Okies in the BYC The Original

[Buckguy20]

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But Al an Emu would really enhance that meat bird project of yours.

 

[Buckguy20]

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Be careful. It is a little dark to be running down the street.

Monty Run....................... now I gotta see that

AL

Ok a bad choice of words on my part.

 

[Okla-doodle-doo]

Monty ,they don't come in white and thats what Al likes!

Evening Donnie,glad you could make it! How are your birds doing?

 

[poultryand bees]

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But Al an Emu would really enhance that meat bird project of yours.

Large pens for the peacocks are a good idea. They are pretty when wandering the yard, but they can easily fly to the top of the light poles to roost, making them hard to catch unless they have a roosting place where you can confine them. And if they decided to roost on the top of your truck - bye bye paint

Dean took oil field pipe and made a frame that is about 18 ft x 10 ft x 12 ft and then welded cattle panels onto the pipe. The bottom 3/4 is also covered with chicken wire and when I find time, I am going to finish putting chicken wire over the entire pen, so the 6 month old peachicks can't squeeze themselves out of the cattle panel squares at the top of the cage.

 

[donnie]

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they are ok for now , just tired of these dang ole neighbors dogs , i swear do people not care , im going to talk with my cousin he is a local police officer and im going to see about if i can make them pay for or replace the birds

 

[Okla-doodle-doo]

Good night all. I hear my bed calling. Hope I dream of chickens!

 

[poultryand bees]

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Keep watching Craigslist and the auctions. I posted on here a few weeks ago about a lady with an older model Sportsman incubator and matching hatcher for sale, but she has sold them. In the meantime, look around for Hovabators instead of LG incubators. They work pretty well.

 

[Buckguy20]

Maribeth, Do you have Ameraucanas or EE's? What are your plans with them?
I think the next time I am able to downsize, I will sell all of my EE's and just keep the Ameraucans or at least the ones that look like Ameraucanas.
Of course until I get the snarkies cured, I won't be selling anything.

 

[donnie]

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Keep watching Craigslist and the auctions. I posted on here a few weeks ago about a lady with an older model Sportsman incubator and matching hatcher for sale, but she has sold them. In the meantime, look around for Hovabators instead of LG incubators. They work pretty well.

thanks marybeth , but really is there that much difference in the hovabator and the little giants ?

 

[poultryand bees]

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they are ok for now , just tired of these dang ole neighbors dogs , i swear do people not care , im going to talk with my cousin he is a local police officer and im going to see about if i can make them pay for or replace the birds

Oklahoma law states that if a dog is caught killing poultry or other livestock, the owner can be forced to euthanize the dog and pay damages. I don't have time to find the statute right now, but it is in the agriculture section of the statutes.