***OKIES in the BYC III ***

[Cjarvis]

Hey DGibson!
Carl said I should show you these photos for your viewing pleasure...pullet offspring from Carl's line of CW that are now in my flock. Here is Beau with the 3 CW hens and the 2 pullets. The Blue hen is a hatchery girl that is the mom of the Blue CW line I'm working on.


Here is the special bird nice lacing and yellow legs

Her back and the tips on her wings


This last picture was a little fuzzy, but you get the idea of her nice form.

And just for everyone else...here is the F1 example of the Blue CW that is now 4 months old. She is developing nicely and has several younger sisters still in the floor pen. So I'm pretty excited about these.



And my mentor Carl said this would be the best project roo for the F1 pen for the Cochin Wyandotte cross I'm working on. Will cross him back on his sisters to see what varieties we get...Birchen, CW, Silver Blue, and both in clean leg and feather leg....should be some interesting developments. If I'm lucky, Carl will take on the genetics since I'm really fuzzy there. I have knowledge on Lovebirds, but their color specs are different from poultry.




The blue girl on the right is a definite pen mate Cochin Wyandotte cross. The black Cochin Wyandotte with the Birchen necks may also go in that pen


Already planning ahead. Roger said ."You will have to have a pen for each variety to keep the eggs separate." I think he is won over! Little does he know there are already 7 separate enclosures available.. and he helped build them..... mawahahahahaaaaaa

Posting those pics is such a tease.. You know I haven't had time to build the pens yet but am headed that way shortly.. You have done so well with those birds, I look forward to getting the Silver Blue and Birchen going strong in both Cochin and wyandotte wich will be relatively easy given what there is to work with there, of course they will also through some Columbian and Blue Columbian in both as well. This will be fun and fairly easy.

 

[jcatblum]

Mitzi Taron thinks she makes great money with her hobby. Since we bought the initial incubators, pens & birds plus pay for the gas to get to the auction she has done great-- but the reality is when she takes birds to sell most times it doesn't cover the gas & the food we eat at the sale. She loves it though & I figure it is teaching her hard work & responsibility plus social skills. She is so shy at talking to other adults for the most part, but they always approach her about guineas or hatching & she is forced to talk to them. She sets aside 1/2 the money she makes & it goes in an envelope for feed. Days when she doesnt want to do chores she pays her sister $15 a day to tend to the birds. Sad thing is if I relied on the funds to purchase all the feed the birds would be hungry by September. Told DH the other day if we sell off all her birds & equipment when she graduates we may cover 1 semester in college. The girl sure loves her birds!
Oh Traci one of the buff eggs you brought to the auction hatched today, so far that makes 3 buff Cochins, Alexis has claimed them. She started wanting birds of her own after She figured out her little sister is getting rich selling birds. Not sure we can manage 2 chicken crazed kids!
Well done with my lunch break, going to clean the barn, then catch some guineas to take down to the neighbor.

 

[michaeldaugherty]

GreyBear You have some good looking bird's ...Macy has ben so bissy with school an like's one more yr.. She has a summer job at a cafe in Gracemont an got a new dog ...Ill try an post a pic of it some time it's a Bluetick coon hound ,,Got to go back out an wash the rest of the bird bowl out ..Injoyd geting to read back a few page's today for the first time in a wile an see all the great pic's an story's an it's allway good to see new peep post an hear ther story's... So take care every one ,,,

 

[NanaKat]

Just for Fun here some young bird Pics..
Silver Blue with Birchen in the Background.


Young Birchen,


Young Opal Cockrell,



Young Columbian Pullets

Wow!!! talk about teasing!!!!! ThoseOpal are gorgeous and I

the Columbian!!!

Quote: Does this mean I'm an enabler now?

Mitzi Taron thinks she makes great money with her hobby. Since we bought the initial incubators, pens & birds plus pay for the gas to get to the auction she has done great-- but the reality is when she takes birds to sell most times it doesn't cover the gas & the food we eat at the sale. She loves it though & I figure it is teaching her hard work & responsibility plus social skills. She is so shy at talking to other adults for the most part, but they always approach her about guineas or hatching & she is forced to talk to them. She sets aside 1/2 the money she makes & it goes in an envelope for feed. Days when she doesnt want to do chores she pays her sister $15 a day to tend to the birds. Sad thing is if I relied on the funds to purchase all the feed the birds would be hungry by September. Told DH the other day if we sell off all her birds & equipment when she graduates we may cover 1 semester in college. The girl sure loves her birds!
Oh Traci one of the buff eggs you brought to the auction hatched today, so far that makes 3 buff Cochins, Alexis has claimed them. She started wanting birds of her own after She figured out her little sister is getting rich selling birds. Not sure we can manage 2 chicken crazed kids!
Well done with my lunch break, going to clean the barn, then catch some guineas to take down to the neighbor.

Those lessons are worth the weight in gold you silently spend to encourage her!

 

[mamapoppybee]

Couple of pics from today


today's harvest, cukes, hot cherry peppers, sweet banana peppers, green beans, dragon tongue beans, zuchs, and salad greens.


Morning glory vine to shade the girls, sorry this pic isn't very good, hoping for some better ones when I have more flowers to chose from. Where I have these planted is a challange to get a good angle for a pic.



I planted several varieties of beans this year, and I'm not sure which one this one is, but the blossoms I thought were outstanding. The dragon tongue beans also have a very pretty blossom.
Can you find out for me these are cool and my daughter wants any thing to bring in butter flys. I'll have to post pics of her new butter fly garden she made this week. She is over the moon but now wants a book so she can learn about all the different kinds.

 

[mamapoppybee]

Been a good weekend thus far coop expansion is finished and all the chickens are happy to be settling in. Got some time to put a new flower garden in round the base of my pear tree. Next project to start build a brooder for chickys. Think ill get that under way tonight when things cool down. Just a lil to hot at the moment.

 

[prettychicks]

Went to OKC swapmeet this weekend for 2day's an Blanch sale sat night , Just wontd to say bird's are geting cheaper with the heat ex.egg's an chick's peep can only buy so manny an with all the auction's going on an ther's not that manny peep buying thim now..So it dont matter wer you take thim ! THey are only going to get cheeper... I no some folk's did not like the prise's at the sale ,, One lady said she had payd 10 to 15 buck's a doz for hatching egg's an the chick's didnt even bring 50cent's each ..I told her that is the way it go's every yr..Bird's will go down tel fall wen it start's to cool off thin the prise will go back up ...So peep dont get mad at the folk's puting on the sale ..Wer ever it is you take thim ..I have lern a long time ago it's not about the money you make off of your bird's but the fun you have hatching an breeding an saling thim ..An all the good folk's you meet a long the way...

Where do you find out when they are having these swap meets? I always miss them.

 

[dgibson]

Nana ]Those are probably the nicest Col. wyn. ive seen ,good type and color .You and Carl have done a really good with your breeding , i think Carl will agree with me ,right color and right type aint always easy on col. wyn.

 

[prettychicks]

Been a good weekend thus far coop expansion is finished and all the chickens are happy to be settling in. Got some time to put a new flower garden in round the base of my pear tree. Next project to start build a brooder for chickys. Think ill get that under way tonight when things cool down. Just a lil to hot at the moment.

Yes it is getting warm when you are hard at work out there. I was working on my coop also and had to take a break.

 

[Poco Pollo]

Just met with Poco Pollo and picked up a gorgeous assortment of naked necks! Thanks Coral!!

I hope they do well for you. I'm especially going to miss the smallest NN pullet. Make sure you post pictures when she's older. I think the reds and blues in her feathers will be lovely.