***OKIES in the BYC III ***

[Sooner Magnolia]

I have a friend who is looking for a couple of older pullets or young hens to join a single brown leghorn who is 7-8 months old. She recently lost a young Buff Orpington mix and and really misses her. Her BYC handle is earmstrong. Please PM her if you are close to the Norman area and have a young hen or two that you would be willing to sell. Welcome her too if you have time!

 

[artsyrobin]

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On the pullets, if you do Facebook, check out HodgePodge Poultry, near Muskogee, I hear that he's selling out of everything, right now. Real nice guy.

sad to hear, got my porthos from him, real reliable and honest-

https://www.facebook.com/hodgepodgepoultry

 

[NanaKat]

grandson broke parole and is on the run back to his druggy friends, keep andrew and the family in prayer ...and...in another post I don't know on the grandson, its just floored me and all i can do is trust the Lord will protect him and bring some good influences to him- his folks at this point won't welcome him home as he has been bullying the siblings, he had an electronic device and was on parole, so now, any leniency the courts may have shown is gone- sad situation
@Poco Pollo
the tractor now has the cochins in it- but the girls aren't so sure about the weird guy

 

[miohippus]

saw this on facebook thought i would share here https://scontent-sjc.xx.fbcdn.net/h...=190cfc74e9594d094214d624844f4935&oe=558C1754

 

[miohippus]

What beautiful colors! And such sweet faces.

x2

 

[Tim K]

Anyone know about the Newcastle Auction. Is Scoot still running it or did someone else take it over. I saw a add on Craigs list for it but it was different name than Scoot

 

[Loriemarler]

Anyone know about the Newcastle Auction. Is Scoot still running it or did someone else take it over. I saw a add on Craigs list for it but it was different name than Scoot

Someone else took it over

 

[artsyrobin]

I have this boy for sale, wanted to offer him here first , so he can have a good forever home








any guess on this one? same age as the other one

 

[artsyrobin]

saw this on facebook thought i would share here https://scontent-sjc.xx.fbcdn.net/h...=190cfc74e9594d094214d624844f4935&oe=558C1754

love it!!!

 

[lonnyandrinda]

Hi there!
My comment to be will show just what a chicken noob I am

but, I did NOT know the girls determined the gender of the chick!!! That's just way cool!

*Knock on wood* I have never had to give a chicken a shot, yet, but I am sure my time will come. However, I use 20 gauge needles on my cows, which have skin 15 times thicker than a human, and I assumed a chickens skin would be much more tender.
How can a small chicken possibly handle such a large needle? Is this only in the breast area? Does the thigh take a smaller gauge?

Since I am picking your brain

already, mind telling me the 'rules' for worming chickens? My girls are 11 months old and I haven't wormed them since last summer, but that was with Wazine (I hope I spelled that right).

Now, I have two reasons for coming here tonight;

1) At the end of last month I went for my 3 month follow-up with my Radiologist/Oncologist/ENT and I am SOOO happy to report that my PET scan showed my tumor has completely disappeared and as of this moment I am cancer free!!!!!! I give ALL the glory to my good Lord above!!

2) I am in the market to purchase pullets, breed is truly unimportant, but I do have a few preferences; crème to brown egg layers, good free rangers, and either laying or will start in the next 30 days or so, and I also wouldn't mind them being of the broody type.

The breeds I currently have are: Red and Black Sex Links, Buff Rocks, Light Brahma's and Partridge Rocks.

They can be any of those breeds or something else, as long as they will be productive layers and dependent upon price I am looking for 6-10.

I started selling eggs and I literally cannot keep up with demand and I have plenty of room to add up to 10 more girls.
So, if anyone has what I am looking for please call, or text, me at 918-873-0395!

Hugs to you all - Prayers to those who need and/or want them!

Amazing, congrats!!!! Might try Facebook for getting some new birds, the Oklahoma Backyard Chickens page is very active.

Yes that is pretty cool about gender selection. So when people gripe about "that darn rooster" and all the male chicks they are getting I just roll my eyes and laugh. Also when people claim temperature at incubation changes the gender, or egg shape. You can certainly kill off the weaker female embryos- but you CANNOT change the gender.

Most chicken injections you can use a smaller gauge needle, like a diabetes needle (I think they are 25 gauge?) but for penicillin you need a 20 gauge because it has large particles and will clog a smaller needle, and yes it needs to be in the breast or thigh muscle.

Worming... there are as many opinions as there are chicken keepers. In general, those who use chemical wormers worm once or twice a year. Usually in the fall to coincide with molting/less eggs since you are supposed to discard eggs during treatment. Wazine only kills roundworms and not all of them usually, so many people will do Wazine first and then 10 days later a different worming product, like Ivermectin pour-on. I know Robin has a different one she likes, too, but I can't remember the name off the top of my head. If they have a heavy worm load and you hit them with a strong wormer it can actually kill the chicken as all the worms die at once and clog the digestive tract.

sad to hear, got my porthos from him, real reliable and honest-

https://www.facebook.com/hodgepodgepoultry

Yes he is selling out but for now he is trying to find someone to take everything as a package. You can "like" his page he said he will start parting his chickens out in a few weeks if he doesn't find a package buyer.