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[Cuban Longtails]

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very handsome fellow! - I love how Orloffs look like Hawks

Thank you, MJ! They are very unique

 

[muesky]

Hey everyone!

Welcome to all our new friends on BYC.

Okay I am kind of bummed about Newcastle auction being cancelled.

It seems like all my plans for this weekend have bombed. Oh well, may go to Mary's Swap Meet and stop by Maryjo's so I can pick up a lovely blue ameraucana rooster. Of course that is after I get my daughter's car running again. Stupid Crysler's, now really, who puts the battery in the wheelwell of the car? Idiots!!!

Outlandish I live southeast of Norman. There are a lot of homes and land out by where I live if you do not mind the drive. I am fortunate that there is a Dollar General, grocery store, gas station, car wash, Sonic, and even a bar (never been there, honestly) 4 miles from my house. I am 21 miles from Norman and 18 miles from Shawnee. The housing prices out here are fairly reasonable.

 

[Ok_Junebug]

You're MORE than welcome...Channing couldn't have gotten a better home.

And I have to admit.....I like snuggling the little furry ones, too. They are better than a 'worry stone'. Sometimes in the afternoon if I get a little quiet time, I like to snuggle one...and talk to it. Its amazing the things a person will say to a furry chicken that would never be said to another person. It really relieves a lot of stress and is great therapy.

 

[old*cowboy]

Guy's tip for the Day
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When I was a kid we had large amounts of chickens running to and fro. Egg layers and games and cross bred fowl for the table. I remember different times during the year we would gather the chickens and dunk their legs in a pan of kerosene (coal oil). I didn't learn till later in life that we were treating for Scaly Mites. Now days I see birds infected with this pest and it always makes me think back of the fun days of my youth and chasing chickens with my dad. Today scaly mites are still present and a problem in our birds, but treatment is so simple it should be cleared up easily enough. Scaly mites burrow under the scales of the chickens legs, their waste and scabs cause the birds scales to poke out and get rough and nasty looking. Of all the things a chicken can get, scaly mites are one of the easiest to fix. Just about any kind of petroleum oil base product will smother them. Just apply it to the legs and feet and in time time the scales will return to near normal.

 

[Ksane]

And I have to admit.....I like snuggling the little furry ones, too. They are better than a 'worry stone'. Sometimes in the afternoon if I get a little quiet time, I like to snuggle one...and talk to it. Its amazing the things a person will say to a furry chicken that would never be said to another person. It really relieves a lot of stress and is great therapy.

Guy's tip for the Day​

When I was a kid we had large amounts of chickens running to and fro. Egg layers and games and cross bred fowl for the table. I remember different times during the year we would gather the chickens and dunk their legs in a pan of kerosene (coal oil). I didn't learn till later in life that we were treating for Scaly Mites. Now days I see birds infected with this pest and it always makes me think back of the fun days of my youth and chasing chickens with my dad. Today scaly mites are still present and a problem in our birds, but treatment is so simple it should be cleared up easily enough. Scaly mites burrow under the scales of the chickens legs, their waste and scabs cause the birds scales to poke out and get rough and nasty looking. Of all the things a chicken can get, scaly mites are one of the easiest to fix. Just about any kind of petroleum oil base product will smother them. Just apply it to the legs and feet and in time time the scales will return to near normal.

Frontline. Works like a charm.They've got generic Frontline now, same exact stuff, it's called Fipronil. I got 6 tubes of the 89-132 lb dog size on Ebay for a total of $21 counting shipping. 1-3 drops depending on bird size and they're good for 3 months from mites, lice, stick tight fleas, any exterior parasite (leg mites included). Awesome stuff. Hasn't been tested on poultry though, as we all know there's no profit in marketing stuff like this for poulrty.

 

[hoog]

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I have a busy day ahead. My brother does a lot of scapping for work, and he has come across a deal he is scrapping an old house, and has said I can have whatever wood I want from it so I'm going to try and gather enough for my new chicken coop, one step closer to my NN's this spring! Woo Hoo.

I wish I had access to a scrapped house. I would make all kinds of barnyard shelters. Hmmmm… Is that coveting?

We had a long discussion of coveting and envy in Sunday School class this week and I am still not sure.



By the way I am still looking for that LF Cochin Rooster adult. I am now willing to drive to Wichita Falls or OKC to get one. Must be good quality and never been sick. Sooner said she might be able to get one from eastern Oklahoma but I don't want to travel that far if I don't have to.

 

[hoog]

Frontline. Works like a charm.They've got generic Frontline now, same exact stuff, it's called Fipronil. I got 6 tubes of the 89-132 lb dog size on Ebay for a total of $21 counting shipping. 1-3 drops depending on bird size and they're good for 3 months from mites, lice, stick tight fleas, any exterior parasite (leg mites included). Awesome stuff. Hasn't been tested on poultry though, as we all know there's no profit in marketing stuff like this for poulrty.

That's a great idea. I am going to check that out now. Do you still eat the eggs?

 

[Elwood Lightfoot]

I like this idea, the conduit should be easy to bend and like Guy said PVC would work also (I think it was Guy) I might have to consider this for around the camper trailer I'm turning into coops

Morning,

Sooner - Let us know you are okay.

I found plans for a pasture pen that looks like a little green house. Has anyone used a pipe bender before? I'm thinking about getting a tube bender at Loe's and some 3/4" EMT conduit (aluminum) to make the top of the pen. The instructions seem simple enough, but I've never bent metal pipes before, so I guess I should buy an extra length of conduit to practice on.

Sooner says that it is her DH that is having shoulder surgery.

Sooner we will be thinking of you guys!

Peaches

Thanks for letting us know, I had mine worked on year before last it was really miserable

Mark Twain once described a woman as "Being the sort of woman who would own a parrot" One has to wonder what he might have thought about lap chickens LOL

 

[poultryand bees]

Newbie alert!

Hello all Just taking a moment to introduce myself. Norman resident, on an active hunt for land in the surrounding area for myself, DH and DS. Currently chicken-less (BOO!) but I grew up in Choctaw on a small farm, and miss it. I want my kiddo to experience some rural action after being such a city slicker. Plus, fresh eggs, he can't believe that they really are better, but proving him wrong will be fun!

Right now I am just doing a ton of reseach, leaning toward Buff Orpingtons to start with once we get moved. And coop plans, oh my. When will that winning Powerball ticket land in my greedy little fingers?

I can talk your ear off about making soap, and land surveying. I am looking forward to learning & hopefully being a contributor of something useful at some point.

You have found a wonderful group of folks, all of whom enjoy poultry and some of whom make soap as well. I think there is a thread on BYC about soap making and I enjoyed following it earlier this year.

Are you wanting chickens for eggs, meat, bug patrol, or all of the above? Some varieties are less visible to predators when free ranging, some are better egg layers and some lay prettier eggs than others. When you are ready, we would love to help you find the birds you want to raise - and perhaps some that you hadn't considered raising as well.

(did you see the discussion about Serama roosters and how they are a great "house chicken?" June_bug is in Moore and could probably fix you up with one of those cute roosters.)

 

[Grace'sDad]

I like this idea, the conduit should be easy to bend and like Guy said PVC would work also (I think it was Guy) I might have to consider this for around the camper trailer I'm turning into coops

The only problem with this design...I think it may act like a kite in the wind unless there is a lot of weight on the bottom.