***OKIES in the BYC III ***

[margaret8]

They are they best broodies and mothers! Wish I had more.

-Kathy

I wish I had one!

 

[casportpony]

Both of mine are 6 or 7 now, so probably won't get them to sit this year.

-kathy

 

[artsyrobin]

Quote: She looks *very* sick. Have you ever wormed her with a proper dose of a wormer like Safeguard or Valbazen? Are you giving the correct amount of Corid (powder 1.5 tsp/gal or liquid 2 tsp/gal).?

-Kathy

thanks Kathy, yes she had been wormed with valbazen- very thin, something she had been battling for awhile, hadn't laid since last summer, almost think she had eyp- not sure, lost her last night- not really a surprise, but i sure hate it- i appreciate your suggestions and help

she was a beautiful girl

 

[Kyzmette]

Oh no Robin! Oh girl, I'm so sorry. Big hugs hon.

 

[casportpony]

So sorry for you loss. {{{{{hugs}}}}}

-Kathy

 

[ashtree]

I'm so sorry Robin. I'm sure she lived a good full life with you.

@Poco Pollo
Look what that goose did!!!

We think there's a baby elephant in there. At least my toddler is hoping so.

 

[BetsyOK]

If you're talking about the Northeast Oklahoma Poultry Show in Pryor, I'm showing three silkies. Sent my entry forms today.

 

[lonnyandrinda]

Rinda, I thought you might want to see who recovered nicely! Georgina is a sweet girl and seems to be doing quite well. It turns out the crook is at the base of her neck, at the shoulder juncture, so none of the braces were really working since they would need to push against the shoulders in order to work. If anybody has ideas on how to get a brace to work for this sweet girl, I'm all ears.

Oh my gosh she's doing so great! I was afraid to ask you about her because I didn't want to know if she hadn't made it!

Anyone gonna be showing at the NE OKC Poultry show in a few weeks?

I need to look up the info and enter... I think... if I can squeeze in the time...

thanks Kathy, yes she had been wormed with valbazen- very thin, something she had been battling for awhile, hadn't laid since last summer, almost think she had eyp- not sure, lost her last night- not really a surprise, but i sure hate it- i appreciate your suggestions and help

she was a beautiful girl

Awe, hugs that is so sad. I know you're pretty attached to your birds so probably didn't, but did you open her up and check to see if it was EYP for sure?

I'm so sorry Robin. I'm sure she lived a good full life with you.

@Poco Pollo
Look what that goose did!!!

We think there's a baby elephant in there. At least my toddler is hoping so.

Ha I agree! Or maybe an Elephant Bird like on Horton Hears a Who!

If you're talking about the Northeast Oklahoma Poultry Show in Pryor, I'm showing three silkies. Sent my entry forms today.

I need to look up the info and get my forms submitted... Do you know when the deadline is?

 

[NanaKat]

I'll probably have some guinea eggs soon. I want a Cochin Bantam to set some peafowl under for the first 7 days before I put them in the incubator.

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I'm looking for some hatching eggs around Edmond. I'm just getting the incubator started for this year and want to do a test run. Barnyard mix is fine. Will pay or trade hatched chicks when they hatch. Looking for 15-25 eggs. Bantam Cochins ok otherwise I would like LF. Can anyone help or point me in the right direction?

 

Do you have any Cochin bantam hens?

I do have a couple but I am hoping to hatch a few daughters out of them before I sell them. They are good broodies tho

That's why I want them. I hope to have pea eggs to hatch.

[COLOR=0000CD]Margaret8[/COLOR]  A Bantam Cochin might cover 4 -5 large fowl chicken eggs.  A Large Fowl Cochin will cover 12 - 14 chicken eggs.
I would think that peacock eggs are too large for a Bantam Cochin hen to cover successfully.  I would think that a large fowl broody hen could cover 3 - 6 Peacock eggs for the full 7 days before you candle them to go into the incubator.  A determined broody Cochin hen will continue to sit on the empty nest until she chooses to give up.  Mine have been known to try hatching a smooth rock, a golf ball or dried chicken loaf....
Also, A single chicken hen will not be happy in a pen by herself.  Guinea and chickens do not play nice together especially if the chickens are outnumbered by the Guineas..
From experience, even chicken hen raised guinea chicks turn on their surrogate mother when they get older.

Nanakat, My bantam Cochins can can cover *five* peafowl eggs no problem. Have done that several years in a row now. I let mine go broody with their own eggs, then I swap out their eggs for pea eggs. I believe Leggs peafowl does something similar.
-Kathy

Then I stand corrected on my thoughts. My Cochin Bantam cock bird is small and when he slips in to a nest box for a nap, he covers about four hens eggs.
How big is a peafowl egg next to a hen's egg?

 

[casportpony]

Not sure if this helps, but peahen eggs weight 85-125 grams. FWIW, the hens I use are weigh about 1000 grams.

-Kathy