***OKIES in the BYC III ***

[jcatblum]

If I start seeing rats us girls will be getting in some target practice. I prefer to think the one DH saw is the only one on our farm. Grosses me out to think there are more hiding around here!

The ground was covered in frost this AM. I am waiting to the afternoon to evaluate the garden damage. DH picked about 10lbs of greenbeans, 22 watermelons last night & several dz ears of corn. My hands hurt to bad to shuck the corn, so told kids once it was warmer they could shuck it outside. A few yrs ago they thought shucking corn was fun, why not now??
22 melons seem like alot, but we only eat the heart, juice the less sweeter parts & share the rest with goats & chickens. I'll take a couple melons to my sister & a few friends but we will go through all those melons in 2 wks. Especially since it may be the last melons of the yr. my watermelons did so much better than my cantaloupes this yr.
Plan on letting the chickens clean the "extras" off the corn cobs & saving the cobs for fire starters. I am thinking if I lay the cobs out in the sun they will dry quickly??? Never tried it but sounds like it should work.
Next yr I am going to seek out winter squash seeds that are known to be squash bug resistant so my darling chickens will have even more goodies to feast on.

 

[Ksane]

Christina, you've still got 10 times the energy I do, everytime I read about all you're doing I want to go take a nap lol

Can anyone help Identify breed>? and maybe even gender? I was thinking maybe a Sultan? what do you guys think?

OMG that's a cute little bearded chick!!!! Silkie chicks look like that, not sure what Sultans look like as chicks. You're sure making me want to hatch some Silkies though....just a couple!

 

[artsyrobin]

well, the fav roo, Sammy, is a little perkier today, spent some time shifting cages into the smaller coop, its easier to keep in toasty in there when it is cold- so the favs have winter residents, but they'll be warmer- i have 7 serama eggs in the bator- and am setting up a special cage in the studio for this pair from June, Ebony and Jet- yes i have names for everyone...LOL!

 

[Kassaundra]

Can anyone help Identify breed>? and maybe even gender? I was thinking maybe a Sultan? what do you guys think?

I have a very hard time telling what breed from chick, but that looks like a distinct possibility.

 

[bridget-rdh]

Newbie to BYC but also from Oklahoma. I obviously didn't read through all 3800 pages of this thread but thought I'd introduce myself. Bridget. Dental hygienist. Family of 4. Husband is Ag Instructor. New to the chicken thing as far as layers go. Been raising broilers for years. Will be moving a new (used) coop in the next couple weeks. Right now we have red and black sex links and a few EE's. Way too many for the current space we have but we're working on that. Lots of free range time on our country property. Trying to decide the best floor plan for the coming 8x10 coop now. Still looking at the byc coops when I have time. My family says I'm obsessed.. and they are right!

 

[Kassaundra]

Newbie to BYC but also from Oklahoma. I obviously didn't read through all 3800 pages of this thread but thought I'd introduce myself. Bridget. Dental hygienist. Family of 4. Husband is Ag Instructor. New to the chicken thing as far as layers go. Been raising broilers for years. Will be moving a new (used) coop in the next couple weeks. Right now we have red and black sex links and a few EE's. Way too many for the current space we have but we're working on that. Lots of free range time on our country property. Trying to decide the best floor plan for the coming 8x10 coop now. Still looking at the byc coops when I have time. My family says I'm obsessed.. and they are right!

from Henryetta and

and the Okie thread. I have EE too, that is the breed I started with.

 

[Oakieridge]

Newbie to BYC but also from Oklahoma. I obviously didn't read through all 3800 pages of this thread but thought I'd introduce myself. Bridget. Dental hygienist. Family of 4. Husband is Ag Instructor. New to the chicken thing as far as layers go. Been raising broilers for years. Will be moving a new (used) coop in the next couple weeks. Right now we have red and black sex links and a few EE's. Way too many for the current space we have but we're working on that. Lots of free range time on our country property. Trying to decide the best floor plan for the coming 8x10 coop now. Still looking at the byc coops when I have time. My family says I'm obsessed.. and they are right!

Welcome to the group! Where in OK are you from? My husband told me if he knew how many chickens we would have ended up with he would have built the first coop twice as big, lol.

 

[emach0301]

Hehe, I always want more!! My poor Hubby says hes just working to support my chicken family!!!

 

[Cassietr]

Can anyone help Identify breed>? and maybe even gender? I was thinking maybe a Sultan? what do you guys think?

Does it have 5 toes? Easy way to tell if it is a silkie!

 

[jens-hens]

Yesterday my DH spent all day insulating the coop and putting walls up. They were fine this summer with just the 2x4's but I worry about the cold. Got the wire doors covered and installed a light. We've had lights in their run but now they'll have one in their coop, it's on a timer so they are getting a few extra hours of light. I give all our eggs away to anyone that wants them and yesterday my husband said we should be charging $24.95 a dozen at the rate we spend money on them. Ha! I like happy chickens, what can I say?

I sure wish my Fav wasn't getting picked on, it breaks my heart. She is so darn sweet and I don't understand why they don't like her. At least at night she gets to sleep with her Brahma friend. The sex links are the worst at picking on her. I yell at them and thump them on the rear and they just give me the stink eye!

I'm not looking forward to this winter, I hate the cold. I told one of my daughters yesterday I don't know why I chose a spot so far away from the house for the coop, I'll be regretting that this winter!