Okies in the BYC The Original

[michaeldaugherty]

Glad to see you back Peach's cant wait tel sat..an go to the sale ...
Okie-Do Glad you made the trip safe...read all the post on the bord an injoyd all of thim...lot's of snake's this year every wer some good pic's on the bord of thim.. Bfrancs even had some copper head's this yr...
Kwartel are your bird's going to a sale some wer????

 

[CityClucks]

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Thanks for keeping up with this and letting us know the latest, Maribeth. I only wish it was better news. Prayers continue for Keith - and Lou, too.

 

[CityClucks]

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Hi Ivyblaze!

You'll meet tons of really nice people on here - and I think there are some Okie peeps in your area!

 

[Kramer Farms]

Hey Okies,

It seems that you guys are still getting along.

If any of you are tired of Okieville and need a day of relaxation in "paradise" there is a poultry swap in Joplin, MO August 7th, you could get up to the great show me state!

While I'm here the next K & L Auction in Yates Center will be October 9th and 10th. If you haven't ever been to one you should consider giving it a go. Usually something to see. Info on the auction at www.kramerlivestockfarm.com.

You guys take care and try to enjoy the heat.

 

[Buster52]

Hey, y'all. Thanks for the kudos on the sink. I didn't put it to work quite yet as it is needing more modifications than expected, but still looking forward to getting it up and running.

Bad news, then worse.

Bad news from the heart doc. I had been laboring under the impression my heart attack (7 years ago Wednesday) caused minimal damage, with a dead spot the size of a quarter. Seems that was just the scar tissue. Actual amount of heart that is now basically nonfunctioning is more the size of a good size egg. Makes me wonder if one of those episodes I occasionally have had was actually another heart attack.

Worse news...

I've been elected president of our 400+ member union. Seems I was the last guy through the door and everyone turned to me and said, "You're it!" Almost that bad, anyway.

Now put those two newses together and you can see what kind of day it has been. Bad heart + high pressure responsibility = I must be nuts.

Jeannie, you might want to look at intensive gardening techniques. They are learning you can grow an awful lot of food in a small space. Look for John Jeavons' book on biointensive gardening. We have some books on it at the Lawton library.

 

[Buster52]

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That wouldn't happen to be the Maroon Bells, would it?

I have a special fondness for those mountains for some reason.

 

[nnbreeder]

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That don't sound too good, So if I understood that correctly there isn't much I can do except let it run it's course? I have some antibiotics for them but don't know if I should use it at this point I had several that were weezing and coughing and treated them a while back and they all seem fine except the one that is laying the odd eggs, is this something they will carry and give to other and new chicks later on? Sorry to be picking your brain here When I had chickens in the past I never had issues with something that could infect the whole flock so many new things out there to watch out for it seems

From what I can gather there are many different strains of IB and once they get a particular strain they develop immunity to that strain but if another strain comes along they can get it all over again. There is no treatment for IB but antibiotics can be given to lessen the severity of the secondary infections such as resp. infections.

The birds may or may not shed the virus in droppings or dander and they could infect new chicks coming in but if I read correctly it is not an egg transmittable disease but I will check other sources that I have later on. So if you were to incubate chicks in an incubator and then raise them separately from the layers you could help to stop the disease.

The stopping of disease is the main reason that the poultry farms have an all-out all-in policy and never mix birds.

 

[CityClucks]

Buster! So is there something specific you can do for your heart or is it more of the regular eat-right-sleep-well-avoid-stress type treatment protocol? I hope the union position doesn't get to be too much weight on you. Keep your list of priorities right side up - your health is most important.

 

[Elwood Lightfoot]

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It's actually not the same kind of snake the Great plains rat snake that ate your finches is actually a wild breed of corn snake related to the milk snake they can get pretty big but the Rat snakes get bigger. I put out plastic easter eggs in all my nest boxes and that's how I was able to catch the two that had been eating all my eggs,

I've been worried about another one coming along and getting my new chicks I had 3 with my broody hen untill today I went out after work and found one had jumped over into the big chickens waterer and drowned and another had gotten trampled I guess, so now I'm down to one chick,

The broody hen is trying to set on another clutch of eggs she has sat on two in a row that the snake got till I gave her the chicks from the incubator, Should I add more eggs and let her set them? It will be on the ground in the wood chips under the nest boxes. Any suggestions??

 

[Kwartel]

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No, I just sold them all to the same guy. I will have a singular Buckeye roo that I'll be bringing to the Fletcher auction. He's a pretty-boy with one of the nicer tails I've had so far. There don't seem to be many auctions up here in the Tulsa area, which is entirely too bad since it really needs it.