Okies in the BYC The Original

[GracefulBantams]

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[sundownerok918]

smfamf... sorry guys but everyone has a big misconception here in oklahoma about the quail raising thing... when i got my cortunix.. i checked with my local game warden and he said it did not matter quail are considered wild in ok and we had to get a permit... i got a handlers permit for $10.00 a year and had to have my pens inspected my the game warden and wait on my paper work from the state... that permit does not allow you to sell birds... that requires a seperate permit for i think $45.00 a year which allows you to sell.. that allows the game warden to come inspect anytime day or night, requires a notebook full of paperwork keeping up with hatch numbers, sales who to who from, death numbers etc...... he made it very clear to us that if everything was not kept to par he could confiscate our birds at anytime.. and he told us all this while being nice because he's a friend of ours... now my brother is in arkansas and they do not consider the cortunix game so he does not need any kind of permit but he would if he had bob whites... ...sorry i rambled but there is for sure a lot of misinformation out there on the quail thing and i would hate to see somebody get used as an example one of these days if they decide to crack down... hope everythings going good this morning for everyone it's beautiful here in the hills.....

 

[sundownerok918]

luv2bmemaw2 i pm'd you about the rooster we'll work out something he really is hannnnndsome... dachsunds maybe i'll win the powerball saturday night and we'll get you here with those cochins for poops....

 

[sred98]

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Shelly - I read your request for a pullorum tester, saw that you were in Tulsa (too far for me) and didn't respond. I am sorry that no one else did either. I am glad you talked to Andi. I figured she was feeling frazzled because I have a vague recollection of her cheerful bantering when she had some calico kittens back in June and Teach was trying to find someone who would go by and get him a calico kitten and deliver it to the NPIP testing class. That was Andi with the calico kittens, wasn't it?)

I am actually thinking of getting my certification for doing the pullorum testing. There just aren't enough people around here to do it. I found a really nice lady in Tulsa that lurks on here (I asked her if she'd heard of BYC) and she is going to do it. Our FFA director had her name. She will actually be showing silkies at the State Fair, when my daughter is showing the Welsummers we got from Okiehen!

Yes, Andi is a very nice person. I've gotten several birds from her, and visit with her often. We're both new to the chickens and enjoy having someone we can call and share the latest "chicken gossip" with. I'm sending her home with some eggs today. I'm interested to see what comes out!

Beth-if you need some eggs, and don't mind a barnyard special, just PM or call me!

Shelly

 

[TJ's Na-Na]

Sred - Question for you..... I see you signed your post as
Shelly. I have your girl on our Junior BYC'ers as Shelly????
Is she Shelly, too, or did I not get her first name written down
right? Let me know.

Have a good one !

 

[talbotthemad]

Okay, I have a (probably) dumb question.
the pullets I got from Atwoods in Poteau, yesterday, supposedly americana, possibly barred rock, have little blue metal clips run through their little wings.
Should I remove these? When? How? Are they for identification purposes, breed, sex, etc.?
are they hurting them?
Okay, it was a SERIES of (probably) dumb questions...

-Talbot

 

[smfamf]

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When I got my pullets last Spring, I removed hem as soon as I got them home. They were trying to peck at each others' band and figured it would be better for me to take them out than for them to rip them out. I used needle-nosed pliers to open them and then slid them out. They were fine afterwards.

 

[CityClucks]

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Thanks Shelly - if she persists I may give you a call - I am watching her - so far she doesn't seem really serious about brooding, but we'll see!

 

[Whirlwind]

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Me too, I always take the bands off. If they are stuck in the flesh I would cut them off as close as posible with wire cutters and the stuck part always fell out later. Most just slip right out. Wish our Atwoods here had EE. I looked at 2 diferent stores. No EE.

Thinking about ordering the EE 25 pullet special from MPC. Don't need near that many.

ANYBODY WANT SOME EE CHICKS IN OKC AREA??????

 

[Teach97]

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Interesting because mine said they were not. He said that pertained to what we could find running around in the wild...which kinda irritates me cuz the whole pheasant thing doesn't fit cuz they ain't native but then again....

stupid thing posted before I was ready