***OKIES in the BYC III ***

[Kassaundra]

I want to go to the animal kingdom in Orlando.

Absolutely me too!

 

[Kassaundra]

Kass,

I love the flamingos....too bad we can't raise those, huh?

I loved the aviary in the Oklahoma plains exhibit. It was cool to have a pheasant walk by in touching distance.

A couple of my Flamingo shots from the zoo, they were nesting at the time and noisy!!!! lol

 

[Kassaundra]

Would anyone like to give Little man a "non-eating" home? He is a black breasted red true araucana. He is rumpless and double tufted but his tufts are tiny. He is beautiful and a good representation of his breed. I would keep him except three roos are just to many for us, and Jaxom is starting to get agressive towards him, nothing dangerous yet, but I don't want it to go that far. He has no people agression at all, he is a young roo so even though he is not chicken agressive he is over hormoned like all young roos.

 

[jcatblum]

Kass I think someone will snatch that boy up. I would offer him a home if we were close to you. Just imagine all the cute babies he could make!!!

 

[muesky]

So I am on day ten of my first attempt at incubating eggs. We candled and weighed them tonight. Out of the dozen Cochin eggs I got from Rebecca one had a blood ring but the rest look good. The dozen Spitzhauben eggs I bought at the Blanchard auction 2 had blood rings and 3 were infertile and all 4 of the Japanese Bantam eggs from my breeding pair look great. They go into lockdown the day before POOPS. Hopefully the rest of the babies will make it. I'm pretty fired up to see them hatch. I think I have found a new addiction!

Oh you are in so much trouble... Hehehe! Incubating is so stinking addictive. I am glad the cochin eggs are developing nicely.

Thrush is a yeast infection from my understanding. Treat it with over counter yeast infection ointment. Also probiotics. Hope it helps!!!

Taron found Fat Louie sick today. Both eyes swelled up & not looking good. Hope he improves quickly she is very upset at the thought of loosing him. He was the first chicken she ever hatched.
Also 3 of the 5 golden lakenvelders I bought at Newcastle have died. Auction chicks are as much of a gamble as auction eggs.

Sorry about your chicks

Hi! I'm new here...saw and visited with lots of folks at Newcastle auction last Saturday and it was like a family reunion, had a blast. Thought I'd pop in here and just say hey to everyone else.


Had a ton of messages from several of you...answered most...my apologies for not responding until now. This is the first time I've logged into the BYC for some time.


Soooo, this spring is already busy...we have eggs hatching all shapes and sizes, chicks of all shapes, sizes, and ages on the ground...and putting eggs in the post every week.

Michael D has been wanting me to post some pics of some of the birds we have...perhaps soon.

Ya'all take care...and I'll try to pop in more frequent.

My broody hen has turned out to be a GREAT mom- but she lost one of her three chicks last night.

I couldn't find it this morning, but then I saw two little feet sticking out from under her wing as she walked around- it had been tucked under her wing overnight and managed to get some fluff wrapped around it's neck, poor little thing. It was the biggest chick, too.

Sorry about your chick

Hey guys, I am a procrastinator so when I went to order my Tshirts on Thursday evening I was shocked to find a shipping cost as expensive as the T-shirts for POOPS, so I called Kristen first thing yesterday morning and she was working on making a correction. Due to the error, they are going to leave the T-shirt order open until MONDAY. Also, anyone who already ordered Tshirts and paid that shipping cost will have a refund coming back to them. She said it will take 1 -2 business days for the refund to show up. So if you have not ordered your tshirt, maybe the shipping threw you off, please go to the website this weekend and order.

Here is the link.
http://api.viglink.com/api/click?fo...ucts/1000115&jsonp=vglnk_jsonp_13670763839192

1 Week Till POOPS!

I put in my order Saturday evening. Do you think they will have them ready by POOPS?

Hugs and sympathetic pats on the back to all that sustained storm damage...I know how that feels. The Piedmont tornado that came thru here missed our place but the hail sure didnt. We had broken skylights in the barns and shop...the number of beaten down plants and trees about broke my heart. I couldnt believe how many green leaves were on the ground...like carpet.
We cleaned the shop today. I am so tired my hair hurts, but it looks great. We made tons of progress and I think we know where everything is now.
Today my daughter saw a road kill racoon on the side of the road which someone had tied onto its paw a balloon which cheerfully proclaimed, "Get Well Soon!" She sent me a picture and I must say I couldnt breathe for about 5 minutes because I was laughing so dang hard. Ya take your joy where you can get it! I will gladly show the pic to anyone who asks at POOPS!!

I have seen the picture of the raccoon, it is so funny!

hey guys im new to chickens. I live in Cache Oklahoma ive got 3 Ameracunas, 10 French copper marans, 2 Jeresey giants and 1 Silkie a lot of work but a lot of fun

Built a new raised garden bed today along the west side of the new chicken pen. Hoping to grow winter squash and melons to climb the fence and provide some shade to the girls. Also harvested celery, admired my new tomato, and watered everything very well. Going to pick up a new Silkie tomorrow. Here's a couple of pics.


One of the baby bunnies. They have their eyes open and are running around making their momma crazy.

OMG! That is so stinking cute.

Hello, I think it's time I joined in. I have been keeping up with this thread for a while but this is my first post. I'm in Lawton and spent the weekend working on our new coop/run. Lovein' the great weather.

Newest additions to the flock from the past week.
Think I am going to take the 3 GL Cochin pullets to POOPS and keep these. Should have some more hatching this week.

I would like a few of them.

I went to the OKC zoo yesterday. First time in years. Some of the new exhibits are world class. Over hearing people identify animals made my day....calling the bobcat a swift fox and guineafowl a quail and then a henny. And of course an okapie is what you get when you put zebras and giraffes together.

Okapie are my favorite animal at the zoo.

Would anyone like to give Little man a "non-eating" home? He is a black breasted red true araucana. He is rumpless and double tufted but his tufts are tiny. He is beautiful and a good representation of his breed. I would keep him except three roos are just to many for us, and Jaxom is starting to get agressive towards him, nothing dangerous yet, but I don't want it to go that far. He has no people agression at all, he is a young roo so even though he is not chicken agressive he is over hormoned like all young roos.

That rooster has no butt!!! Hehehe!

 

[muesky]

POOPS 2013 Food List​

Entrees - Main Dishes
Jcatblum – Oven Baked Ham
Shelbydog – Apple butter pulled pork
mjgigax - Meat
Muesky – Vegetarian Dish
Poco Pollo – Casserole
BirdWalkFarm – Fried Chicken

Sides
Muesky – Pasta Salad
Nanakat - Cabbage Salad
Heart4animals - Frog Eye Salad. It is a fruit pasta salad
Cayuseranch - Corn Casserole
Clfromok – Pasta Salad
OkieT – Garlic Cheese Biscuit
BirdWalkFarm – Dinner Rolls
Bardies – Broccoli Salad

Dessert
Lonnyandlinda – dessert ?
FunChick – dessert ?
Due – dessert ?
Whiskeytango – cookies
BirdWalkFarm – Coconut Cream Pie and Carmel Apple Pecan Pie.
Drinks
Muesky – Fruit tea
Okiechick57 – Case of Water

Misc.
Paper Plates - Nanakat
Napkins - Nanakat
Plastic ware – Poultry and Bees
Paper Towels - FunChick
Cups - Poultry and Bees
Awnings - OkieT
If you have any food or supplies to add to the list please send me a PM so I can add it to the list. Thanks much!

 

[muesky]

POOPS 2013 Want/Bring List​

This is a list of things (chickens, poultry, misc.) people are looking for or have to bring to POOPS, for either trade or sale.
Wants
Muesky – LF cochin hatching eggs, chicks, adolescent/adult birds. Ameraucana Blue/Black/White/Splash hatching eggs, chicks, adolescent/adult birds. Bourbon Red Turkeys hatching eggs, chicks, adolescent/adult birds

Jcatblum - nice call duck pairs or trios. Butterscotch, appleyard, blue, grey & possibly others-- don't really care for the blacks.

Ceocka - Silkie hatching eggs showgirl hatching eggs turken hatching eggs tolbunt hatching eggs or birds

Erinszoo - Dominiques, either eggs or a couple of hens and a roo. Plus we're wanting to find a silkie girl for our little boy.

Whiskeytango - Japanese Bantam chicks, Swedish Flower Hen Chicks and maybe some Marans.

Clfromok – frizzles and BLR Wyandottes
our 5acre farm - red laced blue wyandottes, speckled sussex, french marans. maybe chicks so I can get started cheap.
Poultry and Bees – Cheap clean legged chicks
OkieT - Dutch bantam roo if anyone has any; preferrably blue or black, but any would be better than none.


Brings
Muesky – LF Cochin hatching eggs, Ameraucana hatching eggs, Bourbon Red hatching eggs/poults

Jcatblum - Might have some chicks. If anyone is looking for an extra roo I am happy to bring a few to share

Lonnyandlinda - B/B/S LF Ameracuana hatching eggs and probably black chicks (unsexed) Cream Legbar hatching eggs and day old pairs (and an adult pair to show off) Black Copper Marans hatching eggs and day old chicks (unsexed), and maybe some adolescent/adult pairs MAYBE some Isbar chicks

Erinszoo - white holland turkey poults. Will have apple butter and tomato plants and maybe an assortment of other jellies and jams

Mjgigax - Flowering Almond bush plants and some succelent starts. After I get back from MI I will see if I have some Cochin eggs to bring - Mille Fleur and Mottled.

Cathiesue - 2 Swedish FLower Hen Roosters. I know that sounds funny but they are known as Swedish Flower Hens regardless of sex. It's a Swedish thing

Nanakat - large fowl Cochin juveniles: Blue, Splash and Black. Wyandotte juveniles: CW, Black, Blue and a few project F1. Some may be in pairs or trios.

Clfromok - would like to sell my EE Chicks & a couple of SLW cockerels
BetsyOK – silkies and showgirls
Whiskeytango - toys for sale or swap. I have tin tops, tin wind-up tractors, tin rooster whistles, wooden animals (goats, cows, horses, sheep etc.) and probably some other stuff.
Heart4animals – Pair of red cochin
FunChick - motled cochin bantam roo...and two EE roos and possibly blue andalisian hens...for sale or trade
Poultry and Bees - yellow golden and red golden pheasant hatching eggs

Please! Please! Please! send me a pm of what you are looking for or have to bring. I will up-date the list daily. Do not post it on the thread, as I do not want to overlook any posts.

 

[lonnyandrinda]

I need to renew my zoofriends membership.

Have you been to Wichita zoo? I heard its really nice.

JUST GOT IN THE MAIL TODAY a flyer from the zoo- if you renew your Zoo membership AT Mathis Brother's Furniture in Tulsa during the month of May then a family membership is only $49!!!!! GRRRR I just renewed my membership for $75 LAST WEEK!

 

[miohippus]

I need to renew my zoofriends membership.

Have you been to Wichita zoo? I heard its really nice.

I have been to the wichita zoo it is nice. They had a hole farm yard with a chicken pen as well as goats, sheep, and cows. Lots of other lovely birds and animals too.


we saw this adorable blue eyed goat there they said her name was fox



there were peafowl and swans wondering around loose


I thought this guy or gal was going to come after me from the look it its eye but it didn't




there were flamingos to but this was as close as you could get.

and you could actually buy a tree branch and feed the giraffes.

 

[BScott03]

I actually had 3 rotaitions over my house that day I was worried about them coop floor and runs were flooded and she followed them up to the roost and was just fine my jer. giants ameracunas and her are about 9 weeks old and seem to be fine with the 30-40 degree nights without heat lamp and I have it a decent amount away from them to where it wont over heat them and since they are big birds im thinking they don't need it so I keep it on marans if its under 40 degrees the marans are about 6 weeks old ive had all the older birds outside since they were 6 weeks old getting use to Oklahoma since they came from my cousin in texas where it was much warmer. good luck with yours they should do just fine

Ahh thank you so much! I feel so relieved! Lol my ducks stayed outside for the first time last night but I left the light on but not directly on them since it was their first night. I was a nervous wreck lol they hated going up and were so excited to get out this morning