***OKIES in the BYC III ***

[NanaKat]

Quote: The space between the rounded corner on the panels makes a triangle space that is easy to claw out the dirt. We bury pieces of brick and concrete in those spaces and the critters don't crawl in. short pieces of pipe hammered into that corner also deters clawing thru and helps reinforce the corners.

Skunks are not easy to remove when in the cage. We lay an opened feed sack folded down at the sides over the cage and then make a slit for the handle, slide it up and carry it out to where we will shoot the skunk. The scent gland will dribble the spray onto the ground. Before you shoot the critter, have a sack under the cage to absorb the scent oils. Then slide the dead skunk into another feed sack, roll up the wet sack and put it in the sack with the skunk. Roll the end closed and slide this into another sack. Roll up the end and tie the sack with baling twine or string. This keeps down the smell and can be disposed of in a trash can or bury it. Also spray down the cage with hydrogen peroxide to remove the smell.

Quote: Yikes! And the rare one with rabies could be the one that would bite you. You were lucky. What did they use to treat your wounds? Did they put you on antibiotics?

 

[HeyBigRhondaq]

@greenbeetle So nice to meet you today! I'll let you know how my cochin hatch goes. I counted chicks today...big mistake. Drum roll...TOO MANY!

 

[NanaKat]

How many went to the Norman show and how did you do with your entered birds?

 

[lonnyandrinda]

Last year the judging was finished before noon. I believe they started about 8 am. There was also a flea market going on at the same time.

Pretty close, they opened the doors about 7, it started at 9 and judging wasn't done until about 3 though.

How many went to the Norman show and how did you do with your entered birds?

Here are the birds I entered- Black Copper Marans pair (they were the only two, BB and BV), Spitzhauben pair (they were the only two, BB and BV), and Cream Legbar trio (the uncrested one got RB- Carolyn Joy's hen got BB).






@Ksane this is one of your girls! She did fabulous!

 

[vanahjeane]

I got my first egg today!!! I can't express how happy I am! Does it look more green or blue? It's from one of our EEs. e

 

[Ksane]

Congrats, Rinda! Was it fun??

 

[Kyzmette]

Congrats Rinda! You'll need to start a trophy board!

 

[ashtree]

@lonnyandrinda I love the coloring of that legbar roo. How are the young pair you got from greenfire? I remember LOVING their coloring. Also congrats on the show! And that spitz is adorable!

@vanahjeane that looks more green than blue to me. So pretty!

@nanakat Sorry if I missed it but what ended up happening with your eggs and Miracle?

 

[BetsyOK]

I entered only two silkies. Got BV with my splash cockerel (he was the only one) and BV and BB with my black pullet. There were only about 9 or 10 silkies but at least four of them were birds that had done well in previous shows--one even placed feather leg RV in Shawnee in December. I was very happy, but it would have meant more if there had been more birds entered. It was a fairly small, but very nicely done show. This was this clubs third show only, but I think well worth attending. The flea market was well laid out and had a lot of stuff as well. I also sold all my silkies. The sale room was quite sparse because not many people had poultry ready to sell at this time of year. I plan to participate again.

I got to see Cuban Longtails, Lonny and Rinda, Kelli and her husband and beautiful kids, Carl, and a quite a few silkie and other chicken people I've become acquainted with through the years.

I've never seen a Serama show before--the birds weren't judged with the others, but completely separately, as judging is completely different for them. It was very entertaining. There are several classes based mostly on size and feathering, and color isn't supposed to matter at all. It was very entertaining. One of the things that is judged is behavior--the spunkier the better, so the owners were making calls, movements and noises of various kinds to get their birds to be perky--and they were! That judging took much longer than the rest of the show.

 

[lonnyandrinda]

@lonnyandrinda I love the coloring of that legbar roo. How are the young pair you got from greenfire? I remember LOVING their coloring. Also congrats on the show! And that spitz is adorable!

@vanahjeane that looks more green than blue to me. So pretty!

@nanakat Sorry if I missed it but what ended up happening with your eggs and Miracle?

They are doing well, I was going to take my Rees cockerel with me to the show but when I went to wash him up he had lice eggs pretty bad up under his tail.

Decided to leave him home this time. I'm on round 3 of treating all the birds 10 days apart as of tonight. Finally remembered to buy some permithrin spray so I can treat the coops too this time.