***OKIES in the BYC III ***

[Kyzmette]

Dear @moneeleann and @CrewOfChaos ... Hi, my name is Kelly, and I'm a chicken junkie...

Welcome!

 

[lonnyandrinda]

Hi All,
I've got a small backyard flock of mixed breeds, but just recently purchased hatching eggs from lonnyandrinda. I can't wait to get them in the incubator! Five Jubilee Orpington (from another breeder) are still on their way via USPS, so I have to wait another day. AARGH. I've also got WAY too many chicks in the brooder right now. I apparently can't say no.
I just wanted to say hello and see how they BYC posting thing works!
Rhonda

Good to see you Rhonda!

for a good hatch for you!!!

 

[artsyrobin]

to all the new folks!!


I'll be getting a few muskovy hens tonight!

fly and rodent deterrents! Anyone had them before? Will they be ok with the bantams? I will have them in a sectioned off area- hopefully they will put a dent in the rodents i keep seeing

@hotcurltr last nite grettle got out, i was trying to close the hatch- its dusk, and she heads straight for a tree in the run, before that she has a showdown with a guinea- there is no backing down with that girl, she won the stand off, i nudge her out of the tree, she goes back to the guineas where i grab her leg, she cusses me out and back home to sonny and ginger...

 

[HeyBigRhondaq]

Thanks! I'll let you know!

 

[redriverboy]

Is the Durant auction any good and does anyone have a phone number or address for them

 

[ladykat138]

Welcome to the "Okies in the BYC" 
 We are a group of chicken loving people from Oklahoma and a few states beyond. Please jump in and tell us about yourself and your birds.


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[ladykat138]

We are wanting to start raising chickens for eggs and possibly meat later on. We are very new to this. I have been looking at different hen houses on line. Since we live in S.W. Oklahoma I was wanting to know what type of chickens do well with our weather and where would be the best place to buy the chickens? What is a good number to start out with? I was thinking maybe 4 but would that be two many for a starter coop? I have tons of questions but I guess this is enough for now. Thanks!

 

[TipihlowLadies]

were are you located I lost my EE roo to aggression got a pic of yours

 

[TipihlowLadies]

I've put a lot of thought into this and I'm unfortunately going to have to let Floyd go. I just hate it. Hes SUCH a good roo for the girls, but he's not going to tolerate any other roos in the yard, and eventually I'm going to have to add Einstein, the Cream Legbar to the mix, along with Orlando, the SFH and Lord Dingwald, the Dorking.

Anybody interested in an EE roo who is gentle and good to the girls and isn't human-aggressive at all? If not, he'll have to go to freezer camp.

got a pic of your Roo were are you located

 

[TipihlowLadies]

We are wanting to start raising chickens for eggs and possibly meat later on. We are very new to this. I have been looking at different hen houses on line. Since we live in S.W. Oklahoma I was wanting to know what type of chickens do well with our weather and where would be the best place to buy the chickens? What is a good number to start out with? I was thinking maybe 4 but would that be two many for a starter coop? I have tons of questions but I guess this is enough for now. Thanks!

I live in west-central Okla. my best layers by far are my Americana crosses or EEs how many eggs do you want or use weekly