***OKIES in the BYC III ***

[Elbert Garrett]

Good morning friends and neighbors! It gonna be another hot one today, it hit 100°F here yesterday and the weather guessers are callin` for that again today.....I have been seeing a lot of Cow Killers this year, caught this one in my melon bed....I`m guessing it has something to do with the weather. From what I have read, you don`t want to take a sting from one of there girls. Hope y`all stay cool and have a great day!

 

[cathiesue]

Buster52 you are a librarian? Me too. Good times. Sorry about your collection. When space is in short supply weeding older stuff is hard. We a pretty big place but even we can't archive or keep in storage everything we want. I know that LOC and most academic libraries do a good job of that. Land grant university like OSU keep a lot of good ag stuff. the EBSCO Databases keep a bunch of stuff too.
Access is the issue. Most of our customers would rather sit down with a paper copy, a cup of coffee and some chickens clucking contentedly in the background. i know I would.

 

[Buster52]

When you say get rid of ,does that mean destroy? Is there anyway you can give them to someone to preserve? Surely they won't just dump them out and destroy them. That would be a horrible shame.

No, they would go in the book sale and no doubt be snatched up by collectors who would appreciate them, and that money would go toward the purchase of things people would actually use. Truth be told, they would likely get more use than they do now. I think maybe somebody requested them once or twice in the last 5 years. It is difficult to justify something like that.

I'm just whining. I like having them around, I guess. I appreciate old things, especially books.

 

[Buster52]

Buster52 you are a librarian? Me too. Good times. Sorry about your collection. When space is in short supply weeding older stuff is hard.

Yes, I'm terrible at weeding. Working on it, though.

 

[mamapoppybee]

i have not really sexed my little babies yet i have light brahama's got the eggs from banjoe. will feather sex them with the help of ellie. I was going by the males generally get the most color in the bird world. I have one chick that is yellow but has grayish black on it. the other three are all yellow and i just love love love there feathered feet. Two of the chicks still had not hatched from last night to this morning so upon helping them i found that there was no chance for them. Both had gastroskiesious( there intestines formed out side there bodies). Joe my blue red laced wyndottes and gold laced cochins are set to hatch on the 16th. I will let you know how it turns out.

 

[Kassaundra]

kass- love the secound one it has nice dark skin and multiy colored legs

have you looked to see if they are carryers for scaless yet ??

I tried to look those legs and scales are TINY. from what I could see it did not look like any scales were missing on the legs, but I would not swear to that, there was poor lighting and older eyes. I should have had Gary hold them and taken pics of the legs so I could enlarge the pic.

 

[banjoejoe4783]

Joe - How does one know if a chicken carries the scaleless gene? The NN babies have black skin and are sparsely feathered. Do either of these traits suggest the babies have the scaleless gene?

Lots of the banties hatched, so I will post some pictures tomorrow along with the codes on each egg so you can help me identify the new chicks. One of the EO hatched and he looks enormous next to the rest. I'm thinking it's a he because when I reach into the brooder the little guy challenges me and pecks me or whatever I've got in my hand. There is still one NN egg pipping, and I'm keeping my fingers crossed that more of the LF will hatch. They have all enjoyed fresh water, grow gel, and tomorrow they will have some baby crumble.

Because I've had several hatches that didn't work out, I'm planning to replace the wafer for the thermostat and disinfect every surface inside and out before I set any more eggs. I have always cleaned between hatches, but I think it's time to replace my wicks and completely sterilize the inside of my Sportsman. I've always run the egg trays through the dishwasher, too, so that they can be as clean as possible for each new hatch.

I have some wooden cabinet doors with heavy glass inserts. I'm wondering: If the cabinet door is the same size as the wooden door on my Sportsman, can I swap doors and expect the cabinet door to be insulating enough to maintain the temperature inside the incubator? To test this, how long wold I need to watch the temperature before I can trust that it's going to remain stable?

Kass - Love the pictures. Keep us posted as your new NN babies grow up.

Bill - Nice to see you, as always. Sorry you could not stay longer. I understand about having to get home to take care of animals. The goats were happy to see my truck. They were already lining up for the milking stand before I could get their leads out.

thanks for the hatch update i hope they all do well

it sounds like you have fertale eggs that start to develop but dont hatch is this right ? there are lots of resons why this is happening but temp could be one of them i have notice that the bantam eggs seame to handel temp changes a littel better tham LF any way i hope you get all the kinks worked out and start having the hatches you whant

 

[banjoejoe4783]

i have not really sexed my little babies yet i have light brahama's got the eggs from banjoe. will feather sex them with the help of ellie. I was going by the males generally get the most color in the bird world. I have one chick that is yellow but has grayish black on it. the other three are all yellow and i just love love love there feathered feet. Two of the chicks still had not hatched from last night to this morning so upon helping them i found that there was no chance for them. Both had gastroskiesious( there intestines formed out side there bodies). Joe my blue red laced wyndottes and gold laced cochins are set to hatch on the 16th. I will let you know how it turns out.

yes the LB chicks hatch all white or with a littel gray but i have not seen any relation to witch sex they are

 

[jcatblum]

Coral have you had humidity issues in the house since the basement flood? That could influence your hatches. This season I have done dry incubation & most hatches have gone well. Last yr it was so dry I had to work to keep the humidity up.
Our last hatch goes on lock down Sunday then I plan on bubble wrapping both sportsmans & the hatcher -- they will be stored in the shed until spring. We will keep the brinsea Eco out for any eggs we NEED to incubate.
My guineas have just about stopped laying. They are hating this heat. We are string about 1/3 of the chicken eggs we use too.

Kass I haven't pruned any other tomatoes yet, a few from last wk have began rooting. I need to prun more but life is busy! I did manage to plant 3 lbs of corn seed this AM while the kids picked for market tomorrow. I will go back out this evening & pick tomatoes & maybe a few other things. Forgot to look & see if the greenbeans we planting last wk were germinating.

Buster if they are going to send those magazines to the sale you should request they list them on eBay. Might as well get all you can out of them!

 

[RetiredArmyWife]

Boric acid won't hurt the chickens. Dust the areas around cracks and corners (and I mean dust like a fine dusting out of a pepper shaker or sifter or something like that. It is nontoxic, it works by putting micro cracks in their exoskeleton and dehydrating them. You can add cocoa or sugar if you like, but I wouldn't that would just attract ants, just be sure and put it where they will have to walk through it. If it gets moist you will have to replace it, its like DE doesn't work wet, bet DE would do the same.

Been using DE in the coop since we built the chicken sauna. It hasn't seemed to help the roaches or the mites since I have both. I will try the boric acid. I know it helped when my mother lived in an apartment. Thanks