Okies in the BYC The Original
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Stephanie, that is a great idea but my hens sadly had not laid for quite a while because I let them hatch and raise some chicks (that was the BTW japs that were in the pen with them, and the two SS Ham pullets)
Gees, y'all sound so chipper............ Us old folks still have jet-lag
from POOPS.....LOL Of course, it hasn't helped standing on our
heads shampooing chickens all week, either..... What were we
thinking?????????.........Obviously, we weren't..................
Like I told Carolyn earlier, LUCK????.....Nope,...just wish us
that we survive this...........LOL
Anybody else showing at the Tulsa State Fair? See ya in the
chicken barn............LOL
Have a good one !
from POOPS.....LOL Of course, it hasn't helped standing on our
heads shampooing chickens all week, either..... What were we
thinking?????????.........Obviously, we weren't..................
Like I told Carolyn earlier, LUCK????.....Nope,...just wish us
that we survive this...........LOL
Anybody else showing at the Tulsa State Fair? See ya in the
chicken barn............LOL
Have a good one !
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Stimpy :
Now you have me digging up good ole memory's with that Alvin Lee and Ten yrs after comment, now your talkin. I still have around 5000 vinyl albums here at the house all from that era, some good stuff too. We should visit about that good old stuff someday soon.
How about some Head east, flat as a pancake.
AL
Now you have me digging up good ole memory's with that Alvin Lee and Ten yrs after comment, now your talkin. I still have around 5000 vinyl albums here at the house all from that era, some good stuff too. We should visit about that good old stuff someday soon.
How about some Head east, flat as a pancake.
AL
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I can bet they didn't euthanize it that cost $$$$. They may have just let it go somewhere else is my guess.
AL
I can bet they didn't euthanize it that cost $$$$. They may have just let it go somewhere else is my guess.
AL
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Do you think that will work when they are still foraging as much as they are? I just don't want them to get skinny--already a few a re skinnier than I want them to be (we got them this way)
If it were me I would keep them put up, let them out for a few hours in the evening or at least not let them out til late afternoon, this way they will eat the layer first. The layer has everything they need. Mine are on 18% layer.
Mine are all in pens so they will eat what I feed them. They are too on the higher protien layer but now that feed costs have dropped from this spring I will switch back to a 20% grower and offer oyster shell in a seperate container
To all those that free range, I count the hawks every morning on the way to work and my count is up to one per mile. Plus there are new ones coming in besides the Red Tailed.
Seems the migration has started already and many birds of prey winter over in Ok. so be wary from now till spring.
My normal count is about 4 in a nine mile drive and my highest count was last winter at 25.
Do you think that will work when they are still foraging as much as they are? I just don't want them to get skinny--already a few a re skinnier than I want them to be (we got them this way)
If it were me I would keep them put up, let them out for a few hours in the evening or at least not let them out til late afternoon, this way they will eat the layer first. The layer has everything they need. Mine are on 18% layer.
Mine are all in pens so they will eat what I feed them. They are too on the higher protien layer but now that feed costs have dropped from this spring I will switch back to a 20% grower and offer oyster shell in a seperate container
To all those that free range, I count the hawks every morning on the way to work and my count is up to one per mile. Plus there are new ones coming in besides the Red Tailed.
Seems the migration has started already and many birds of prey winter over in Ok. so be wary from now till spring.
My normal count is about 4 in a nine mile drive and my highest count was last winter at 25.
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Well darn, I was hoping you would reply that you all had already thought of that and had them in the bator. I do remember reading something about the chicks now, sorry....
Stephanie
Well darn, I was hoping you would reply that you all had already thought of that and had them in the bator. I do remember reading something about the chicks now, sorry....
Stephanie
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I can bet they didn't euthanize it that cost $$$$. They may have just let it go somewhere else is my guess.
AL
They should have killed it and then sent it in for rabies testing. That is the way the State gets it's stats.
When properly managed a Skunk is your best buddy around the pens, as long as they are kept out of mischef they will faithfully guard against all comers. If allowed they will take chicks and eggs but I have never had one tangle with a full grown bird.
Mostly they eat the white grubs that are common in lawns and small rodents.
One night the dogs were raising cain and I looked out the window just in time to see a big 'coon heading north so fast he was kicking up dust. A few seconds later here came my little buddy waddling along without a care!
I can bet they didn't euthanize it that cost $$$$. They may have just let it go somewhere else is my guess.
AL
They should have killed it and then sent it in for rabies testing. That is the way the State gets it's stats.
When properly managed a Skunk is your best buddy around the pens, as long as they are kept out of mischef they will faithfully guard against all comers. If allowed they will take chicks and eggs but I have never had one tangle with a full grown bird.
Mostly they eat the white grubs that are common in lawns and small rodents.
One night the dogs were raising cain and I looked out the window just in time to see a big 'coon heading north so fast he was kicking up dust. A few seconds later here came my little buddy waddling along without a care!
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I don't really worry about it. I figure they can't get 'em all.
Seriously, though, many of my birds are exposed most of the time. I think maybe I lost one (a duck) to a hawk in the last two years and they are everywhere here. I think part of it is because I have a really good rooster who does a great job keeping watch, part of it is they are scared of my turkeys and dogs, and part of it is just plain luck.
I'm sure I'll lose a few eventually, but I think of it as a trade-off.
Thanks for the warning, though.
I don't really worry about it. I figure they can't get 'em all.
Seriously, though, many of my birds are exposed most of the time. I think maybe I lost one (a duck) to a hawk in the last two years and they are everywhere here. I think part of it is because I have a really good rooster who does a great job keeping watch, part of it is they are scared of my turkeys and dogs, and part of it is just plain luck.
I'm sure I'll lose a few eventually, but I think of it as a trade-off.
Thanks for the warning, though.
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I will have to remember that for sure!!! The incubator is down for the winter. Especially since we won all those chicks in the raffle, lol. My husband forgot that chicks have to be in a brooder first, which is inside the house.
I will have to remember that for sure!!! The incubator is down for the winter. Especially since we won all those chicks in the raffle, lol. My husband forgot that chicks have to be in a brooder first, which is inside the house.
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