***OKIES in the BYC III ***

[Poco Pollo]

Happy Birthday, Bill!

I hope you have a wonderful day. The weather looks great, so working outside ought to be a treat. I've got a lot of weed pulling to do after feeding all the animals, so I'd better get started.

 

[tgperg]

I think I am one of the few holdouts on the Okie forum who doesn't want to incubate eggs, doesn't like broody breeds (when they're broody), has a strict no-rooster policy, and is basically just no fun that way.  But I have a hen who went broody a couple of days ago, and I saw Greybear mention that he has fertile eggs, so I am thinking I may get some of those and stick them under the hen just to try it. 

By the way jcatblum - the 16 keets I got from you and your very helpful DD the Hatcher-Girl at POOPS are doing great and growing quickly. You are right about them moving faster than chicks - it was obvious after I sat and watched them awhile that keets are masters of time travel over short distances.  They can be in one place on second and will disappear, then reappear instantly across the brooder.  Since I have long suspected that guinea fowl are poultry from an alien planet, I can accept this.

Today I learned guineas are Time Lords.

 

[tgperg]

Dont do it, once you start hatching it is an addiction. You will drive far and wide just to find hens that are setting so you can get your hatching fix. Then before you know it you will buy an incubator. You will start small, like the little styro jobs at tractor supply. But anyone can tell you, tho they seem harmless, they are a gateway incubator. You will be scanning craigslist late at night looking for the big cabinet models. You will move closer to people like Carl that hatchs hundreds of eggs, just so you can visit and inhale that fuzzy dust that comes out of the bator. I will put you on our watch list. Please be carefull.

Quote of the day material right there.

 

[Oakieridge]

I think I am one of the few holdouts on the Okie forum who doesn't want to incubate eggs, doesn't like broody breeds (when they're broody), has a strict no-rooster policy, and is basically just no fun that way. But I have a hen who went broody a couple of days ago, and I saw Greybear mention that he has fertile eggs, so I am thinking I may get some of those and stick them under the hen just to try it.

By the way jcatblum - the 16 keets I got from you and your very helpful DD the Hatcher-Girl at POOPS are doing great and growing quickly. You are right about them moving faster than chicks - it was obvious after I sat and watched them awhile that keets are masters of time travel over short distances. They can be in one place on second and will disappear, then reappear instantly across the brooder. Since I have long suspected that guinea fowl are poultry from an alien planet, I can accept this.

Spoken like someone who hasn't incubated eggs yet, lol. I felt the same way. I was happy to pay someone else to hatch our eggs for us but I quickly caught the bug. Having a good incubator though makes all the difference IMO. We have had such great sucess with our good incubator lately I hate to shut it down for the 3 weeks we aren't going to be able to hatch any. So I have timed it where I can set guinea eggs the 1st week and then the 2nd week set chicken eggs and then no one will be hatching during that 3 weeks, lol. I even got dh on board with that thought process and he now thinks it was all his idea

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Christina you are right about those little keets sure can make some noise! we have a brooder full from what you hatched for us, what we got at auction (thank you Teran for feeding my addiction) and then our hatch. We had to steal the eggs from the guinea setting the nest. Once we opened the crate we put her in she wouldn't stay on the nest just kept trying to escape the pen we had her in. So they are safely tucked away in the incubator.

 

[tgperg]

Spoken like someone who hasn't incubated eggs yet, lol. I felt the same way. I was happy to pay someone else to hatch our eggs for us but I quickly caught the bug. Having a good incubator though makes all the difference IMO. We have had such great sucess with our good incubator lately I hate to shut it down for the 3 weeks we aren't going to be able to hatch any. So I have timed it where I can set guinea eggs the 1st week and then the 2nd week set chicken eggs and then no one will be hatching during that 3 weeks, lol. I even got dh on board with that thought process and he now thinks it was all his idea

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Christina you are right about those little keets sure can make some noise! we have a brooder full from what you hatched for us, what we got at auction (thank you Teran for feeding my addiction) and then our hatch. We had to steal the eggs from the guinea setting the nest. Once we opened the crate we put her in she wouldn't stay on the nest just kept trying to escape the pen we had her in. So they are safely tucked away in the incubator.

I see a flaw in your process. You should set muscovy duck eggs week one, guinea eggs week two and then set your chicken eggs on week three, and have a nice big hatch on day 35.

 

[poultryand bees]

By the way jcatblum - the 16 keets I got from you and your very helpful DD the Hatcher-Girl at POOPS are doing great and growing quickly. You are right about them moving faster than chicks - it was obvious after I sat and watched them awhile that keets are masters of time travel over short distances. They can be in one place on second and will disappear, then reappear instantly across the brooder. Since I have long suspected that guinea fowl are poultry from an alien planet, I can accept this.

Hello, my name is, Steven and I'm new to BYC and chickens in general. I recently purchased 10 Black Copper Marans and luckily I stumbled on this website. Lots of good information here and now I see there's an Oklahoma forum, which makes it even better. I'm located in the Blanchard area, hopefully I'll see some of y'all around.

You have found a wonderful group of folks who either live in Oklahoma or wish they lived in Oklahoma

Disclaimer: some of us are addicted to hatching eggs, attending poultry auctions and otherwise acquiring poultry. Since addicts tend to be enablers, we may try to assist/enable you in the acquisition of more poultry than you ever thought you wanted to own/house/feed.

That said - did you know there are two poultry auctions very close to you? The Newcastle auction is every 1st and 3rd Saturday, beginning at 5 pm. The Blanchard auction is every 2nd and 4th Saturday, beginning at 5 pm. There is usually a group of folks at the back of the room who are BYC folks - sometimes paying attention to the auction and sometimes just visiting.

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Well said. I have refused to turn on an incubator this year, but have been setting chicken eggs under broody hens and taking pheasant/peacock/guinea/turkey eggs to jcatblum and cjarvis to hatch for me. Those baby chicks/keets/poults are addictive.

 

[BlackCopperOK]

Hello,
Is there anybody in the Blanchard area that would be willing/able to hatch a dozen eggs for me??

Thanks for your time,
Steven

 

[becklinn77]

Just bought my first incubator and I'm so excited to try it out! Eventually I want to hatch Araucanas, Black Copper Marans, and heritage Barred Rocks. But since all those eggs are kinda pricey and I've never hatched before, I'd love to find some "practice eggs" to start with. Any breed or mutts, I don't care as long as they're cheap or free. I'd even try to hatch some for someone else who doesn't have an incubator (understanding that I'm new and might not get a good hatch). I'm not really wanting the chicks this time around. I just want the practice and to see if I have everything set up right before I put in a bunch of expensive eggs.

Anybody interested in helping me out? I'm north of Tulsa. Please send me a PM (this thread moves too fast for me - I'm not online enough to read everything and I don't wanna miss it)

P.S. I've got to be out of town this weekend so don't want to start until next week or after.

 

[tgperg]

Hello,
Is there anybody in the Blanchard area that would be willing/able to hatch a dozen eggs for me??
Thanks for your time,
Steven

Found this ad on craigslist, but don't know how close the two areas are: http://oklahomacity.craigslist.org/grd/3001236683.html

 

[RetiredArmyWife]

I think I am one of the few holdouts on the Okie forum who doesn't want to incubate eggs, doesn't like broody breeds (when they're broody), has a strict no-rooster policy, and is basically just no fun that way. But I have a hen who went broody a couple of days ago, and I saw Greybear mention that he has fertile eggs, so I am thinking I may get some of those and stick them under the hen just to try it.

By the way jcatblum - the 16 keets I got from you and your very helpful DD the Hatcher-Girl at POOPS are doing great and growing quickly. You are right about them moving faster than chicks - it was obvious after I sat and watched them awhile that keets are masters of time travel over short distances. They can be in one place on second and will disappear, then reappear instantly across the brooder. Since I have long suspected that guinea fowl are poultry from an alien planet, I can accept this.

I don't want to hatch anything. I ended up with a rooster on accident. We only kept him because we already liked him so much. So you're not the only one.