***OKIES in the BYC III ***

[SimplyMe_AngieD]

Does anyone on here in the Tulsa area have laying age blue laced wyandottes they are interested in selling?? I think they would make an interesting addition to my flock. If not I will probably go get another GLW.

 

[SimplyMe_AngieD]

No... he would not let me go. My gardening friends corrupt me enough, so he says.

Ok.. .lunch break is over for me. Have a great afternoon all!

Sooner, the Soggy Bottom Boys????

Angela, he probably wouldn't care if *you went, but if he saw that picture you'd have a tough time convincing him to go along lol

 

[NanaKat]

Yesterday I started 2 more flats of tomatoes & some how dropped an entire flat of peppers that I started last wk behind my deep freeze. DH wasn't happy, he was ready to empty the deep freeze & pull it out. I reassured him that the dirt could stay behind the deep freeze for the next yr until we are ready to move the deep freeze.

Anyone ever grown artichokes from seed? I started puple & green. The purple ones look much nicer already. I have heard the purple do better in our climate, guess I will know in a few months.

Time to pull out the shop vac....
Aren't artichokes bi-ennial...two years to flower? If so, you will have to mulch deeply for winter.

From what I researched buff orphingtons and australorps seem to be more docile but at the same time they tend to go broody but I don't know about that since ours are only 5 months old.

Cathie

The loudest in my flock are the Sexlink. My Aussies are good layers and nice meat birds. They are curious about everything and seem to tolerate being in the run. They do love to get out but always are the first to return to the coop. My CW eggs are smaller than the RIR, NH, and the Aussie eggs. The Delawares are a lovely breed...the first to come get tidbits from your hand and lay a nice large egg. Love the Cochins. My Minorcas are the more flighty of the bunch but they love free-ranging and go further out from the rest of the flock.

 

[vebi]

Real nice for Winter, about 70 yesterday and no wind..........

 

[artsyrobin]

i haven't had a big issue- section of an area in the coop and run, put the newbies in thee for a week or so, feed them close to each other, so they can be beak to beak without hurting each other- it will help if they have a group, rather than alone- and keep an area where the new ones can hide if they need to, depends on the breeds too- the two younger ones spent a couple weeks in the coop, the others got used to seeing them, the two on the bottom right, there is still some shuffling

 

[jcatblum]

Nana the artichokes will have to be mulched heavy during our normal winters. I am thinking they would have done wonderful this winter. My plan, if they thrive, is to cut them down to about a foot at the end of season & mulch with leaves & cover with row cover. Some sources say the purple artichokes will produce the first yr & to replant every yr to not have to worry about over wintering them. Figure I can experiment with them, a couple of packs of seeds can go a long way.

 

[jcatblum]

Seen on craiglist someone posting about watsons auction. Anyone ever been?? No anything about it?

 

[Buckguy20]

Where is it supposed to be? I have never heard one by that name. Usually they are referred to by where they are located.

 

[Sooner]

I'm Baaaaaaaaaaaaaack!

 

[jcatblum]

Where is it supposed to be? I have never heard one by that name. Usually they are referred to by where they are located.

The listing location was Maud says it was Thursday night-- so maybe they are talking about the Maud auction, but they called it Watson's auction.