Okies in the BYC The Original

[bfrancis]

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Thanks for the directions! I'm going to try this auction thing again, and bring another 2 buckeye roos and a few Crele OEGB eggs. Hope to see you all there...
Peaches and Hi-Jacker, better 1/2 is coming with tonight...save us seats.

 

[Buckguy20]

Welcome Critter. Glad you found us. It has been slow lately. Lots of people check in but not too many writing.
I will be gona all of next week so ya'll carry on and keep things going.

Hi City.

When is Texas over? You gotta get back and get started on the B&B.

 

[CleoChick]

Got a quick health related question. I have a 2+month old mille fleur chick. It looks like it is doing the splits. One leg forward, the other back. Is eating and drinking, just can't control it's legs. Ideas? I have it in the house with easy access to food and water. I put a little vitamin mix in it's water and gave it chick starter. It has been eating game bird feed.

 

[Doc Henry]

Sounds like splay leg you can make them splints if you hurry there may be a chance of fixing it. You have to make braces for their legs much like you would do for a new born foal. Vet wrap works good.

 

[Okla-doodle-doo]

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Oh, no - sorry - she sold them as Olive Eggers (definitely over-priced). It was someone on the OKC board that warned me not to get too excited.

You have to remember that to get olive eggers you have to outcross. That means there can be no gaurantee until they lay as to what color it will be. Some will take after each parent. Antone would be silly to gaurantee what the chicks are goung to lay a certain color, and anyone would be silly to expect the chicks to lay a certain color till they are old enough and have layed!There are no gaurantees when crossbreeding.

 

[Okla-doodle-doo]

Got to go to our local chicken auction in Elkton Ky. today. It was huge which surprised me concidering the heat. I sold a few birds and did real good. Bought a wayandotte roo to go with the hens I got from Teach at poops. They don't match in color but will be pure wayandotte. Had a hen hatch out 10 old english today!
Wufe is on her way back from Little Rock,her and the daughter took MIL there to meet the other sister so she could take her back home. Can't say I'm not glad she is going back,but I wish they had made arrangements to place her somewhere rather tahn turn her loose on her own . Its just a disaster waiting to happen. B ut the other sister has the power of attorney and doesn't want to give up control of mom's check book! I have no use for people that shallow. Thats why I didn't go with wife,she was afraid I would say something to that effect!lol.

Don't know about the auctions back there but the prices haven't done the usual summer drop here yet. Thay were just as high as spring prices. Had lots og goats,sheep and pigs today also. They are high too.

 

[Poco Pollo]

Mom, Sister, and Sister's kids are visiting. Lots of help with the chickens! It's neat to have folks who "want" to carry water buckets and feed buckets. They are on vacation, but they act like it's a treat to help me.

I get to make a chicken run tomorrow, and then we're setting up the slip-n-slide for my niece and nephew. I hope we can find a nice level run so that everyone can make it all the way to the end of the slide. If anyone knows how to keep the grass off a slip-n-slide, let me know. I've mowed, raked, and raked some more, but I'm thinking we'll have grass everywhere as soon as the kids start sliding.

Chuck - The bareback pad is blue. I put it in my car when we got back from CVille. Next time we meet up, ask for it so that your kids can have it. I'm jealous they've got a horse. Maybe next year we'll get one too.

One of my Barnevelder hens went broody today. I've never had a Barnevelder go broody before. I'm thinking about giving her some eggs tomorrow. She needs to move out of the big pen anyway, since her broody nature is keeping my other hens out of the nest box. I hate to find eggs under the coop. Yuck.

Donnie - See you tomorrow. I'll holler if I get lost.

 

[Jacksonmom]

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Oh, no - sorry - she sold them as Olive Eggers (definitely over-priced). It was someone on the OKC board that warned me not to get too excited.

You have to remember that to get olive eggers you have to outcross. That means there can be no gaurantee until they lay as to what color it will be. Some will take after each parent. Antone would be silly to gaurantee what the chicks are goung to lay a certain color, and anyone would be silly to expect the chicks to lay a certain color till they are old enough and have layed!There are no gaurantees when crossbreeding.

wow.

 

[Buckguy20]

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I think the vitamins should help. You might also chop up a boiled egg for her. I am not sure it is splay leg on an older one like that but you never know.

 

[nnbreeder]

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I really hope that I am wrong but that is the classic pose for Marek's disease.


If it is Marek's the paralisis will get steadly worse and in a day or two it will be unable to even sit upright. Continue what you are doing until you know as if it's Marek's there will be no change.

Please practice extreme bio-security precautions to avoid infecting the rest of the flock. The main way it is transmitted is by feather dander and close contact. As it is a Herpes virus there is no cure for it and it is rare for a bird to recover from it.