***OKIES in the BYC III ***

[Kyzmette]

@artsyrobin I am SO glad to hear Eliza is doing better! Crossed fingers and toes can work magic!

 

[mjgigax]

Here is the new scovy hen and Toulouse goose I got at Coweta auction:



Here are the bantam black east indie ducklings


These are the new hamp reds and welsummers


These are the Russian Orloffs


This is all of last weeks chicks : Orloffs. Olive egg eggers, English orp, legbars, and le fleche

I have had La Fleche before. They are Beautiful, Beautiful birds. They were too flighty for what I want in my flock but very elegant and great meat birds for breast meat.

 

[muesky]

Hey Everyone! I'm a recent transplant to Altus, Ok from East Texas. I had chickens in my back yard there, but sold them about a year ago in order to rehab our back yard before renting the house out. I'm about to build a coop and get a few chickens back into our yard hear. Any Altus/SW Oklahoma people on here? Also, are there any breeders in the area that anyone has an experience with? Thanks!

Okie Style!!!

Toulouse goose I got at Coweta auction:

I have a Toulouse/Pilgrim cross and he is really wonderful.

 

[shelbydog]

I have a Toulouse/Pilgrim cross and he is really wonderful.

The Sebastopol in the background is the one I got from Tim K. I adore him. He's putting grass and bark mulch in their bathing tub. Any ideas on that behavior? The 2 african browns are going to their new home next weekend.

 

[artsyrobin]

@artsyrobin I am SO glad to hear Eliza is doing better! Crossed fingers and toes can work magic!

she was puttering around today, still having her moments of upside down head, but i think she is in recovery...

 

[NanaKat]

Craigslist has an ad for pairs of LF Cochin for $30 in Yukon with photos and an ad for laying Australorp hens no pictures.


Robyn...so glad to hear you hen is improving. How much turmeric are you giving her?

 

[NanaKat]

Found a goose egg today! First one I've ever seen.
The Sebastopol in the background is the one I got from Tim K. I adore him. He's putting grass and bark mulch in their bathing tub. Any ideas on that behavior? The 2 african browns are going to their new home next weekend. .

Yes, they are huge and have a very hard shell. The texture of the white is more firm than a hen's egg, I blew out our eggs and saved many of the shells for craft projects with the grandchildren. Made some nice Christmas ornaments.

My geese were always putting rocks, sticks and grass and mud in their swimming pool. They would play with the rocks and sticks in the water. I ended up giving them a water bottle with pebbles in it that floated in the water as a toy.

 

[TRUE5]

The same breeder of my Light Sussex I just hatched and had a facebook auction for his German Red New Hampshire eggs. I just remember how beautiful his flock was and how proud he was of them (and he has every right as they were well taken care of). So I thought, Oh, I'll bid but I know these will go for WAY more. And then no one else bid. So guess who is a happy camper!?!?! I will be adding some of those beautiful HUGE birds to my flock!

I'm pretty happy! I know my husband is starting to break a sweat. He is now counting all the chicks and thinking of the new coop he HAS to help me build. Either way, I am pretty excited to hatch out such a beautiful breed soon!

Hey Everyone! I'm a recent transplant to Altus, Ok from East Texas. I had chickens in my back yard there, but sold them about a year ago in order to rehab our back yard before renting the house out. I'm about to build a coop and get a few chickens back into our yard hear. Any Altus/SW Oklahoma people on here? Also, are there any breeders in the area that anyone has an experience with? Thanks!

I'm a NE Okie but welcome to the Okie thread!

@True5. The bald butt may be due her having vent gleet at one time or she was plucked for fertility. Just a thought.

I thought about that. I really really hope it was just plucked for fertility or pecked by another hen. If she had vent gleet and is over it I am ok with that. She really looks so awesome... then turns around and the moon shines. LOL!!! Poor darling! I need to get a picture and share her on here.

 

[shelbydog]

The same breeder of my Light Sussex I just hatched and had a facebook auction for his German Red New Hampshire eggs. I just remember how beautiful his flock was and how proud he was of them (and he has every right as they were well taken care of). So I thought, Oh, I'll bid but I know these will go for WAY more. And then no one else bid. So guess who is a happy camper!?!?! I will be adding some of those beautiful HUGE birds to my flock! e  I'm pretty happy! I know my husband is starting to break a sweat. He is now counting all the chicks and thinking of the new coop he HAS to help me build. Either way, I am pretty excited to hatch out such a beautiful breed

Talking about Dennis?

 

[artsyrobin]

Craigslist has an ad for pairs of LF Cochin for $30 in Yukon with photos and an ad for laying Australorp hens no pictures.


Robyn...so glad to hear you hen is improving. How much turmeric are you giving her?

i break one of my herbal capsules, so she gets half- i combine it with an aspirin, polyvisol and vit b in about 1/4 c of water and give it to her periodically through the day, so maybe three droppers at a time- its a slow process, am thinking i am dealing more with a bump to her head than wry- she is starting to eat on her own-


@TRUE5 you have seriously become addicted and chicken math is invading your life!LOL!