Okies in the BYC The Original

[HennyPennies2007]

I have been reading hte last couple of pages. You guys are awesome... Do we have the best folks or what?

Al, you would never find folks like these anywhere but Oklahoma...

You guys are the best....

 

[RonnieAtkeson]

THis hatch isnt going so well. One has already died in shell. Another just hatched but looks like it still has yolk hanging out of it. 2 other eggs aint pipped at all yet.

Someone send me some good juju, these guys may need it:/

 

[Stray]

I now believe It's time for me to freak out...
I have drumline tryouts tomorrow, Graduation to play at Sunday,
FIVE days of school left, three finals to study for (Just thinking about them gives my a headache.)...

I just want to go to sleep

I'll be up all night practicing for drumline, studying for my English and Geometry tests....
So I was just stopping by to say high.... I'm no gonna get off to pull out the books.
No body ever told me how hard this would be...

 

[Sonya]

Anybody miss me??!!

I've been so busy that I haven't had a chance to really sit down and read or respond...Big sorry to Al over the loss of his quail and chicks....and the mess you are left to clean up...

My chicks were supposed to hatch on Sunday. I had candled them when I took them out of the auto turner and left 23 of the original 36 just cause I could see something in them when I did a quick candle. I didn't want to handle them too much or have them out of the bator too long. Sunday came and went with not a peep...then Monday with nothing...I was getting so bummed...I thought I'd done everything right this time. Tuesday came along and I had a pip and some rocking eggs. That first one pipped and zipped and was bouncing around in a matter of hours...since then I have a total of only 6 chicks. 5 Welsummers and one splash blue andalusian. One of the wellies was pipped for a very long time and is out of his shell now, but is still wet and has what looks like yolk still laying next to it...I'm leaving him alone in there to see if it will absorb and he will make it. Any ideas on that? All of the chicks were late hatchers and I still have like 17 more eggs in there without even a pip....when should I officially give up on them since all the chicks hatched days late?

These were eggs from one of our okies and I know they are from excellent stock...so what did I do wrong? The temp was spot on for three weeks...humidity was good, used an auto turner and never opened the incubator until day 18...I'm so disappointed...don't know if I want to attempt a hatch again...sigh.

On a family note...one of the twins has bronchitis and has missed three days of school this week with a high fever, the other one was home today with a belly ache, my husband is having the stent removed from his ureter next thursday, this week my dad has been to the ER with chest pain, in the hospital overnight, then passed out while driving the Creek turnpike today and woke up as he was driving off the rumble strip on the side of the road...back to the ER today (on his 62nd birthday, no less) and checked out by the cardiologist and given a green light to go home, but told his emphysema has gotten worse and that might be his problem. We sure could use some prayers headed this direction!

Talk with ya'll later!!

 

[Buckguy20]

Sonya, I was just thinking about you before I logged in. We had been talking about Wilburton, anyway I was gonna put out a call for you to check in but you beat me to it. Glad you are around.
Prayers ? You got em.

 

[poultryand bees]

Stray - deep breath - you can do this. You know the drumline and what you need to do for your tests. You just need to have a clear mind so you can remember what you know. Instead of staying up all night, get at least 7 hours of sleep and then go with your instincts on the tests and the drumline stuff. Your brain will be functioning and your first instinct will be correct.

 

[Sonya]

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Thanks Monty~ and thanks for thinking of me...somtimes I feel quite invisible!

 

[Sooner]

Evening everyone. Good to see you Sonya, I was starting to wonder about you!! Sorry about your hatch, I don't know enough to give advice. I think this will be the last batch for me as well, unless I find something I can't live without.

After reading several pages I am glad everyone has made it through the storms. We got alot of rain and a pretty light show but not as bad as I was ready for.

Al I am so sorry that after going through everything you lost so much. I know that you will recover, my thoughts are with you buddy. I hope you come back to check in and see all the love sent your way. I have to agree that you wouldn't find that anywhere else!

Monty, thanks for the shout out. I am doing fine just running and more running. (((hugs)))

We finally finished the Goat pen so that is taken care of, gonna give DH a break before we move on to coops! We have alot going on next week so I don't see it getting done anyways. This way I look sweet and caring. LOL.

 

[Stray]

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Thank you. You're a very Helpful Person.

 

[RonnieAtkeson]

sonya out of 7 eggs i had one die that was almost completly out of the egg, no idea what happened, wasnt meant to be. I have 2 out of those 7 that aint pipped. I candled and both was still moving in the shell, just late bloomers id give them some time. I think im up to 2 blue orps now. I have trouble tellin on these little guys special when they are still wet.