***OKIES in the BYC III ***

[ashtree]

I have just finished a quilted faux stained glass wall hanging, this is for a swap, so I may have to make another one for me.

I am loving this!!! Might be my favorite quilt piece ever. Nice work.

 

[casportpony]

Kathy, casportpony doesn't the safeguard work on chickens as well as peas?

Safeguard can be used on all mammals, birds and reptiles.

One just has to give the proper amount and know what worms they want to treat for.

-Kathy

 

[casportpony]

Quote: You might also want to raise your brooder temp a little. Sick birds need to be in a cage or room that's about 85 degrees.

-Kathy

 

[caj1985]

If anyone in the Fort Smith vicinity is looking for Marans, please PM me. I hatched a variety pack from someone I purchased on here and then found out right afterward that the company I work for was requiring all of the employees to disperse flocks. To make a long story short, I gave them to my neighbor. He now has a variety of Marans at POL (all purebred, various colors including white, blue, black copper, buff, etc.) that he wants to sell. I will try to get pictures tomorrow night if the weather continues to hold.

Nice color on parent eggs. I also hatched 4 olive eggers from the same flock that are for sale.

By the way, the eggs came from ladycat if anyone is curious.

 

[Ironsights]

That took a lot of work!

 

[miohippus]

Too young to be sure.  Upright crests sorta indicate boys with really full crests, but also could be girls.  Check the combs, you sometimes can get an indication from that.

I had one that I was sure a boy even though rounded, full crest.  Showed it as a cockerel; had a few small "streamers" and had always behaved like a male.  Won best of variety.  By the time of the next show, "he/she" had laid an egg, so showed her as a pullet.  The very experienced judge changed it to cockerel and "he/she" won best of breed.  She now acts completely female.

Ok thanks not sure what to look for on the combs but they seem pretty small. And no sign of wattles

 

[miohippus]

I have just finished a quilted faux stained glass wall hanging, this is for a swap, so I may have to make another one for me.

Pretty

 

[BetsyOK]

Jeansrie, remember when I posted that all four of the youngsters I bought from you appeared to be pullets? I've been hearing a cockerel crow for about a week--they're 3 months old now--but he wouldn't ever do it when I could see him. I thought it was the original chick I bought yours to be companions for.

Well, yesterday, he crowed several times when I was right there, and he's the one I most wanted to be a cockerel! He's going to be a very beautiful rooster, as his crest is every bit as big or bigger than the pullets' are. He's got all the qualities I could want in a beautiful blue boy! I checked the others today, and so far they all still appear to be pullets. But they're still young and if I hadn't seen and heard him crow several times, he still looks like a pullet. They are all shaping up to be excellent birds!

I highly recommend Jeana's silkies and showgirls!!

By the way, on the pics you showed of yours, wanting confirmation on colors; I think all of the first three are splashes, and the fourth is a dark blue. I know the father is a splash, and I think you'll see splash markings appear on all the light colored ones. The third one doesn't look like a light blue to me, but I've certainly been known to be wrong.

 

[Jeansrie]

I have 2 pairs of LF English mottled orpingtons for sale. Hatched April 14th. I have more that look like pullets that can go with the boys but I need to find homes for the boys first. They came from a NPIP farm in Pennslyvania and I am NPIP. $30/pair. If anyone is interested let me know! Located in south Broken Arrow.

 

[Jeansrie]

Jeansrie, remember when I posted that all four of the youngsters I bought from you appeared to be pullets?  I've been hearing a cockerel crow for about a week--they're 3 months old now--but he wouldn't ever do it when I could see him.  I thought it was the original chick I bought yours to be companions for.

Well, yesterday, he crowed several times when I was right there, and he's the one I most wanted to be a cockerel!  He's going to be a very beautiful rooster, as his crest is every bit as big or bigger than the pullets' are.  He's got all the qualities I could want in a beautiful blue boy!  I checked the others today, and so far they all still appear to be pullets.  But they're still young and if I hadn't seen and heard him crow several times, he still looks like a pullet.  They are all shaping up to be excellent birds! 

I highly recommend Jeana's silkies and showgirls!!

So happy to hear this Betsy!! Thanks for the update!