***OKIES in the BYC III ***

[Kyzmette]

NotSuperWoman, I wouldn't charge you for her. She was a bonus to go with the two sisters of hers that I bought. Just give her a good home.

 

[bardies]

Something killed 5 of my hens in one of the 50x50 yards and a rooster is missing in the big rooster yard next to it. It took their heads off of all of them and gutted a couple. Ate the entire inside of 1 of them. Does that sound like a coon or skunk? They were inside their 4x8 coops but the coop doors weren't shut. Those yards are farthest-about 100' from the house. We're going to lock em` up and set the traps tonight. It got 2 of my Orps, both Frizzle Cochins and my Black Star. The rooster who's missing was my last Brown Red Bantam Ameraucana, something got his twin brother last summer.
All the birds I've gotten this year are in roofed pens.

On no! So very very sorry!!!

 

[bardies]

We went to see the lights at Chickasha tonight and - because of the cold and predators - chased down the two silly hens that were still out and put them into the coop. Didn't want to wait until we got home to lock them in. The lights were great! Smaller than some, but they had a prarie dog!
Very nice!

Question.... I've got silkies (used to the outside). In an outside pen - sheltered on three sides and roof - then covered with a tarp - with some outside exposure - inches along the bottom. Then there is a secondary smaller three sided shelter interior to that (overturned storage bin type thing) - although I've never seen them in there. With the temps getting so low tonight and tomorrow - do you think I need to rig a heat lamp out there? I do know that the birds have stayed dry throughout this whole thing. There are four of them and, while they are not laying yet, they are older birds.

 

[Kyzmette]

@Kassaundra ... http://tulsa.craigslist.org/grd/4255363879.html

 

[Kassaundra]

@Kassaundra ... http://tulsa.craigslist.org/grd/4255363879.html

That is a good price $5 each for NN. The only new birds I bring to my flock are eggs or day olds. I have made a few exceptions, but only from trusted sources.

 

[Kassaundra]

I have been giving my birds a warm treat occasionally that they love. I pop a couple of potatoes in the microwave until they are cooked mash them w/ warm water or milk that has been soaking a couple of hands full of cat food and mash it all up serve it warm, they love it, today I added a few mushy quick out bananas.

 

[shelbydog]

I mixed diced cooked potatoes, cooked oatmeal, and cat kibble into the FF servings today.

 

[Kassaundra]

I mixed diced cooked potatoes, cooked oatmeal, and cat kibble into the FF servings today.

Great minds and all lol

 

[artsyrobin]

i dont know that i'd want silkies or seramas out in the temps we are having, although i have heard of people have a solid coop, and lots of shavings and they do ok, i do have a heater in the main coop so it stays above freezing

i gave mine hot oatmeal tonite.

 

[bardies]

i dont know that i'd want silkies or seramas out in the temps we are having, although i have heard of people have a solid coop, and lots of shavings and they do ok, i do have a heater in the main coop so it stays above freezing

i gave mine hot oatmeal tonite.

Thanks!

I ended up using the power cord that went out in that direction to give the main coop their heat lamp. So, relocated the show silkies to a kennel with fresh shavings to a 'kennel' stack by the front door (very sheltered). The lower kennel has the other silkies (wet pen from a few days ago) and that kennel is on top of a cat warmer bed. Then the top kennel has my navy Severe Foul Weather bridgecoat draped on top of it. It is the ugliest coat you have ever seen, but I've found nothing else that can beat it. There were two bunches of 'purry' silkies. Though, I wish that they would complain when they are cold - like chicks do - it would be so much easier to make these decisions if you they told you that they were cold!