Okies in the BYC The Original

[Okla-doodle-doo]

WE have enough snow to make the ground white,more on friday,sun,mon,tue,!



HAPPY BIRTHDAY MONTY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[donnie]

morning guys ...... i got an hour and a half to spare before curtis gets here to test the birds

marybeth whats this talk about snow

, not my form of moisture either , figures the day i go back to school it would be awful bad enough i have 8 am classes this semester

 

[donnie]

Happy B Day Monty

 

[artsyrobin]

morning guys!

snow- supposed to get some sunday nite, monday, tuesday and ice friday... hmmmmm have heard if you put a tennis ball in the water, it will keep it from freezing, anyone here that?

 

[Sooner]

I don't want snow or rain, call me selfish, it will delay me moving in! Boo

Tennis balls huh? Never heard of that, wonder how or why that would work?

 

[averytds]

I don't know about tennis balls. I've got a regular high dollar heated waterer (hate it) for outside and a cheapy popcorn tin heated one on the inside (love it) so I haven't had to break any ice this year.


If/when I get the outbuilding converted to pens, someone had a thick, long run of PVC with a float valve that they said never froze I may look into something like that.

 

[Sooner]

I love google, it had some talk about putting a ball in the horse buckets so the horse drinking would keep the ball moving thus keeping the water from freezing. When it did freeze just remove the ball bust the ice & then put it back. I don't know if that would work for a chicken since the chicken wouldn't keep the ball moving as a horse drinking would. Let us know if you try it Robin.

 

[Cuban Longtails]

Dead today...

Coyotes came through last night. They woke me up with all their howling & carrying on.

I shot a possum last night, unfortunately it killed a hen that was sitting some eggs.

I'm setting traps tonight for it's partner.

 

[donnie]

ok just now got finished with the tester he came an hour early so it took 2.5 hrs lol , the joys of knowing someone , curtis is a funny guy he cracks me up


so now i will be covered for chickens , turkeys , guineas , ducks, quail , pheasants

 

[banjoejoe4783]

donnie- glad that you got your testing done congrats

teach-i have 5 hens that where layeing but thise cold hot weather put one in a molt and slow the others doun but the are good littel layers and lay good in the spring let me know if you need eggs had a doz but my granpa just byut then

okla-- thanks for the help on the pigons