Okies in the BYC The Original

[BetsyOK]

Donna, so sorry you lot some. I assume they weren't silkies or showgirls. It's hard losing them in any case.

Kate, so happy you got so many chicks out of that incubator! Hug Charlotte for me!

Les, a little more advice for the hen with the swollen abdomen, please. She still shows NO symptoms and is eating and drinking well. I'd about decided: 1. I'd overreacted and there was nothing wrong, 2. Her nataural defenses were taking care of it, 3. I was doing the right things for her. There is definitely a small mass of some sort in there; about egg size now. I checked the abdomens of several other young hens and none have that. She hasn't laid an egg, and I haven't asked the person I got her from if she's ever laid one.

I just now put her back out in the warm brooder room in the barn with the gentle young pair she'd been in with, as I'd kept her isolated in a pet carrier for several days and nights and know they don't like to be alone. After I got the information from you, I did give her a dose of Tylan 50, orally, but with all that was going on, missed the second dose, so decided to just wait and see what develops, in view of her total lack of symptoms.

I did notice when I first picked her up that her breast bone is somewhat prominent. Now I'm wondering if I should give her a dose of Levamisole in case she has worms. Might worms create a small mass in her abdomen? Would it hurt her to dose her? Of course, I'd then dose the others in with her.

PLease let me know your thoughts. Input is welcome from anyone else also.

 

[sjarvis00]

I am just stopping by for a minute. I havent had a chance to catch up on posts yet. Thought I would tell everybody some good news. When this storm hit friday we had to move all the bantams inside, in the process one of my silver sebrights got loose and we could not catch her. We didnt think she would survive by herself and without shelter. My husband went out this evening to feed the deer and my christmas miracle, she comes strolling out happy and warm to get fed. She is now inside with the rest of the bantams.

 

[Slightly Cracked]

Yep, had a real good Christmas! Got to spend it with John and Shaun looking at all of the pretty white stuff!

I really did have a nice Christmas, Santa must have gotten me mistaken for some one that was really good.

We have a couple of casualties due to the weather, I think one was due to a goat squishing it.

I am trying to protect Shaun's show birds from frostbitten combs BUT it may not be going as good as I hoped.

I hoped everyone's Christmas was wonderful and they have a terrific New Year

 

[Sooner]

That is great that you got to spend it with your family & at home. Sure had a nice one myself, it isn't often that I am surprised but I was this year.

jarvis, glad you found your little bantam.

Betsy hope you get your well!

 

[Stimpy]

WOW What a Christmas. I'm glad it's over, but it sure was fun.

The birds made it thru just fine. I lost a young one last night in an outside brooder, but other than that, they are fat and sassy. They were smart enough to stay in out of the weather during the worst of it. I guess that makes them smarter than some of the people I know.

It was nice to have a white Christmas. Now I'm ready for this crap to melt so I can get back to work outside. I have enough building projects to last me all winter. I don't need these delays.

-Stimp-

 

[TheBarnSwallow]

Just thought I would pop on in and say hello, Taking a min break from the primer paint job I am doing at the moment... wheww that primer is not LOW ODOR as it states...

Hope you guys all enjoyed your day yesterday and are getting out and about after this snow issue..


On a prayer note: My friends son in laws Best Friend Lost his father in this snow storm. He was heading home from work in the city and his car got stuck in the snow and with all that wind and drifts the car was buried, I guess from what I have been told he had left his vehicle running which then caused Carbon Monoxide poisoning after his vehicles pipes became clogged with snow.... They found him yesterday morning I believe.


Well my break time is up better get back to primering..

JEANNIE

 

[artsyrobin]

Hi everyone, sorry to hear of all the losses- sometimes you can only do so much... we didn't lose any, but we did have snow in the coop- by the nestboxes, none have braved the snow except Donna,

the others will hang out under the porch, the guineas finally decided it was safe today, and tried walking in it, but for the most part, stayed on the porch. Supposed to have more snow next week- i think the persimmons are reliable.....

 

[al6517]

Where did everybody run off to ????????. Sooner was gonna host a party for us online tonight, what happened hehehehe.

AL

 

[okcarla]

We just got back from venturing into Moore to go to Furr's Buffet. The highways are clear, but our road is in bad shape. Yesterday, Gerald got out in his tractor and cleared a path for one lane of traffic on our road and pulled several cars out of the ditch. I guess it might take a while for our city or county crews to get to our road to clear it. The snow is at least 4 foot high on the side of our road. I think it might be a while for all this stuff to melt, especially if we get another snow storm soon.

Amazingly, we didn't lose any birds to the weather. I was especially worried about the hutches with the bantams. One of the tarps even blew off a hutch, and all the birds look fine. I guess they were more prepared for this storm than we were. I'm glad we've been adding corn & dog food to their diet to fatten them up.

I don't know about ya'll, but I'm ready for Spring. I'm too old for this white stuff everywhere, and having to carry buckets of water to all the pens

 

[HennyPennies2007]

Hey Okes

Had so much fun tonight!!! What a blessing!!! My momma came over for dinner and to hang out. We took her home through the ice and snow...Mikey dumped me off a quarter mile from the house on the way home and I got to hike it... in the snow...in the dark with moonlight on the snow. Heavens, it took my breath away. I was so beautiful and quiet. Had a nice long chat with THE BOSS....

Mikey survived the outage with minimal drag...But I am still ticked about that chick being on FaceBook when she was supposed to be helping them. She was on there griping about having to work on Christmas Eve...like the rest of the guys wanted to be out there. She gives women in the workplace a bad name. She is 20 years younger than me and I have her outweighed by 125 lbs at least and I could run circles around her.... that is just sad.

Sorry about all you guys that lost feathered folk...I have one in sick bay... but I gave it a shot and some eye drops and it was munching and peeping. The rest seem good....but they are wussies and would not venture out in it again. I chunked some scratch out in the snow and one went out automatically because I threw the scratch...LOL... didn't last long...but the sparrows were happy. The hens were not pleased about the sparrows eating their scratch... but they weren't willing to go out and fight for it....so their loss... too bad...sissies.