***OKIES in the BYC III ***

[Ksane]

I have lost the contact information for a person who had Serama eggs to sell in Oklahoma.
If you know who that person might be or you are that person private message me.
THANKS!
Samantha

They are absolutely adorable! Personality Plus!!!!!!!

Do you see how easily handled and plunked up and down they are? lol I just adore these guys after having Channing.

 

[mefordz]

Piggies at the trough.

you gonna need a lot bigger trough next week!

if your gonna keep em penned up, put a bunnie in with em to keep em moving.

 

[mjgigax]

Quote:Originally Posted by mjgigax





Yeah Chicks!!!!!!!!

This incubator thing is dangerous. I have 44 chicks so far! - some of them are from broodies.
Got only 33% from the first tray,
Yesterday, I got 50% from the second tray.
My little F1 Self-blue/Black pullet is a fertile, laying machine - 6 to 7 eggs a week and 95% fertile. I was disappointed when I got 5 roos and only 1 girl in my F1 hatch last Summer. Guess she is showing me I didn't need to worry.
Of the F1s, only 25% are Self-Blue. The rest are 25% Black, and 50% are Black but carry the Self-blue gene. So far I have 6 Self-blue chicks - not bad! I sure am learning allot with this project and there are some very knowledgeable and kind Master Breeders out there.
Speaking of knowledge - I have 2 trios of Mille Fleur Cochin in breeding pens where one hen/pullet went broody and the other girl in each pen quit laying -
Is this common? Maybe I should move the roosters and the non-broody girls to other pens?

 

[NanaKat]

Spent the day moving plants out to the deck and repotting some....also had an order of dahlia tubers to plant...got of few of those done.

We have chicks hatching under the broodies...a lot of peeping going on....the girls won't let me see...they both fluff up and growl....good mommies.

 

[Kassaundra]

Piggies at the trough.

One of these things just doesn't belong, one of these isn't like the other ....................................... (should be read w/ the Sesame Street music in your head)

 

[BlanchardOK]

Sooo I am not here for two days and 177 posts! WOW! I lost my two baby geese in the last 24 hours.... sad.... so will be looking for more of those and keets - anyone have any leads that might be good? So far have not seen any babies worth getting yet - so need some help Okies.

 

[NanaKat]

Nana, those test results are scary. Something I fear every day of my life. Be very thankful you have insurance. I'm sorry about Bitsy. She was so pretty and with the Cochin in her I know she was as sweet as she was pretty.

Robin, the broodys are going to sit whether they have eggs or not. The difference is if you take the eggs you won't end up with a ton of babies lol I always take their eggs and walk them outside and tell them to get some fresh air. After about 3 wks or so they finally quit sitting. I think they're programmed to sit for 21 days or something, sure seems like it.

One of my husband's 6 debeaked red stars we got at Mary's Swap last year died. He just loves those girls. The way her stomach was swelled up right before she died my guess would be internal laying. They weren't young chickens but they're sure sweet.

Thanks...The doctor wants to run the other tests...saying if they show nothing then the abnormal means nothing...if they tests confirm it, then we cross that bridge...I like his attitude.

Sorry about the loss of your husband's bird. It's nice he is involved with them too.

June, you've just got to be on Cloud 9! That's just wonderful, you've worked so hard.


Poop is normal now, was loose but they also had a lot of cow manure all over them. I'm pretty sure they were raised with a broody out somewhere which would explain a lot. And they could've been exposed to any number of a thousand things. It seems if chickens are going to make it, they're going to make and if they're not they won't. What I hate is when they're sick for months dragging it out then they finally die. I don't usually have the heart to put them out of their misery but lots of times that's what needs done, it's selfish of me to be so gutless. These 3 have been isolated from all the others, I was really surprised they made it til the next day the night I got them. They were/are in rough shape.

Sometimes birds just don't make it no matter what care they receive I've had several healthy 12 week old birds get under a pile of other birds and suffocate even with a large pen, roosts and a warm coop. Checking them, they are filled out and were active the day before.
I'm learning to give med attention and attempt to get recovery started. But if no progress is made, I've learned to do the deed.

On that note, when I changed brooders today getting ready for the newest hatch, I noticed a little 4 week old CW cockerel that has a slipping tendon. Sometimes it looks right and the next minute, his leg is turned 90 degrees out....He will have to be culled, even though he has great coloring. Can't chance letting the default to pass on to his prodginy. That makes it easier.

 

[BBAcres]

That is the one I voted for, and not even prejudiced by knowing it was an Okie, b/c I voted this morning before I knew. The pose is absolutely adorable, I almost voted for the wet one in the shell but your cutie was just to funny.

That pictured just cracked me up. Bless his heart the flash scared him.

 

[NanaKat]

Anyone wanting to add more items to the raffle....please PM me so we can keep the list up to date...we are going to have a Great Raffle

Here are some of the itemslisted so far to tantalize your interest!!!!

Be sure to PM me with your items and I will add them to the list

a poultry nipple/bucket waterer.

Jaquard dish towel in red with a rooster pattern

hand-made necklace with Peacock Jasper pendant and swarovski crystal; brown and maroon

baskets for the "kidlets" with chicky items and a gift basket of "chickeny type things" for the adults

A pair of Partridge Barnevelders and the cage

Decorative tiles with chicken themes and the 2012 POOPS t-shirt logo

a couple of plywood nestboxes built by a young craftsman

some eggs, week old keets or chicks .... Possibly seedlings of some kind

A trio of birds

a lot of chicken related stuff, knick-knacks, decorative items...some stuff for the kids, too

A dozen Columbian Wyandotte hatching eggs

homemade soaps

A basket of "neat lil goodies" all the way from Barnswallow "to show how much we love and miss yall."

Hand beaded glass earrings with little chicks.

Chicken theme hot pads


If you have an item for the raffle for POOPS, send me a PM. If you can send pictures, I'll post those to tantalize our crowd. Remember the proceeds from the raffle help pay for future events.

 

[Buster52]

Ordered one of these babies today from CCONLY. Ezplucker 151.



That, a scalder, and 5 kill cones. I'm almost set.