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Just got the following email from the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation.


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March 22, 2012
A service of the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation


Genetic analysis from "Minco mountain lion" confirms ties to South Dakota
The Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation recently confirmed origins of the mountain lion struck and killed by a motorist in November 2011 near Minco.
According to Erik Bartholomew, furbearer biologist for the Wildlife Department, the 130-lb. male mountain lion that was found dead along HWY 81 north of Minco is closely tied genetically to populations in the Black Hills of South Dakota. DNA analyses performed on tissue collected from the cat also confirm it was a wild mountain lion and not an escaped domestic animal.
"The cat's DNA shows a very close genetic relationship to wild populations in South Dakota," Bartholomew said. "We can say with a high level of confidence that this male was born in the Black Hills region. Another clue that this animal was wild is the fact that it had porcupine quills in its stomach. Apparently mountain lions consider them to be good eating, or maybe they are easy to catch, but many times western states report mountain lions with porcupine quills in their front legs and digestive tract."
A small tooth from the mountain lion's upper jaw also was sent to a lab for aging. Much like the rings on a tree, the root portion of the tooth has rings that can be used by experts to age the animal. The tooth from the "Minco mountain lion" showed that the animal was at least three years old.
"We have no idea of the path he used to get to Oklahoma," Bartholomew said. "However, with him being killed near the South Canadian, he likely was following the river where their primary prey - white-tailed deer - would be in high abundance. Males tend to have very large home ranges at or over 200 square miles. The Black Hills is a small island of habitat, and many times adult males will get in territorial disputes with young males and the loser leaves in search of new territory."
This mountain lion represents a unique research opportunity for the Department since the animals are secretive and because biologists have had few other opportunities to study them up close in Oklahoma.
Other wild mountain lions documented in Oklahoma also have tested positive for Black Hills origins, such as the female captured in the city limits of Tulsa last year and another believed to have been killed by a train in 2004 near Red Rock. A male mountain lion that was shot in 2010 in the Panhandle by a Department of Agriculture employee while depredating livestock tested positive for genetic ties to populations in eastern Colorado, and another confiscated by the Department's law enforcement division in southeast Oklahoma was genetically tied to populations in the Pine Ridge region of northwest Nebraska. Additionally, several other sightings have been documented, including a young radio-collared male from Colorado that traveled through the Panhandle's Texas County in 2010 and is now living in New Mexico, and trail camera pictures from the fall of 2009 that show mountain lions in Tillman and Atoka counties.
Also called "panthers," "cougars" and "pumas," mountain lions are native to Oklahoma and historically would have been found statewide. Bartholomew said it is a common misconception that the Wildlife Department has released mountain lions in Oklahoma.
Officials with the Wildlife Department rely on the public to report verifiable sightings, photos and reports of mountain lions to help document the species in Oklahoma.
To submit photographs and report sightings of mountain lions in Oklahoma, log on to wildlifedepartment.com and report your sighting online or call Bartholomew at (405) 385-1791.


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DNA analysis of the mountain lion that made headlines in November after being struck and killed by a vehicle near Minco has confirmed that the cat was a wild animal with genetic ties to populations in the Black Hills region of South Dakota. In this photo, Erik Bartholomew, furbearer biologist for the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation, takes the rare opportunity to conduct research on the mountain lion, which was hit on HWY 81 north of Minco.​
 
Okay can someone fill me in on "Poops" When where why and how... and is it a trading thing or - should I ask are chicks for sale there or such I am just starting over and well nothing really to trade beyond a pair of Pekin Ducks.

It's more like a meeting of extended family that all get along, then throw in the buy sell or trade of all things poultry or poultry related. A good day of food, fun, games, and learning experiences where you you can aquire new birds, eggs, chicks, etc. as well as arts crafts and other products.
Need to see if we can get smiths poultry to set up a booth.
 
I'm hoping he gets used to the area and quits the barking on his own. I think it's cause it's wet and none of the dogs really want to be outside right now. Also since he's blind he I can't convince him to duck into the dog house. I think we're going to have to build something special for him. I'll keep an eye on the papers and stuff, but he was found in Meridian, not sure if they'd run ads in guthrie or the city? Pretty small town from what I saw of it. I would think the people that found him wouldn't have had to work to hard if the owner was around there :p

good soggy morning guys! haven't let the flock out yet- their run is a soggy mess, will they be fine in the coop today? its 10 x 10 and there are 12 in there...

here is a candling chart i had saved


I'm not using a very good flashlight, but mine kinda look like day 10, there's dark mass in the center (not a yolk, it goes all the way around the egg) with light showing through at either end.


Good morning everyone! I got a job as a preschool teacher out in Newcastle. Now if my background check would just hurry back so I can start. I decided to do some farm animal lessons and a bird lesson. I thought it would be cool to maybe take a small incubator in to the class and let the kids experience eggs hatching. Then I can just bring the babies home. But if I do this I'd rather just buy 3 or 4 eggs not a whole dozen. Would anyone be willing to sell me a few eggs to set in a few weeks if I do this??

Congrats on the job!! Wasn't it Ksane that offered you eggs? If you guys need an inbetweener to get the eggs to you, we go to Yukon/Mustang every week.


Well we had to put the last chick down from that batch of Barred Rocks. She took a turn for the worst. It sucked but I sure am glad we are done with that mess.

Sorry :( Glad you get to move on now and not worry


Our new arrivals. 125 Cornish Rock Cross meaties, from Mt. Healthy hatchery in Ohio. I suppose this is one of the few times in the chicken world "all male" is preferable.


aw, that cute phase before you really WANT to kill them
 
Our new arrivals. 125 Cornish Rock Cross meaties, from Mt. Healthy hatchery in Ohio. I suppose this is one of the few times in the chicken world "all male" is preferable.
Oh my word, I can only imagine how much 125 Cornish Rock crosses are going to eat for the next 6 wks!
 
Quote: i find it really hard to tell, the closer you get to hatch the denser they are- have you posted on the incubation and hatching section? my big dilemma is i can only stuff so many eggs under my bantam cochin, and i have a full incubator, so what to do with eggs i won(didn't think i would) that can't fit anywhere???
 
It's more like a meeting of extended family that all get along, then throw in the buy sell or trade of all things poultry or poultry related. A good day of food, fun, games, and learning experiences where you you can aquire new birds, eggs, chicks, etc. as well as arts crafts and other products.
Need to see if we can get smiths poultry to set up a booth.

Thank you - so when is it and where is it at? Really excited - sounds like a ton of fun and learning would be an amazing thing.
 
Here's my girls. Anyone have any guesses to what they could be?? The close up of the red feathers, could that be an RIR?? I got one blondie that is just bold and the first to inspect anything before the others come up. It's almost like if she's in charge. I don't know if they have a head of the flock bird?? lol Like my goats I have a herd queen. haha

They look a lot like the red stars I have. Here are pics of the new ones I got yesterday, they came from the same shipment that my lone mystery chick came from. They range from mostly red to mostly white with any variation in between.
 
Oh my word, I can only imagine how much 125 Cornish Rock crosses are going to eat for the next 6 wks!


no you cant mitzi. what ever you think they can eat, quadruple it! and that will get you thru the first 3 weeks only!

nothing eats like a cornish cross, and i mean nothing! teenagers cant hold a light to trhem.

you have realy got to want to do it,
 

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