***OKIES in the BYC III ***

[Cuban Longtails]

Quote:
Are those 4H or fair shows?

 

[janbcoo1]

Hummm... I'm really confused (again!) about Chicken Math... I thought we had it all straightened out but now.. We picked up 4 laying hens tonight along with a lovely fully grown rooster. We also have 9 young (hatched Feb-April) females and 5 RIR chicks we purchased at Blanchard auction this month (bought 6, one sadly succumbed to the heat). So does this mean that we have 5 chickens and some prospects?? And how does that add up if we have to subtract 10 from ... ahhh

shoot! Don't think I'll do any better at chicken math than I did in calculus! Rats.

 

[michaeldaugherty]

Quote:
Are those 4H or fair shows?

Both 4H an free fair any one can enter if you liv in that county..Kid's can take out of school hear if they have stuf in the fair..

 

[Okla-doodle-doo]

A white pgymy,isn't taht like a white buffalo,supposed to be lucky PoCo? It would be if I was closer because I would give it a home!lol

Nice looking cochins Robin! Be tough and get rid of those extra boys,you need to keep some pretty pure ones for those pretty hens!OR think about it like this,what they eat in feed could go into that many pretty girls that will lay eggs and make more chickens!lol

Boy the news people are haveing a hey day with this new hurricane. Predicting the worst fallout in decades because of its path thru several major cities. Hope they are wrong as usual!

Gotta go help the daughter with a yard sale tomorrow. Hasn't rained yet so it proably will tomorrow! Yes I am a pessimist!lol

Enjoyed all the talk about fall gardens. I didn't realize you could grow more than turnips and greens in the fall. Guess I need to work up the rest of my garden and plant some more stuff.

I let my mottled OE out this afternoon to free range for a little bit. They are so pretty out in a group like that. I sure like mottled birds. Anconas are one of my favorite LF breeds. Don't see many of them . And I like the mottled houdans as a polish breed.

I am still amased at the way horses have bottomed out around here. There were some beautiful ones on craigslist today. One 4 year old palamino mare was drop dead goregous for $300! OOthers were $200-$300 for really nice horses. And its so funny when you see those ads and then someone post one for their horse and ask 2-3 thousand for it! Its like ,"didn't you see the other adds?" !lol

Okay,I'm off to bed,I seem to be rambling!lol,have a great night folks,someone set the alarm for me!

 

[michaeldaugherty]

Okie-do I bot a trio of the mottle o.e game ...The roo has got a few red feather's in his neck tho but color is good other than that..
Cant sleep tonight so tire'd . Dont no wat it is wen it get's dark out im wide a wake an cant hold my eys open during the day,,
Ben reading on some of the other site's seen wer AL's pic of his big cornish made it to google . com under cornish chicken's..

 

[michaeldaugherty]

O yah seen on facebook stimpy is doing great..read some of his post ther about smoking ..You couldnt put it on hear but is a must to read..
An the cage make'er from poop's from Alex's cant thank of his name seen him ..
The big dog i have left is free to a good home he like's chicken;s verry wel ..an duck's to..If your wonting to thin out the flock he will get the job done
I seen him bark at the yote's face to face threw the back fence thot he was going to work out but ..After spending hour's of training on him he still
sneak's around an eat's the bird's iv had hundreds of dog's an some lern an some dont ther like kid's u can teach some of thim an some it just dont soak in.
Macy said dad i dont think he like's the Dog food you bot him from the dollor store it dont make any dif i told her iv had dog's that would eat the chicken feed .
An never eat a bird. he has plenty to eat..The beagle dog i only told him no 1 time an that's all it took..Even wen i brot rabbit's home an they got out . He killed one i got on to him an he never did it again ,,Like Macy wen she was little you had to get out the belt an she never cryd but she mite do again she is hard headed her sis you could just tel her an that was it ..Iv had lot's of hound dog's that made the best chicken dog's an a few mutt's ..
The white dog's i had befor wer ok with a few bird;s runing out an the rest in pen's but wen i brot in some duck's they didnt like thim //
So i gave the dog's way. One guy said they need to get use to thim first but i dont have time for that they should be smart anuf to not kill thim...

 

[janbcoo1]

Michael, daughter just came thru here on her way to her new post in Calif. and she brought her chocolate lab/weimeriner mix pup - 8 months old. Smart dog, she jumped one time at the chickens in their run and they all flew all over the place but daughter scolded her firmly and she was good from then on. Its a good thing to catch them immediately if one can and correct the behaviour...if that doesn't happen, they become the killer dogs we have running around here. We've been keeping watch and are gonna catch 'em! Daughter is gone and her dog too..miss them. I can't sleep tonight either.

 

[Cuban Longtails]

Quote:
Are those 4H or fair shows?

Both 4H an free fair any one can enter if you liv in that county..Kid's can take out of school hear if they have stuf in the fair..

Thanks! Hope you get to see some cool birds

 

[SimplyMe_AngieD]

We too have a chocolate lab mix.

She went after the chickens once. We scolded her and put her in doggie jail (the dog run), and we have not had a problem with her since. She will even go into the coop to eat the scraps we put out for the chickens, but she will not bother the chickens.

She is still learning with chicks though. We bought some for friends last week and kept them inside for the night. My 3 yo opened the cage to hold a chick, and my dog took the opportunity to grab one. She didn't break the skin, but still the poor chick didn't make it. We scolded her and put her back in doggie jail.

Yesterday we bought ourselves 2 chicks, and my dog will sit at the crate watching, and wagging her tail. I will pull them out and show them to her, and she doesn't seem like she is going to try to get them. So I hope she learned.

Labs are pretty smart.

 

[Sooner]

Good Morning Everyone!

Wow you guys posted some great stuff on bug repellent! I didn't get to talk to mom last night, she wasn't home when I called & I missed her call when she called back. Ha. I did talk to her DH & he seems to think it won't be a problem so for now it is a go.

Kassundra, if you DH can do it before then that is even better, but if you aren't interested in seeds(I couldn't tell) then I can just have my mom do it.