Okies in the BYC The Original

[EngieKisses]

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Wow, you are making me

with those pics!!! I can see why you have been asking for sure. Makes mine seem almost shabby, but I still love 'em!

 

[FunChick]

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Thanks Sooner!

My only concern here is fire...in deep litter (white pine shavings) how do I keep this safe and still make it low enough for the chickens to get to?

 

[okcarla]

Here's my favorite online livestock supply store's page for de-icers:

They even have a heated poultry waterer! And, if your purchase is over $75 shipping is free!!!!!

http://www.americanlivestock.com/c-160-equipment-deicers.aspx

I've never purchased one of those fancy waterers, but they sure look nice. I just use the big rubber tubs and break the ice for all my birds. Poor mistreated birds!

 

[nnbreeder]

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Thank you Monty!
I haven't been on much lately because DH and I have been working outside so much getting our "Little Coop on the Prairie" ready for winter. We really built a chicken mansion! It has "re-purposed" double pane storm windows, and an old door from a house that was torn down in Nichols Hills...plus we were able to buy about 1000 feet of used chain link for a chicken yard...we really have been working hard! The yard isn't yet set up...we have been trying to get the used auger we bought for the tractor set up so we can drill the holes for the chain-link posts...then, the chickies will be safe from the coyotes! I can't wait! The darn coyotes are so bold that they are walking within 50 feet of the barn when we are out there! Luckily they only make THAT trip ONCE when I see them! Walking up to the barn with the rifle is now a requirement...ay carrumba!

Having problems getting the auger to work? Isn't all that hard I promise but just one tip for your gumbo ground, go slow and have a lot of weight on the front end of the tractor. There is nothing like screwing the bit into the ground and then using a 48"in pipe wrench with a cheater on it to get it back out of the ground. Did that once with the Kubota, after that I put it on the Ford.

 

[Buster52]

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Cowboys played yesterday. That's my football fix for the week. When you got the best, why mess with the rest?

At least, that's what my wife always tells me.

 

[poultryand bees]

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I need to go talk to the Department of Wildlife. The Oklahoma Statutes require a permit for keeping/raising all native species, which would mean that you don't need a permit to keep quail or pheasants that are not native to Oklahoma. However, the Department of Wildlife wrote their rule more strictly than required by the statute and the Department's rules require a permit for keeping "quail" and make no distinction between native and non-native varieties. Stay tuned. I will walk over there tomorrow and talk to someone in the know.

 

[nnbreeder]

I know it would be expensive to run but I have often thought of using a 30 gallon drum and a hog waterer mounted on the bottom. They make wrap-around heaters for barrels so oil will flow better in winter but I don't know the wattage. I have also thought about using an oil pan heater for a truck mounted in a barrel.

http://www.arctic-fox.com/sitepages/pid55.php

http://padheaters.com/

 

[poultryand bees]

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Oh no, Grace! If it's not one thing, it's another. I hope these neighbors take great care to keep their dog in their own yard. You or your dad might mention to them that your creatures are award-winning show animals that would be very costly for them to replace if one was damaged in any way by their dog.

Yeah, we mentioned that they were "important" and "expensive" maybe they got the picture

You might need to mention that if their dog is caught destroying poultry, you are within your legal right to either shoot the dog yourself or require that the owner have the dog euthanized - and that the owner can be required to pay you for your lost poultry. You of course don't want to have that kind of situation, but sometimes knowing that they could lose both the dog and the expense of court and the expense of your poultry, is enough incentive to try harder to keep the dog under control.

 

[EngieKisses]

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That is what we do, so you do not have the only mistreated birds.

 

[michaeldaugherty]

OKCARLA thir was aguy at Marrys Swap meet sat lookn for eggs he was from TUttle i told him you mite have some.He was lookn for a milley roo..
HE thot he mite no you...he said he was go,n to blanch on the 28th YOU sure have some nice EGGS..