***OKIES in the BYC III ***

[janbcoo1]

Ahhh, midnight (plus) and rain and lots o' lightening....what a night! Hi y'all. Things looking up in Oklahoma. We are a great state!

 

[jcatblum]

Hope everyone finds a mud puddle to jump in today!!!

Jan good to hear from you! Hope things are going well.

Mitzi did your boy get his crow back?

3 hours of sleep last night, woke to dogs wanting in as the thunder was getting close. I always say the dogs won't come in the house after we build, but I know that is a lie.

 

[Kavellion]

Crazy hail last night. Hope I dont have a swiss cheese roof.

 

[artsyrobin]

looks like my attempt at rigging plastic over the run was wasted... sigh.... but hey- i love rain just not muddy feathery feet!

Please be in prayer for our family, learned i lost a cousin and his wife this month- still reeling from it...

 

[emach0301]

looks like my attempt at rigging plastic over the run was wasted... sigh.... but hey- i love rain just not muddy feathery feet!

Please be in prayer for our family, learned i lost a cousin and his wife this month- still reeling from it...

Prayers from my family to yours...

 

[Elbert Garrett]

Please be in prayer for our family, learned i lost a cousin and his wife this month- still reeling from it...

So sorry for your loss, you have my heartfelt condolences!


Good morning friends and neighbors! It`s another beautiful morning here at Garrett`s Land and Cattle Co. (little land and no cattle!). It`s 65°F and clear....we received some much needed rain in the last 24 hours, yesterday morning it was a little bumpy out here with some close lightning strikes but we survived with no damage done.

Well we are one day closer to the weekend and the Tulsa State Fair opens today, I really don`t care for most of what goes on out there but I do like the "Made In Oklahoma" exhibit and I want to attend the poultry show. (Sept. 29, 9 a.m., Poultry Show, Tulsa State Fair).

I hope y`all have a great day!

 

[Ksane]

Robin, sorry for the loss of your family members. I wish life would just settle down and be boring again.
Christina, my little Serama still has a hoarse squeak at the end of his crow I think every feather on his tiny body is growing in at the same time, he feels like a pincushion. Lordy, I love that boy.
We're going to go ahead and put my Silver Laced Cochin boy down. The surgery didn't work and she took the cast off after the 3rd day which only made matters worse. The sutures in the slipped tendon didn't hold and he's right back where he was before the surgery. You reach a point that it's just not fair to put them through any more. He's not a breed that could get around on 1 leg even if he could manage to *use just the one leg.
I'm trying to decide which birds to combine together for the winter. I've got the room and the more I can put together the less individual feeders and waterers I'll have to run around and fill once it gets cold. I've got enough healthy unexposed-to-anything birds that I've hatched this year to put together, although I know it's not going to be as easy as tossing them together. Chickens are like a bunch of ole' hens. Oh wait.....
Elbert, that OEGB is a red pyle, correct? LOVE that color. I saw a pair of Modern Bantams that color that I wanted so bad, course I was too scared of getting them though.

 

[NanaKat]

Are you still healing well Nana?

Yes..the thumb knuckle is still swollen and the arm is still tender at the crack but the bruising is all gone now. No longer using the wrap.

Please be in prayer for our family, learned i lost a cousin and his wife this month- still reeling from it...

So sorry to hear this...prayers for you and your family

Good morning friends and neighbors! It`s another beautiful morning here at Garrett`s Land and Cattle Co. (little land and no cattle!). It`s 65°F and clear....we received some much needed rain in the last 24 hours, yesterday morning it was a little bumpy out here with some close lightning strikes but we survived with no damage done.

I hope y`all have a great day!

Nice roo.

We received 1 3/4 inches of good soaking rain. The runs are swamped but the birds all stayed dry. Will need to clean out a few outside feeders. We didn't get much runoff, but the grass will begin to grow again for a while. More rain will begin to fill the ponds some. Love it!

Robyn your picture in the Back yard Poultry magazine was really nice.
Saw in the magazine that using a roof vent cover would help so may look into getting two for those feeders today.
Also the article about the GE rough service worklight was eye-opening. The Teflon coating when heated gives off a gas that will kill confined birds so don't use it for your heat source in the coops or brooders. Any lightbulb that has a Teflon coating to keep the glass from shattering, will give off that gas. When I raised Lovebirds, we could not use Teflon coated pans for cooking because of the same gas release and danger.

Won't be able to attend the Green Country Swap...but looks like there will be lots of activity and fun for those who can go.

 

[jcatblum]

Mitzi when I combine my birds I do it while they are sleeping. Then the next day the new birds are usually still on the roost when we go down & check on them! Always interesting to see the bolder ones that have integrated. IMO the more birds you combine at the same time the less pecking there is. Winter time is rough on us & the birds.
Sad that your Cochin boy leg didn't heal. I thought he was on the road to recovery. Hope your serama gets his crow back soon. Have you given him vitamins? Just to give him a boost.

 

[Ksane]

Mitzi when I combine my birds I do it while they are sleeping. Then the next day the new birds are usually still on the roost when we go down & check on them! Always interesting to see the bolder ones that have integrated. IMO the more birds you combine at the same time the less pecking there is. Winter time is rough on us & the birds.
Sad that your Cochin boy leg didn't heal. I thought he was on the road to recovery. Hope your serama gets his crow back soon. Have you given him vitamins? Just to give him a boost.

I'm going to try mixing all the birds I want combined all at once. Nobody's aggressive enough that they'll kill anyone so I think it'll be ok. (Famous last words!)
I haven't tried vitamins, I've got that poultry drench stuff but it tastes horrible and I'm sure he won't drink his water with it in it.
My daugher has a 4 month old Cuckoo Marans and a 4 month old (gorgeous!) Marans/Orloff mix. Both are boys and are in a 10x25 pen. I'd like to find maybe 4 girls to go in there with them of the same age or a bit older. Mixed breed is fine but I'd prefer birds that someone here on the list has raised themselves vs auction birds because of potential disease.
Bill, do you have any Orps that age?
Cathie, do you have any pullets 3-6 months you'd be willing to sell?