Okies in the BYC The Original

[CityClucks]

Hey Okies! Welcome to rufftuff & oldmo - I hope you can come to POOPS!

I got the roof on the hen house yesterday before the rain & hail started. DBF showed up to nail on the shingles AFTER I'd dropped the 100 lb wet pressure-treated sheet of plywood on my foot AND set up the scaffold by myself. I'm too short to put up the walk boards, but I found a way. (Keep a lot of crap in your yard and you'll always have something to stand on!)

DBF shows up after all this, and he carefully measures out the shingles, cuts them to fit so that they're all spaced "right," which takes TIME. I'll start a thread over on the Coops & Runs forum when it's done, but I'm hoping to finish it and move the clucks in this weekend.

Here is a funny from Hank the Cow Dog (#26: The Case of the Kidnapped Collie) that illustrates how DBF and me work together - DBF is precise, and I just want to git 'er done:

The following episode tells readers how Loper and Slim, his ranch hand, handle repairs to the feed barn: "Instead of arming themselves with ropes and spurs, as usual, they had brought hammers and saws and pry bars. They had even brought a device that I had thought was against the law on our outfit: a tape measure....

And away they went, hacking and sawing and pounding. Would you care to listen in on one of their high-tech conversations? Okay, they had just sawed two boards and were putting them in place.

Loper: 'Do they fit?'

Slim: 'Nope.'

Loper: 'Are they close?'

Slim: 'Nope.'

Loper: 'Do they touch?'

Slim: 'Yep, barely.'

Loper: 'Nail 'em. We ain't building pianos.'

 

[Sooner]

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Don't hold your breath on the wind! Forcast to have 20-30 mph today!

I am considering building a hatcher so I can stagger my hatches.....I have so many eggs coming that I can't see any other way....yet I am still on there looking to see if there is anything I can't live without. Not to mention the growing list of things to get done! Breeder pens are next on the agenda..... Although I could use what I call the Maternity ward since I don't have an broody girls.....hummmmmm.

 

[Greybear23]

I feed my hatchlings crushed up eggs, shell and all, I use a fork and mash them real good then I sprinkle a little instant oatmeal on top and they love it, you can also put a little sugar in their water for the first few days to give them a boost, Lynn

 

[al6517]

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Can't do the Zang, but I promise to send you a good dose of wind the next few day's ha ha.

AL

 

[al6517]

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My only concern would be securing things to the glass, IE electronics, and such. but still may work with a little thought.

AL

 

[CityClucks]

Thanks Monty - I'm proud to say I'm actually related to Hank the Cowdog. The original Hank belonged to my cousin out in the OK Panhandle, and the author of the books was his ranch manager for a while. There is a memorial to Hank the Cowdog in Forgan, OK. Yep, I'm related to a real-life celebrity!

 

[Buckguy20]

Hi Al. Well it is glass on top and then has glasss sliding doors on one side. The back and sides are wood. I figure the sliding glass doors probably won't hold heat well and would need replaced too.
The cool part is you could stand up and kook straight down at the chicks hatching.

 

[dizzychicken]

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Raise hand. I am so addicted I want so many but don't have the funds in my paypal account. Why does no take money orders anymore?

I am dying, well not literally, to get some BLRW and some BBS Orps. Also want to get in on the marans, but I am guessing by the pricing, that ain't happening anytime soon.

So I just sit and drool over the egg selling page.

 

[Buckguy20]

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Wow Royalty! I am sure the origianl one has died but do they have like Hank II and Hank III etc?

 

[Buckguy20]

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Raise hand. I am so addicted I want so many but don't have the funds in my paypal account. Why does no take money orders anymore?

I am dying, well not literally, to get some BLRW and some BBS Orps. Also want to get in on the marans, but I am guessing by the pricing, that ain't happening anytime soon.

So I just sit and drool over the egg selling page.

I will have some Marans eggs at POOPS and will give you the POOPS discount. Are you coming?