Okies in the BYC The Original

[poultryand bees]

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I acquired peafowl in 2006 - two pair of yearling peafowl and an older peacock. I fed them lay pellets the first two years and they did fine. When the hens started laying in 2008, I was having problems with the chicks not hatching well or dying soon after they hatched. I started feeding all the peacocks the Purina Flock Raiser Feed and when they started laying in 2009 I was finally able to hatch a few chicks. The ones I hatched in the incubator didn't do well, so late in the summer the hen hatched 2 chicks and I decided that rather than worry about the chicks getting eaten by a critter, I would just leave them with the hen and see if she could actually raise them. They are 4 months old now and almost as large as the hen. The chicks eat what the adult peafowl eat - Purina Flock Raiser Feed, which is higher in protein than lay pellets but not as high as game bird feed (and much more reasonably priced than game bird feed). It is a fine crumble feed, so the peachicks didn't have any problem with it.

I feed the pheasants and the quail the same Flock Raiser Feed

 

[michaeldaugherty]

OK ...P.B ...an MONTY see you ther. LOTS of are Okies have stuff for sale on BYC sale page.

Grace has some nice books about chickens i bid on the one about call ducks.

I seen coopcrazy an one of are new OKIEs have the same avatar or photo thingy.,,Rodripoltry has a B.R that would make a good brood cock for some ones flock'

 

[b52fizzle]

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what do you mean fasting from byc and the laptop, you catholic? besides unless your pickin up cheap chickens you know you cant stay away.

 

[bigokie37]

anyone interested in some black broilers. a guy called me today with around 275 head up in missouri hens an roos.if theres enough interest in them i may go get a load of them.said the hens were around 5 lbs an roos were about 7 lbs

 

[b52fizzle]

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how much a head?

 

[artsyrobin]

morning guys- catching up and wamted to welcome the new folk

went around the property yesterday hanging old cd's since i heard the hawks don't like them....is that true??

listening to barney trying to crow this morning, feel sorry for him, he gets razzed by the hens, they chase him, so he has learned to sneak up on them, prove his true heart and leave with them pecking his head...LOL! but they are quick to listen when he growls an alert!

have a good one!

 

[Jacksonmom]

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It is supposed to b 70 on Saturday

Man that will be great. HAVE you ever tryd that game chicken mix at the Hairra feed mill its just 35 a barrel or 10a sack.

I have half a ton of it in my garage...LONG STORY...If you're gonna be a Mary's I can bring you a bag or 2 to try.

 

[Jacksonmom]

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Ugh! My Blackberry died last year (with 5 little kids, sometimes I'm just not quick enough to keep it from hitting the floor). I went to Walmart and paid $20 for a "go phone" - it's a little Nokia - put my SIM in it...and we were good to go until I was eligible for an upgrade. But, that little Nokia is so reliable that I still haven't upgraded. If you go to the AT&T store, you can get a new SIM for your phone (minimal cost last time I had to) and just throw it in a go phone.

Good Luck!!

 

[Jacksonmom]

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Yep. We're in Choctaw - near Monty.

 

[Jacksonmom]

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Man that will be great. HAVE you ever tryd that game chicken mix at the Hairra feed mill its just 35 a barrel or 10a sack.

I have half a ton of it in my garage...LONG STORY...If you're gonna be a Mary's I can bring you a bag or 2 to try.

Just remembered he's fasting from the computer. Monty, think there's a way I could get him some?