Okies in the BYC The Original

[poultryand bees]

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When I initially read your post, in the context of "rather expensive", I read $3.06 (three dollars and 6 cents) to be $3,006 (three thousand and six dollars) and thought - why would ANY chick be worth that much money (unless it is already laying solid gold eggs) and had to laugh when I re-read it and saw that once again my eyes had played tricks on me.

I have been hatching mutts since I began hatching chickens in 2002. The only "pure-bred" chickens I have hatched came from purchased eggs. I have to say that some of the color combinations of the EEs have been really pretty - and unique. Seldom have they been well duplicated in "sister" pullets.

 

[poultryand bees]

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I found the blue swedish in a couple of catalogs, but only Ideal has crested blue swedish, which is what Stray initially indicated she wanted. Last night I was like a kid looking at the Sears & Roebuck Christmas catalog, looking at all my poultry catalogs and various price lists, trying to figure out which hatcheries had the various varieties and colors of ducks I want to order and calculating shipping costs and trying to figure out the "best deal" so I will know with which hatchery to place my order in March - for delivery after Easter.

 

[poultryand bees]

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I have a bad habit of feeding rabbits and chickens about 10:00 at night and then getting back on BYC when I come in, before bed. Not good for my sleep habits, but I like the peacefulness outside at that time of night.

 

[okcarla]

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I have a bad habit of feeding rabbits and chickens about 10:00 at night and then getting back on BYC when I come in, before bed. Not good for my sleep habits, but I like the peacefulness outside at that time of night.

It is nice & quiet this time of night, isn't it.

 

[poultryand bees]

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I have a bad habit of feeding rabbits and chickens about 10:00 at night and then getting back on BYC when I come in, before bed. Not good for my sleep habits, but I like the peacefulness outside at that time of night.

It is nice & quiet this time of night, isn't it.

Yes, there isn't much traffic and the silence is usually only broken by my dog barking at the trains

 

[poultryand bees]

My "social director" has not yet been advised of my intention to attend the Blanchard auction, but that is certainly my goal. And if I am going to consider purchasing any more Flemish Giants, I need to vacate some cage space currently occupied by other rabbits. If I am going to take rabbits to the auction, I want them to be there early enough that they are not the last in line for sale. Taking them last time at 3:00 didn't improve my place in line very much, plus I had already missed the goat/calf auction. If I am going to be there early enough to get a good place in line, I think I will try and be there early enough to at least watch the goat auction. I just sold the last of my goats so really am not looking for any more. However....... if the price were right...........

 

[Jer-man]

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I have a bad habit of feeding rabbits and chickens about 10:00 at night and then getting back on BYC when I come in, before bed. Not good for my sleep habits, but I like the peacefulness outside at that time of night.

Oh, I totally understand that. It just seems the night owls haven't been keeping it going like they usually do.

 

[Jer-man]

I will be heading to Blanchard tomorrow ( I guess its today) as soon as my NASCAR race is over with. With this weather it seems like its been forever since I've gotten out anywhere.

Looking forward to it.

 

[osukrazykate]

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What's the matter? School and the lack of sunshine in Oklahoma making you crazy/sad/?????

I wish I could say that was all that is bothering me. We have one of the most evil of people in the world living across the street from us. He threatened me a few months back chasing down my friend while I was in her car with her leaving out of my driveway and told me that he was going to start capturing our cats and killing them. Well, we now have proof of him doing so. He drowned my husbands cat that we have had for several years. I asked his grandson today if he had seen him and he said no. Then I asked him well has your papa been trapping any cats he said yes so we can give them back to you. Twenty minutes later, he was telling Char that they just took our cat out of their pond and threw him in the ditch. What kind of monster does these things? I went and retrieved the body and he is in an obvious position that he was on his toes and looked like he was in a cage trying to stretch up and get out. We are furious! My husband is like there is no way this cat fell in this monsters pond let alone even go over there.

 

[osukrazykate]

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Haven't seen you in awhile. Where have you been.

School has kept me busy, but Char got sick a couple of weeks ago. Then I got sick a couple days later. I am still trying to get over the cough and congestion from it, Char too. But while I was sick we have also had another set back with some of our chickens.

Hubby was taking care of them for me while I was sick and our Hudiny Jasmine, got out of her cage and then opened all the chicken cages in the barn and killed them all, including our new ducks and Char's pigeons and her ones we picked out at the show a couple months ago. However, I did have some of our chickens in a different coop that is not in our barn or connected, so she didn't get to them, but they weren't Char's special ones. She was devastated! She had named her Polish Top hat hen Sweetie Pie. The cage that her and her roo was in I have a hard time opening, but yet Jasmine apparently had no problem. None of the cages are damaged, they were just all opened. I thought they would be safer in the barn in their cages at night, then I let them out each day into the greenhouse and penned yard off of my greenhouse. I guess I am going to still have to get smarter on how to do this. Apparently, Jasmine can open any cage that does not have a pad lock or a threaded latch that you have to tighten close once she can get out of her kennel. Then Charlotte has gotten sick again this week. I think she is starting to feel better now, but I hope I don't get this one too. The second sickness is a stomach flu type of sickness. She never did

, but she felt like it for the last few days while running a fever.

I am just seeming to be having a really bad time right now and have been pretty depressed, but now I am about to loose it after todays events. I can't stop crying! I get really upset about the chickens with the dogs, but I know it is part of their nature. But to have a human whom should know better, to brutally do something to a harmless and helpless creature and family pet is so beyond my understanding. I just can't take it. I am beside myself! I have never seen my husband so upset. We even had guests that came in from out of state and showed up about 30 minutes after finding all this out. They felt so bad for even being here. We tried our best to have good spirits with them, but they were like we have never ever seen Larry so upset before. They knew I was upset, when they called to tell me they were almost here. I told them I would tell them when they got here. They too couldn't believe what had happened I showed them the body and they too were like oh yes! He was in a cage when they drowned him, it is just too obvious. Larry is really having a hard time, probably harder than me. I may be crying, but he can't even cry because he is so upset. I can see it is killing him, Mufasa was his buddy!