***OKIES in the BYC III ***

[nnbreeder]

Suffered a dog attack yesterday. I'm sure that the final count will be much higher as I am still finding birds the further out that I look. Right now the count is about 30. I had opened a few pens to help to keep from losing birds to the heat, hopefully the dogs will be back today as I will be home all day with a rifle handy.

These were juveniles and a few replacement layers. Our older girls all disappeared and they were still coming up at dark last night. Even a few youngsters were still coming up too.

 

[Kassaundra]

I'm so sorry about that.

 

[nnbreeder]

Things just keep getting better and better, Went out to check the goats and one of them has a head full of porkupine quills. What fun get the gloves and the pliers.

 

[Ksane]

Elbert, you made that chicken building??

It's wonderful! I'm saving the picture and blowing it up so I can try to copy it. Somehow I don't think mine will turn out looking that good.
Bill, that blows about the auction. I wouldn't be able to stand seeing some jerk mistreating them. It's got to be hard just seeing them up there as it is.

I got one of your rabbits - sweet little buck. It was a bad night to be there over all there was too few people to much bickering and over all very very short. I bought June's seramas for three each - amazing seeing less then a month ago I fought to pay ten for the same pairs of birds.
I always take my son with me - all he does is sit by me, take things to the truck and look at the rabbits to add to his hutches. 9 years old - but expected to behave- he is always looking at me saying dad look at them, where is there mom at? But I find the kids safely are very normal.
So who can tell me about the sale in Newcastle? How does it compare to the Blanchard one - never been over there.

Elbert, We have used that long distance wasp spray but carburater spray works good in a pinch!

That's what we use, too. The stream of spray is so strong and reaches so far you don't have to get real close.

Suffered a dog attack yesterday. I'm sure that the final count will be much higher as I am still finding birds the further out that I look. Right now the count is about 30. I had opened a few pens to help to keep from losing birds to the heat, hopefully the dogs will be back today as I will be home all day with a rifle handy.
These were juveniles and a few replacement layers. Our older girls all disappeared and they were still coming up at dark last night. Even a few youngsters were still coming up too.

Oh Les, I'm so sorry. I've lost more animals that I can count the past 20 yrs to stray dogs. It's heartbreaking.

 

[BlanchardOK]

Ksane - going to have to give the auction there in Newcastle a shout next weekend! Yes that buck and four new does all have a great amazing little guy to take care for them - they are spoiled for sure.

 

[Buster52]

If any one has any extra bird's to sale bring thim by the swap meet on north east 23rd an i will buy thim or help you sale thim ..

Hey, Mike, I have a boatload of New Hampshire Red friers, but I didn't see this in time. I'll bring a bunch with your cages when I return them next week, as a thank you for their loan. Fifty came free with one of my larger meat bird orders, and that was mid to late March, so they are about right for the skillet.

 

[nnbreeder]

Sassy thinks that she is the queen bee out in her pen and since the quills are around and in back of her horns she was telling the intruder to leave and I imagine that they are in deep. Well here is the info that I have found about it.

As mentioned earlier, once you get stuck with a porcupine quill, the barbs on the tip naturally drive it deeper into your skin. It requires significant force to remove this little gift. If you happen to be the unlucky recipient of a porcupine quill in the arm or leg, grab a pair of needle-nose pliers and prepare yourself for a pinch. The best way to remove porcupine quills is simply to pull them out. Because of those nasty barbs, you'll need to work firmly but delicately to prevent the quill from snapping off. In case that does happen (and you prefer not to have a doctor dig the barb out of your skin), you're not in much danger. The quills don't contain poison, and the barbed tip should work its way out of your skin eventually. The antibiotic coating on the quills also reduces the chance of primary infection [source: Gibbons]. But as you would with a large splinter, disinfect the area and apply antibiotic ointment to any open wound to ward off secondary infection.
Unless you make a habit of trolling about coniferous forests, your pet is more likely to get slapped by a porcupine tail than you are. Curious dogs in particular may get muzzles full of quills. If there are only a few stuck in your pet's body, you can remove them yourself, depending on the dog's temperament. If quills are inside Fido's mouth or throat, it's safer to call your veterinarian.
Even though a porcupine loses some of its quills, it can still strike again. The quills grow back after several months. To avoid getting poked, keep an ear out for their telltale rattle and your nose on standby for a suspicious stink the next time you're near their habitat

 

[MacGuyver]

Suffered a dog attack yesterday. I'm sure that the final count will be much higher as I am still finding birds the further out that I look. Right now the count is about 30. I had opened a few pens to help to keep from losing birds to the heat, hopefully the dogs will be back today as I will be home all day with a rifle handy.

These were juveniles and a few replacement layers. Our older girls all disappeared and they were still coming up at dark last night. Even a few youngsters were still coming up too.

Oh, I'm sorry. That sounds terrible.

 

[Buster52]

Suffered a dog attack yesterday. I'm sure that the final count will be much higher as I am still finding birds the further out that I look. Right now the count is about 30. I had opened a few pens to help to keep from losing birds to the heat, hopefully the dogs will be back today as I will be home all day with a rifle handy.

These were juveniles and a few replacement layers. Our older girls all disappeared and they were still coming up at dark last night. Even a few youngsters were still coming up too.

Well, that stinks. I used to have dogs crisscrossing my place all the time and I was scared to death of a massacre like that. I lost a few here and there but nothing like that. My own dogs have since put a stop to that, but still, I get nervous.

 

[Oakieridge]

Went to the sale it was nice to see a few BYC'ers Not many birds and not a lot of other stuff really, I am probably not going to be returning to that sale it gets really old and annoying to hear grown adults being scolded every other item that comes to the table by someone yelling out "You're not lookin'! " while children are not being supervised and allowed to pull feathers out of roosters tails that are waiting to be sold, just seems kinda backwards to me, But then it's always like that there, When my rabbits hit the sale table the auctioneer (not the actual person doing the auctioneering) made a huge fuss about the rabbits water bowl being spilled and getting the rabbits feet and bellies wet by holding the offending bowl up and proclaiming "This is exactly why" and proceeded to slam my cage around knocking my stainless steel pan on to the concrete, The cage of 20 birds was proclaimed to be "All roosters!" 3 times before bidding started while it was mostly roosters there were some pullets but that was my fault for not separating them into more cages, I could have said something then but was kinda stunned and just watched in disbelief mostly, Anyway, I was ready to leave so went to check out, I made $61 dollars and was given a check after 7pm on a Saturday night so I asked where I might be able to cash it and was snapped at with "At any bank" At that point my restraint was starting to slip and I didn't want that to happen I was just wanting to be gone so didn't debate the fact that most banks aren't open that late on a Saturday I just kept my mouth shut and left, I will miss the social aspect of going to this sale but there are other sales and I look forward to seeing people I know there,

That is why I won't take anymore birds to that auction. My birds were in pairs and trios and one of the auctioneers (he wasn't the one auctioneering at the time) bid on my birds then only wanted to pull the hens out and run my roosters seperate. That is WHY I put the hens in there is to get more out of the roos, duh!! Then he treated the birds rough when I told him no to PO them if they weren't going to sell them as I had them. I think it is more WHO you are at that auction on how your stuff gets sold.

I agree on the kids running around. Our kids know they can go look at the birds but they know not to touch. Last time we went there were kids playing down by the lagoon. I guess those parents don't realize that kids are not "out of site, out of mind". Of course I worn my kids before we get out of the vehicle "there are enough people here that know me and they will tell me you are into something your not supposed to be before you even get back to me, so be good" LOL

I am looking forward to next week, probably won't take birds but looking forward to seeing the BYC'ers and possibly bringing home some "stuff" lol.