have any heavy breed hatchlings they would be willing to part with? I think I may only get one out of this batch poor lonely guy

 

[Kassaundra]

One of the seeds I ordered is soapwort, that is one I'm excited about trying as I have extremely sensitive skin, besides just the shear coolness of boiling a leafy stem and making soap.

 

[ladyokie]

One of the seeds I ordered is soapwort, that is one I'm excited about trying as I have extremely sensitive skin, besides just the shear coolness of boiling a leafy stem and making soap.

I really like the idea of using the natural herbs for the insecticide tea! I have heard good things about wormwood but thought I had to get it at the health food store.

Never even thought of growing it myself!! We all have sensitive skin here and I get my laundry detergent from a friend who makes it herself. I do not know what is in it, all I know is our clothes are cleaner, smell better, and are softer. She sells it for only $3 a gallon and that dilutes to 2 gallons. It lasts forever, no one has had any break outs since starting it and our allergy pill usage is down! I wonder how the soapwort would work for household cleaning? Hmm that could really help here!! My oldest son is allergic to bleach fumes. It gives him a massive migraine. If there have been colds or viruses in the area and I really need to go over the house with bleach water he has to go outside till everything is dry. And that is a VERY weak bleach water dilution.

 

[ladyokie]

Anybody have any heavy breed hatchlings they would be willing to part with? I think I may only get one out of this batch poor lonely guy

I hope you get more! I would be a mess with one. Probably go out and buy up a bin at Atwoods! I have some just starting to hatch and I want so bad to cuddle the little bantam that has hatched first. He wants the others out to snuggle with so bad....

 

[Oceanseve]

That's what I'm going to resort to if none of the others hatch I'm a little worried cause he is breathing kind of hard and resting straight out. He's no where near dry enough to take out yet, hope he makes it. If I get no chicks out of this I'm going to be really disapointed.

 

[artsyrobin]

Anybody have any heavy breed hatchlings they would be willing to part with? I think I may only get one out of this batch poor lonely guy

what breeds are you wanting? there still might be chicks at the feedstores- until you find him a buddy or two, try giving him a feather duster and mirror

 

[artsyrobin]

you might also want to look into oxine, as it is stronger than bleach-
https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/...s-users-please-share-usage-dosage-storage-etc

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[ladyokie]

Hatching Update.....Well the little belgian d'anver chick kept trying to squeeze into the shell with the GS marans chick that was hatching!! All he managed to accomplish was push the lower half of the shell off of the GS. There was a little blood residue in the GS shell so I hope it will be okay. Now the belgian is egg hopping!!!

He looks like a tight rope walker right now. Maybe I should have put a divider in the hatcher.... Good grief the way I am running around here you would think a person was giving birth!! Even my parents keep calling to see how many are out.

Shellie

 

[momsbusybee]

One more Okie to the list ;-) I live in a very small town in Oklahoma!

 

[ladyokie]

Thanks for the link to that topic! I have some oxine but have only been using it around the animals for cleaning. I was wondering about using it in the house but did not want to poison everyone! From that forum it looks like it is perfectly safe to use in the house. Instead of a humidifier for fogging birds I wonder if I could use an old nebulizer that my son used when he was a toddler. What do you think? It pretty old but should still work. I will have to look at this. Hmmmm

you might also want to look into oxine, as it is stronger than bleach-
https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/...s-users-please-share-usage-dosage-storage-etc