Okies in the BYC The Original

[Teach97]

Watch it with the water! I live in the panhandle! We aren't used to that stuff. I'm a fat guy and that might give me a heart attack

Heck every time it rains my kids get scared and want to know what that stuff is...we drive past lakes or ponds and they just stare

 

[Buckguy20]

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Who knew Lake Optima was supposed to have water in it.
How far is the drive from the boat ramps to the water now?

 

[kerrywoo]

has anyone ever heard of trying rabbit waterers in their brooders?
if you could ever train the chicks to drink from them, it sure would make it a lot less messy........ is that crazy? its just that they peck at everything, surely they could figure it out........?

 

[Teach97]

I already have pigeon friends! Thank you very much!

About...well enough...I don't want to count them...I don't have enough fingers and toes! Plus then if my wife asked I would have to tell her.

I have heard of the rabbit waters working but somehting about it scares me! I use the pop bottle waters...they are fairly unmessy for caged birds.

 

[Buckguy20]

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I tried to find some in Oklahoma last year but had no luck. I tracked some down in Texas but they were a little steep for me since I was just gonna use them in a test breeding project. which I found out later wouldn't have worked anyway.

 

[Teach97]

Well a chicken can't suck up water...so it seems they might struggle a little getting the water and that isn't something I want them struggling to get...plus the little balls have a tendency to get stuck if they are constantly getting pushed in and well you know chickens they like to play with stuff! Seems like they might start a game of seeing how fast they could empty the bottle! I don't know...I like the pop bottle waters!

 

[Teach97]

Buckguy...I have a pair

...too big but man is the rooster a pretty thing! I think I found a person on the East coast with some that is willing to trade eggs or chicks! I might just be willing to share...maybe...depends on if the water cracks keep going!

What do you mean wouldn't work? What was your idea? I am reall wanting to do some stuff with them as well.

Have you seen the opals? I have some rejects from them that should be carrying the genes...they are phenotypically blacks

 

[Cuban Longtails]

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I've done it, and you do need to make sure you witness them drinking. Sometimes there are a few hard-heads.

 

[Buckguy20]

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I get bogged down in genetics no matter how hard I try to figure it all out.
So with my limited grasp of everything I was still trying to develop a type of self blue Standard chicken and I was going to use a self blue bantam OEG roo.
I was told they only breed true when bred to another self blue.
Plus I was facing the size issue.
So when you say yours is too big, how big is he?
Not that I am ready for another project.

 

[Teach97]

He is big for OEGB show birds...still way little for anything else. You are correct it is a massive recessive type gene thing or something...but it will come out when you breed it to like milli or other type...you get the blue in them and that is what I want!