Okies in the BYC The Original

[okieglory]

awww those are so cute, I wish i could get a duck to but my mom says no to that.

 

[Jer-man]

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I caught one recently on a sticky board. I took it outside to dispose of it, when I decided to see what the chickens would do with it.

They treated that thing like a worm or grasshopper. Took turns taking it away from each other. One finally killed it and got off in a corner with it.

I sure do miss my little warrior chickens.

 

[bethinoklahoma]

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Before I moved into my house the last owner had MICE and she hated them... So she went out and bought the giant bucket of bait (poison) and put it in the garage, house, wood pile, woods, any where she could put it. So I move in some time after with my cat.... MY cat died, stranger cat died, then the neighbors cat died. What the heck??!! I also never saw any squirrels or wood loven animals. One day the old owner called looking for a package that came here. I told her I had it and asked if she had a cat. She said she did and it lived inside. She went on to tell me about the rat poison.
Long story yes but thoes cats and other animals died do to the poison. Cats eat mice and mice cat run as fast if they are poised maybe... Im not sure if I would bait or not. Snakes will come and eat your mice and your chicks if your not careful...

Polish hen is fine so far... She has spent some time in the warm cage in the barn. I did find some broken glass from a light bulb that broke. Not much but enough I guess. The silkie with the neck issue was better so she got to go back outside but brought her in last night do to the cold air...
Donna I need to come and get more chicks.
Have a great day all!!

 

[Sooner]

Good Morning!!!

Donna they are so cute!! Congrats on a good hatch.

Jerry, I like watching them chase each other when they have something! Are you below the limit now that you lost one & sold the others?

 

[Sooner]

Wayne this is for you if you drop in today: No this isn't all of them, just the one's in this pen. The smaller ones are in another that I didn't take a pic of.

Peaches:

 

[faerielady]

I'm debating selling off about half of my MFCs. I'm sure I'll talk myself out of it by tonight, but that just seems so strange to me. They're my babies. Why would I be debating whether or not to get rid of half of them?

 

[EngieKisses]

Isn't raising fighting birds illegal? I'm asking because I had to detour yesterday on another road near my house and I drove by this house that had a whole bunch of roosters tied to barrels like you see on tv for fighting roos. I thought their setup up looked awfully cruel.
Stephanie

 

[faerielady]

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Because

1. They are project birds, they take a lot of work in regards to breeding them with the right stock, and buying new stock usually means incurring massive shipping charges. Plus, I have one that has been broody since she started laying, and won't *stop*. I don't have any eggs to give her, and I really don't WANT to give her any.

2. They're bantams. While they are awesome, lovely bantams, I'm usually a very practical person, and therefore LF usually work better towards satisfying me.

However, I most likely won't sell because I don't want to worry about shipping them, and it's very unlikely that most people who aren't into the project would pay what they are worth ($25-50 per pullet/hen, roos are cheap

).

 

[faerielady]

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Yes, it is illegal. However, there are a lot of people who do this because games (and other cockerels) will fight. No, the tether isn't cruel. It's actually *more* cruel to allow them to tear each other up constantly.

 

[Sooner]

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Because

1. They are project birds, they take a lot of work in regards to breeding them with the right stock, and buying new stock usually means incurring massive shipping charges. Plus, I have one that has been broody since she started laying, and won't *stop*. I don't have any eggs to give her, and I really don't WANT to give her any.

2. They're bantams. While they are awesome, lovely bantams, I'm usually a very practical person, and therefore LF usually work better towards satisfying me.

However, I most likely won't sell because I don't want to worry about shipping them, and it's very unlikely that most people who aren't into the project would pay what they are worth ($25-50 per pullet/hen, roos are cheap

).

I understand that. I hope you figure something out. Any chance the guy you got them from would be interested in buying them back?