Okies in the BYC The Original

[artsyrobin]

afternoon everyone, it has been one of those mondays..... first i shred a tire, got it taken care of, $71, then run over a turtle, really hate that! then this afternoon found Spice, my BO girl dead in the nestbox......

i am clueless, she was fine an hour before, she was only a year old, her crop was empty, no egg, and a purple comb- any ideas on that?

 

[Stimpy]

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Some of the prettiest Rhode Island Red bantams I've ever seen were those raised by a man in Noble, OK. He's passed on now, and for the life of me I can't recall his name (must be the meds). I had a string of them back in the 80's before I moved toward LF and left the bantams alone. If you know Harold Treat, from Noble, he can tell you the gentleman's name. They were good friends.

-Stimp-

 

[EngieKisses]

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What breed are they?

 

[smfamf]

Easter was good here. Long and tiring, but good. I would love to have some Bantam RIR. In fact, if anyone has a good LF RIR rooster, I wouldn't mind having another one of them as well. I need one that is people friendly. I'm about to shoot my current one. I am about tired of him trying to attack Lauren. She is afraid to step out the back door because he is always watching for her. I figure it won't be so bad after we move because he will be confined to a pen, but I don't know if he will make it that long. I also wouldn't mind a few LF RIR hens to add to the flock.

 

[Buster52]

Good point about space. I think if space was an issue for me, I would probably feel differently about them. And a good point about the hobby.

I'm funny about this sort of thing, though. Even my hobbies have to have a secondary purpose. I read a lot, but even as much as I love it, the bulk of it has to be something I can turn around and use.

I can't even bring myself to keep a pet that isn't practical. My dogs protect the property and the animals, and the cats kill mice and rats. For a brief time we had a couple of yippy dogs that were cute as all get out, but quickly rehomed them because we couldn't think of a good reason to have them.

We won't own a horse, even as cool as they are, unless we get to a point where we want to use them as draft animals.

Kinda depressing when I think about it.

 

[CityClucks]

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Does someone need to practice or complete a counseling session for class credit or something like that?

 

[Buster52]

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Purple comb on young meat birds usually points to a heart attack and is somewhat common, but I don't know why it would happen to a young heritage bird. Congenital defect maybe? Was she fat at all?

Or maybe she choked on something? Lack of oxygen?

 

[okcarla]

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[EngieKisses]

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Does someone need to practice or complete a counseling session for class credit or something like that?

Why yes, someone would. I have to have several sessions, and I have asked everyone I know, and well most say no. I still need at least 1 person under 18 and 2 people over 18, preferably female however, not that picky.

 

[GracefulBantams]

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