calling any one from missouri

[ChickenCanoe]

I think in the US that all silkies are considered bantams. Somewhat in between European bantams and LF.
The SOP will answer your questions.
http://www.feathersite.com/Poultry/CGP/Silkies/BRKSilkies.html

 

[EdenCamp]

Welcome! We recently moved to the Houston area from TN, actually, we lived here previously 10 years ago, so we are back! We love it here in the Ozarks. I raise BBS Am's, BBS Marans, and have some olive eggers and SBEL's, plus some lavendar guineas. We plan eventually to get goats, a cow, pigs and turkeys, possibly muscovy ducks too. We have 11 horses and plan on doing some trail riding when we get more settled in. Our next big project is getting a barn built. Whew! It's hard starting from scratch, all that was here when we moved was a well and a shed, with electric hookup and a lagoon. Here is a pic of the chicken coop we built...

Well hiyas! Welcome! Not ungawdly far from you - Crocker/Ft. Leonard Wood here. Have a few Lav Ams and working on Silkied AMs in a few colors among other things. And if you're looking for Scovies....I can hook you up. My neighbors are putting out tubs of water and feeding them to encourage the mamas and babies to troop through for regular visits - and they love how bug free the neighborhood has become!

 

[Sylviaanne]

I think in the US that all silkies are considered bantams. Somewhat in between European bantams and LF.
The SOP will answer your questions.
http://www.feathersite.com/Poultry/CGP/Silkies/BRKSilkies.html

I'm going to sound like a dummy again but what is SOP, I hope it doesn't mean what it usually means. If it does, where do I find it? I am looking at the link concurrently. Thanks.

 

[EdenCamp]

While SOP could mean "Same Ole Poop".... it actually stands for "Standard of Perfection".

 

[Sylviaanne]

While SOP could mean "Same Ole Poop".... it actually stands for "Standard of Perfection".

Either one I haven't heard of but what I was afraid of looking like a dummy for was, "Standard Operating Procedures." LOL

 

[elorraine52]

Well hiyas! Welcome! Not ungawdly far from you - Crocker/Ft. Leonard Wood here. Have a few Lav Ams and working on Silkied AMs in a few colors among other things. And if you're looking for Scovies....I can hook you up. My neighbors are putting out tubs of water and feeding them to encourage the mamas and babies to troop through for regular visits - and they love how bug free the neighborhood has become!

Hellos there EdenCamp!!
My husband works alot on Ft. Wood. I had some Lav Ams a few years ago, racoon got em, and the last roo I had I gave to a friend to breed SBEL's with her white leghorns. And, yes, I would like to have some Scovies, maybe in spring....I've heard they are really good for the bugs, and we have LOTS of flies d/t the horses! Keep in touch for sure!!

 

[elorraine52]

Very nice. It looks great. Starting from scratch is hard but you get to do it the way you want rather than retrofit what someone else did. There's an expression in old cars. DPO - dreaded previous owner.
Actually starting with a well, electric and a shed is a perfect clean slate. Running electric to a distant property and digging a well are pricey endeavors.

I love the Ozarks. Mostly all the beautiful float streams. I've been on more than half of them many times. I could spend the rest of my life floating Ozark streams.

ETA
I just noticed the space at the bottom. Is that a gap under the floor or into the run?
I just lost $4,000 of chickens to mink that squeezed into a 1" gap.

Thank you! It is nice, but hard doing all the work and trying to figure out where to situate stuff. No flat land, all rolling, need to put in barn. And we love to float too, rivers here are awesome, we have floated Jacks Fork and Current, what others have you floated and how are they?
BTW, space at bottom is where we placed 2X4s to level it, no openings. We made sure it would be tight, b/c I've lost alot of chooks to predators in the past! No fun!! And that is alot of money to lose, dang!!

 

[ChickenCanoe]

Either one I haven't heard of but what I was afraid of looking like a dummy for was, "Standard Operating Procedures." LOL

Standard Operating Procedure is the most common in the non chicken world. There are no dumb questions. Standard of Perfection is an American Poultry Association designation.
http://www.amerpoultryassn.com/

Thank you! It is nice, but hard doing all the work and trying to figure out where to situate stuff. No flat land, all rolling, need to put in barn. And we love to float too, rivers here are awesome, we have floated Jacks Fork and Current, what others have you floated and how are they?
BTW, space at bottom is where we placed 2X4s to level it, no openings. We made sure it would be tight, b/c I've lost alot of chooks to predators in the past! No fun!! And that is alot of money to lose, dang!!

Rolling and not flat can be a good thing for building coops and things. It makes for good drainage.

I've floated Spring River, Niangua, Gasconade, Big Piney, Meramec, Courtois Creek, Huzzah Creek, Bourbeuse, Big River, Roaring River, North Fork, Bryant Creek, St. Francis, Black, Eleven Point, Jacks Fork, Current and others that aren't normally floated like the Castor, Marble Creek, Capps Creek, Center Creek, Osage Fork of the Gasconade, Wachita Creek, Brewers Creek, Mineral Fork, Cuivre and in Arkansas, the Buffalo and White. Also ran the Missouri River 340 once from KCK to St. Charles.
That's all I can remember. There's quite a few more in the southwestern part of the state I haven't had a chance to get to yet.
Aside from the Current and Jacks Fork, my other favorites are the Eleven Point, North Fork and Buffalo. They're just beautiful and if you float during the week, you'll be by yourself. The Eleven Point doesn't really have gravel bars like the others for camping so the Forest Service has built float camps along the way where you can turn the canoe into a side creek and tie off with cleared campsites. The North Fork is just wide, clear, cold and fast. The Buffalo is in really pristine country. For more white water, the St. Francis, Marble Creek, Brewers Creek and the upper 1/3 of the Buffalo.
Once I floated the Current by myself from Tan Vat at Montauk to the Big Spring branch. That's about 90 miles. It was in November and I was the only canoe on the river the whole way.

If you don't have one already, I highly recommend this book.
http://www.amazon.com/Missouri-Ozark-waterways-detailed-Highlands/dp/1887247084

 

[elorraine52]

Standard Operating Procedure is the most common in the non chicken world. There are no dumb questions. Standard of Perfection is an American Poultry Association designation.
http://www.amerpoultryassn.com/


Rolling and not flat can be a good thing for building coops and things. It makes for good drainage.

I've floated Spring River, Niangua, Gasconade, Big Piney, Meramec, Courtois Creek, Huzzah Creek, Bourbeuse, Big River, Roaring River, North Fork, Bryant Creek, St. Francis, Black, Eleven Point, Jacks Fork, Current and others that aren't normally floated like the Castor, Marble Creek, Capps Creek, Center Creek, Osage Fork of the Gasconade, Wachita Creek, Brewers Creek, Mineral Fork, Cuivre and in Arkansas, the Buffalo and White. Also ran the Missouri River 340 once from KCK to St. Charles.
That's all I can remember. There's quite a few more in the southwestern part of the state I haven't had a chance to get to yet.
Aside from the Current and Jacks Fork, my other favorites are the Eleven Point, North Fork and Buffalo. They're just beautiful and if you float during the week, you'll be by yourself. The Eleven Point doesn't really have gravel bars like the others for camping so the Forest Service has built float camps along the way where you can turn the canoe into a side creek and tie off with cleared campsites. The North Fork is just wide, clear, cold and fast. The Buffalo is in really pristine country. For more white water, the St. Francis, Marble Creek, Brewers Creek and the upper 1/3 of the Buffalo.
Once I floated the Current by myself from Tan Vat at Montauk to the Big Spring branch. That's about 90 miles. It was in November and I was the only canoe on the river the whole way.

If you don't have one already, I highly recommend this book.
http://www.amazon.com/Missouri-Ozark-waterways-detailed-Highlands/dp/1887247084

MY GOSH!! Thats alot of floating, wow!! No wonder your name is ChickenCanoe! Amazing....

 

[mrballance]

MY GOSH!! Thats alot of floating, wow!! No wonder your name is ChickenCanoe! Amazing....

Standard Operating Procedure is the most common in the non chicken world. There are no dumb questions. Standard of Perfection is an American Poultry Association designation.
http://www.amerpoultryassn.com/


Rolling and not flat can be a good thing for building coops and things. It makes for good drainage.

I've floated Spring River, Niangua, Gasconade, Big Piney, Meramec, Courtois Creek, Huzzah Creek, Bourbeuse, Big River, Roaring River, North Fork, Bryant Creek, St. Francis, Black, Eleven Point, Jacks Fork, Current and others that aren't normally floated like the Castor, Marble Creek, Capps Creek, Center Creek, Osage Fork of the Gasconade, Wachita Creek, Brewers Creek, Mineral Fork, Cuivre and in Arkansas, the Buffalo and White. Also ran the Missouri River 340 once from KCK to St. Charles.
That's all I can remember. There's quite a few more in the southwestern part of the state I haven't had a chance to get to yet.
Aside from the Current and Jacks Fork, my other favorites are the Eleven Point, North Fork and Buffalo. They're just beautiful and if you float during the week, you'll be by yourself. The Eleven Point doesn't really have gravel bars like the others for camping so the Forest Service has built float camps along the way where you can turn the canoe into a side creek and tie off with cleared campsites. The North Fork is just wide, clear, cold and fast. The Buffalo is in really pristine country. For more white water, the St. Francis, Marble Creek, Brewers Creek and the upper 1/3 of the Buffalo.
Once I floated the Current by myself from Tan Vat at Montauk to the Big Spring branch. That's about 90 miles. It was in November and I was the only canoe on the river the whole way.

If you don't have one already, I highly recommend this book.
http://www.amazon.com/Missouri-Ozark-waterways-detailed-Highlands/dp/1887247084

I did the Current in Late October on Tuesday and Wednesday. Spent the whole time fishing and looking at fall colors. Didn't have any food but what I got on my line. Always remember that time.