Okies in the BYC The Original

[Sooner]

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Ah, no worries! I'll find you guys the next time. Ya know, for some reason, I was expecting a raucous group of folks that you could spot from a mile away.

We usually are, but Al didn't make it last night.

 

[al6517]

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We usually are, but Al didn't make it last night.

LOL sure wish I was there to entertain everybody, it's always more fun when we aren't just sittin around staring at everybody LOL. Besides I probably saved you guy's some $$, you know how I love to fool folks on the current bid amount

AL

 

[poultryand bees]

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You might want to consider the Guy Rose auction that is on the highway to Perkins. It is each Saturday morning. Here is the information from the Oklahoma auction list that Graceful Bantams has taken over responsibility for:

Perkins, OK
Guy Rose Poultry Auction
Every Saturday
9:30 am
Located about 3 mi. north of Hwy 33 on 177, just south of Stillwater

Of course, the problem with attending auctions, particularly with children in tow (not that I ever need that as an excuse however) is that you end up needing more pens and spending more time feeding and watering, because of all the new additions.

 

[poultryand bees]

This afternoon I noticed that a turkey hen had hatched two poults, so I got a net over the poults and put them into the newest flight pen. They were screaming for mama and the turkey hen was agitated because her poults were gone, so she wasn't too difficult to herd into the flight pen where her babies were located. Hopefully, she will be able to raise them in there, since she will be protected from cats, possums and skunks inside that pen. I put a Narragansett poult that I had acquired prior to the auction last night in the pen with her to see if it would stay with her. I should have banded it because I can't tell which one it is, now that all three poults are together, but all three poults are hanging out close to the hen so I think it will bond. If it is still alright in the morning, I will add the other 4 poults. I got them from someone advertising on Craigslist, but they got the eggs from Carla and Gerald. He said his wife has posted on BYC but he couldn't recall her screen name.

I put 14 of the turken eggs that I got at Alex under a hen that has just decided to go broody. She might as well hatch 17 instead of only the 3 she had in the nest.

This afternoon I tried to assist a neighbor who had an unidentified bee that was keeping them from approaching their garden. Turned out to be a nest of bumble bees. Just for the record, bumble bees are great pollinators but they don't make and store honey, because of the way they live and hibernate over the winter. They also have no hesitation in stinging you if you get too close to their nest, because unlike a honey bee that can only sting you one time, the bumble bee doesn't have a barb on its stinger so it retains its stinger so that it can sting you a second and a third time. I have come to the conclusion that bumble bee stings hurt a lot worse than a honeybee sting. I am grateful that I was wearing my bee jacket when I tried to destroy their nest. I just wish that I had been cautious enough to wear a jumpsuit style bee suit. I am going to take some more Benadryl and some Tylenol and go to bed. Four stings on my legs and thumb hurt like crazy.

Moral of the story: bumble bees should be treated with the same respect and caution you would give a wasp or hornet when you are approaching their nest. They don't play nicely when they feel their nest and larvae are being threatened.

 

[Greybear23]

UPDATE!!!!!

Jesie is home, still a bit frazled but OK,

the man that ran through the front of the Atwood's is in stable condition in the Stillwater Hospital,

he evidently had a heart attack while driving down the road in front of Atwood's and miraculously steered into the parking lot avoiding several cars at the intersection, proceeded to run straight into the store, lots of damage to vehicle and building, all is secure for the night and all are better tonight. Thank you all for the prayers,

Lynn

 

[bethinoklahoma]

sorry for taking up two post BUT I need to go to bed and wanted to say to Sonner wasnt their
a first t-shirt... Kind a cartoon chicken running?
and muesky if I ever hear of a roo I will buy him for you but the white roo may give some pretty
babies. I would love to see one...
Night all and take care Marybeth...

 

[Sooner]

Yes there was a first shirt but I didn't do that one so I don't have the graphic's for that one. It is grey with a chicken running.

I guess I should explain the tobacco thing, I keep it in the first aid kit & anytime we get stung you wet it and put it under a bandaid & the sting will be gone in 15 minutes or so. It is awsome if you are lucky enough to have a DH or someone around that dips. I have even used cig tobocco.

 

[Greybear23]

Here is the first T Shirt!!!! Lynn

 

[Perryspeeps]

According to "Raising chickens for dummies" I'm not supposed to feed layer pellets to a chicken that's not old enough to lay yet. (Roosters are ok if they're with laying hens)

Here's the question, am I supposed to segregate by age? I have some day old chicks in a brooder, and 7 week old chicks in the run and coop. When they get old enough to lay and I start feeding layer pellets am I supposed to keep the younger ones out of it?

 

[Sooner]

Perry, I don't know what everyone else does but I don't have a choice where I am at, they don't really stock "grower" so mine pretty much go from starter to crumbles or layer pellet.

I'm sure the others will come along to give you better advice.