***OKIES in the BYC III ***

[Oceanseve]

Don't do it!! Chances are better that stupid people will take themselves out through some act of misadventure and when they do you won't be implicated in the investigation, you'll be able to hang back and snicker with the other observers while agreeing with them that it was bound to happen like that when they yelled "Hey Ya'all Watch This!"

HAHA That's reserved for relatives

 

[Elie mea]

I went to my my first POOPS meeting the 5th and i had a blast every one was so nice. Thanks to every one. I had so much fun.

 

[NanaKat]

How long does a hen usually care for baby chicks? I ask because I have a hen that took over a big group of half grown chicks months ago. She has been a great mom and very protective. But now some of those chicks are getting really big! I went out super early the other morning and there she was all cuddled up sitting on those chicks and they were sticking out of both ends! They do not fit anymore. The chicks were laying on their sides with legs out everywhere. I really wish I had had my camera. I know she could not have been resting because there was no way she is sitting down. Is this normal? Should I take them away, maybe find her some more chicks to care for? She has not started laying again either. I am not worried about the laying just making sure this is not a "bad" thing.


Also, I bought a 2 month old "cockerel" at Newcastle. Listed as a cockerel and looked like a cockerel. Well it has been a few weeks now and the bird has grown but it almost looks like the comb and wattles are smaller. It is not acting rooish at all and has taken up with the little light brahma babies I got from Mitzie. Yesterday when I went to check on everyone "Kingston" was sitting on the light brahmas! They were all tucked up under his wings. Could Kingston be a Queenston? I can post pics if it would help. LOL

x 2 Love both imges!

I went to my my first POOPS meeting the 5th and i had a blast every one was so nice. Thanks to every one. I had so much fun.

So glad you came and had a good time. Love the photo of your rooster Fred.

 

[tgperg]

How long does a hen usually care for baby chicks? I ask because I have a hen that took over a big group of half grown chicks months ago. She has been a great mom and very protective. But now some of those chicks are getting really big! I went out super early the other morning and there she was all cuddled up sitting on those chicks and they were sticking out of both ends! They do not fit anymore. The chicks were laying on their sides with legs out everywhere. I really wish I had had my camera. I know she could not have been resting because there was no way she is sitting down. Is this normal? Should I take them away, maybe find her some more chicks to care for? She has not started laying again either. I am not worried about the laying just making sure this is not a "bad" thing.


Also, I bought a 2 month old "cockerel" at Newcastle. Listed as a cockerel and looked like a cockerel. Well it has been a few weeks now and the bird has grown but it almost looks like the comb and wattles are smaller. It is not acting rooish at all and has taken up with the little light brahma babies I got from Mitzie. Yesterday when I went to check on everyone "Kingston" was sitting on the light brahmas! They were all tucked up under his wings. Could Kingston be a Queenston? I can post pics if it would help. LOL

I had a Dominique pullet last year that adopted some guinea keets after their foster mama got eaten by a coytote (that happens a lot here, if you've noticed a pattern!). They were eight weeks old and she was only about 12 weeks old when she took them under her wing, so to speak, and she took care of them forever it seemed like. (She went on to be the kind of chicken who would sit and try to hatch out a rock.) Here she is looking almost like the same size as them. The next year when she hatched out her own chicks, they were still following her around everywhere.

 

[NanaKat]

Thought I'd post few pictures of the offspring of Samson and Delilah the Lavendar Cochin Roo and his Blue lady. They are 4/12 hatch. They need their feet washed.




Here is a close up on one of the whites...


And of course the White Coshins Carmen and Annabelle are still in quarantine, but Annabelle is much improved. They should be able to join the flock next week.


The Blues from Bo Garrett are growing feisty



And one of the Blue CWs is beginning to color up nicely


And now for the Buff Columbian pullets and the Spangled OEGB



Be back later...got to go enjoy the hottub....after I feed the dogs and put clothes in the dryer....

 

[upcdayz]

bfrancis - your peacocks are beautiful! Keep posting pictures like that and you'll find some peafowl addicts here, too.

NanaKat - all of your babies are looking good.

Bill - I can picture those things happening. Where are the video cameras when you need one?

ladyokie - most of my broodies kick their babies out after about a month, except for one hen who has been letting her foster babies follow her around and sleep under her for going on two months now. She's back to laying eggs again but still mothers the little ones. I guess each hen is different. Most of mine are too impatient to let any chicks slow them down.

BlanchardOK - will keep you and your wife in my prayers.

CathieSue - when I needed someone to finish the coop for me, I called a local lumber company and asked them for referrals for handymen. They gave me several names so I started calling, explaining what I needed. Got estimates and went with my gut on who I felt like would suit my needs. It worked out great for me. You might give that a try.

 

[Cjarvis]

And now for the Buff Columbian pullets and the Spangled OEGB



Be back later...got to go enjoy the hottub....after I feed the dogs and put clothes in the dryer....

You know I have 5 more of those Buff columbians here if you would like them.. I cannot let them grow up here, she is looking very nice for her age.

 

[tgperg]

What's in my sunroom today?



One Dominique cock who's supposed to be in isolation, but is fast. (He's back in the cage now.)



5 two-week-old Dominique chicks who learned to fly out of the small brooder, and so now are in half of the bigger brooder with. . .



Four little babies hatched just this Tuesday. Three Dominiques and one Faverolle. She's either Salmon or Blue-Salmon. And finally,



Little Miss. She cussed me out real good when I took her out of the crate to put her in the brooder that the Dominiques were in. I switched eggs on her at the same time and she looked them over real good before deciding that "eggs are eggs".

And that's what's in my sunroom today! Now I just need to find room for a couple dozen baby keets!

 

[Ksane]

What's in my sunroom today?

One Dominique cock who's supposed to be in isolation, but is fast. (He's back in the cage now.)
5 two-week-old Dominique chicks who learned to fly out of the small brooder, and so now are in half of the bigger brooder with. . .
Four little babies hatched just this Tuesday. Three Dominiques and one Faverolle. She's either Salmon or Blue-Salmon. And finally,
Little Miss. She cussed me out real good when I took her out of the crate to put her in the brooder that the Dominiques were in. I switched eggs on her at the same time and she looked them over real good before deciding that "eggs are eggs".
And that's what's in my sunroom today! Now I just need to find room for a couple dozen baby keets!

Wow! I need a sunroom! (And a chicken like this to show up in it).

 

[tgperg]

Wow! I need a sunroom! (And a chicken like this to show up in it).

He is an amazing surprise! I went to Ohio in January and bought eight pullets and a cockerel from Mike Stichler. The cockerel and one pullet got eaten by a coyote. Pattern, yes, I know. Well, I got a back up cockerel (two actually, because one, say it with me everyone "GOT EATEN BY A COYOTE". I hate these freaking coyotes. They'll come up right in my yard.) from a friend and have been hatching out everything that's black and white I could get my hands on this spring. Anyway, a friend of mine brought this guy to me this week. He's from the same lines.