***OKIES in the BYC III ***

[bardies]

With a face like that!....All that work is worth it!

Happy to report that my little guy - Orion is his name, is doing well and is at the racing all about stage. Its a bit hard to in a box stall...but he is going to have a fun walk home! Tuesday, I think. His half sister - 2 days older - has being doing quite well with her mom out in the pasture. But somehow, it is hard not to worry more about this one - and if it is really going to be warm enough on Tuesday....

 

[Jeansrie]

Kramer has quite a crest! Is it a boy? My boys so far have had spiky crests not at all like that onee. I have on girl who looks like she's wearing a huge hat! I'm not hatching anything from her. Her crest is just too big.

I don't know for sure if it's a boy but it's definitely the most curious and confident of the group. I was asking some questions about him on a Swedish Flower Hen thread, he was born with a vaulted skull which I guess is not all that common since most don't thrive if they are vaulted. He is a funny little thing.

 

[bardies]

So, ready for another cow story?
Had to work in town all day. So at 330, was heading out to the western pasture - round bale in the bed of the truck. I get out there, check the old hay status, check the creep feeder, hear a noise from the woods - don't really pay attention.
Walk back to the truck, hear the noise again - a moo. It is different though. It is not a 'come on everyone - foods here!', it is not 'calf, where are you?', it was a lot more dramatic, and hate to say, anguished.
I know that I cant rip through the gullies with a bale in the back, so I leap up into the bed (well, lurch and slip actually) and get the bale off. Then I'm trying to cut the wrap off - more moos.
That's it! I rush to the truck - wrap still on the hay. Now I am tearing down the first gullie, back up onto the flat, down into the second gully - the one behind the dam. The cows are meeting me. There are the first two heifers, then the third. Phew! The babies are all ok.... but what about the summer calves?! First heifer, bull calf...oh crp.... oh, good, there is the second heifer. So now, out of the truck - another moo...walking down the into the area right behind the dam - everything looks good - start counting the big cows - then notice where some of the big girls have their attention. I heard the moos - and was trying to figure out who was doing it (as they all have their own voices) but it didn't help.... I look across the way. There is a raccoon creeping its way across the space. Hmmm, that's odd. This is what has them riled! A raccoon. So I run up to it...get out of here! (even though I know that this is NOT the individual that chases my cats away from their food - or that deguts my chickens). It looks at me and kind of licks its paws...something is weird. Then one of the bigger cows, a mom of an older heifer, yells that angry killer moo again, and rolls the raccoon. It doesn't even move away. There is something seriously wrong with the guy. I tell the ladies that they are good moms, that the raccoon cant hurt their calves, a couple more make runs at it. So now I am thinking what if it has rabies, what if it bites a nose, what if..... In the end, a neighbor comes, we look for it, eventually find it again. It looks right at the neighbor, then starts walking towards him, kind of wobbly. The neighbor, a retired police officer, puts the raccoon out of its misery.
Its certainly possible that the raccoon was injured by the cows, but a healthy one wouldn't have allowed itself to get hit in the first place. Plus, I am sure that they see these all the time... why all the drama? It sure had me scared!!!!

 

[mjgigax]

oh, dear sorry for you loss was it pearl? she was a pretty girl

yes, it was Pearl

 

[TaraBellaBirds]

Hello Everyone! I don't technically live in OK anymore but I was born in Beaver, OK and raised in the OK and TX Panhandles much of my life. I am in KS now, just over OK line!

This looks like an interesting thread and what with the cold weather I thought I might find a group that is dealing with the same!

Any other Panhandlers around?


I have a flock of 27 right now, sell eggs and chicks starting this next year. I am basically one of very few people in my area that raise chickens. I have 13 new additions coming in Feb to keep up with customer demand!

Right now my flock consists of:
1 Light Brahma Roo (Jack is our rock star)
2 " " pullets
Several RIR's and JG (they all look and lay the same!)
1 BOrp (love that girl)
2 Buff Rocks
2 WRock
1 Red Star hen
2 EE's (one's a roo and 4 more on the way)
1 SLW pullet
2 SLHamburgs (one's a roo)
2 Anconas
1 Red Star hen
I have production layers and 2 pullet 1 roo Buff Brahma, so excited about them!

 

[Kassaundra]

Hello Everyone! I don't technically live in OK anymore but I was born in Beaver, OK and raised in the OK and TX Panhandles much of my life. I am in KS now, just over OK line!

This looks like an interesting thread and what with the cold weather I thought I might find a group that is dealing with the same!

Any other Panhandlers around?


I have a flock of 27 right now, sell eggs and chicks starting this next year. I am basically one of very few people in my area that raise chickens. I have 13 new additions coming in Feb to keep up with customer demand!

Right now my flock consists of:
1 Light Brahma Roo (Jack is our rock star)
2 " " pullets
Several RIR's and JG (they all look and lay the same!)
1 BOrp (love that girl)
2 Buff Rocks
2 WRock
1 Red Star hen
2 EE's (one's a roo and 4 more on the way)
1 SLW pullet
2 SLHamburgs (one's a roo)
2 Anconas
1 Red Star hen
I have production layers and 2 pullet 1 roo Buff Brahma, so excited about them!

from Henryetta and welcome to the Okie thread, we have several both former Okies and honorary Okies on this thread, we are friendly and everyone is welcome.

Sounds like you have quite the assortment, but looks to me like your missing a naked neck! lol

 

[NanaKat]

So, ready for another cow story?
Had to work in town all day. So at 330, was heading out to the western pasture - round bale in the bed of the truck. I get out there, check the old hay status, check the creep feeder, hear a noise from the woods - don't really pay attention.
Walk back to the truck, hear the noise again - a moo. It is different though. It is not a 'come on everyone - foods here!', it is not 'calf, where are you?', it was a lot more dramatic, and hate to say, anguished.
I know that I cant rip through the gullies with a bale in the back, so I leap up into the bed  (well, lurch and slip actually) and get the bale off. Then I'm trying to cut the wrap off - more moos.
That's it! I rush to the truck - wrap still on the hay.  Now I am tearing down the first gullie, back up onto the flat, down into the second gully - the one behind the dam. The cows are meeting me. There are the first two heifers, then the third. Phew! The babies are all ok.... but what about the summer calves?! First heifer, bull calf...oh crp.... oh, good, there is the second heifer. So now, out of the truck - another moo...walking down the into the area right behind the dam - everything looks good -  start counting the big cows - then notice where some of the big girls have their attention. I heard the moos - and was trying to figure out who was doing it (as they all have their own voices) but it didn't help.... I look across the way. There is a raccoon creeping its way across the space. Hmmm, that's odd. This is what has them riled! A raccoon. So I run up to it...get out of here! (even though I know that this is NOT the individual that chases my cats away from their food - or that deguts my chickens). It looks at me and kind of licks its paws...something is weird. Then one of the bigger cows, a mom of an older heifer, yells that angry killer moo again, and rolls the raccoon. It doesn't even move away. There is something seriously wrong with the guy. I tell the ladies that they are good moms, that the raccoon cant hurt their calves, a couple more make runs at it. So now I am thinking what if it has rabies, what if it bites a nose, what if.....  In the end, a neighbor comes, we look for it, eventually find it again. It looks right at the neighbor, then starts walking towards him, kind of wobbly. The neighbor, a retired police officer, puts the raccoon out of its misery.
Its certainly possible that the raccoon was injured by the cows, but a healthy one wouldn't have allowed itself to get hit in the first place. Plus,  I am sure that they see these all the time... why all the drama? It sure had me scared!!!!

Coons don't normally travel during daylight hours..sounds like it was sick or rabies. Sure glad there were no injuries to your herd.

 

[miohippus]

yes, it was Pearl

oh, man

it seemed like you like her quit a bit.

 

[miohippus]

Couple pictures from today.

Poof in the Christmas tree.

I've decided to name this Swedish Flower chick Kramer.

wow its crest has gotten big it could give a polish a run for it money.

 

[TaraBellaBirds]

from Henryetta and welcome to the Okie thread, we have several both former Okies and honorary Okies on this thread, we are friendly and everyone is welcome.

Sounds like you have quite the assortment, but looks to me like your missing a naked neck! lol

I actually have heard they are great duel purpose birds and have a great flavor. I was considering a few to try as meat birds. I am not too sure of them as layers and in a winter like this I can't see a bare neck being a good thing! I take it you have some, how are they fairing in this cold?