***OKIES in the BYC III ***

[erinszoo]

This is my first year to plant sorghum too, but mine isn't heading yet. I only had a couple of stalks to survive the chicken highway. Seems I planted it right where the chickens decided to make a highway (after I planted it of couse) I'll save the seed this year and replant next year in a better location.

We've been impressed with ours. Our son with his size 13 feet stepped in the middle of the bed when the plants were only about six inches high. We thought for sure we would lose them but they bounced back. Then our kittens decided that they were fun to play with and nearly the whole bed was toppled over ... but once again they came back. I didn't let my chickens near them when they were small and now that they are working on five feet tall, they are pretty much impervious to them. Better luck next time with yours. I'm also growing quinoa for the first time. It's a lot more fragile in our stupid hot weather but it's still hanging on. They were both experiments for us.

 

[Kassaundra]

We've been impressed with ours. Our son with his size 13 feet stepped in the middle of the bed when the plants were only about six inches high. We thought for sure we would lose them but they bounced back. Then our kittens decided that they were fun to play with and nearly the whole bed was toppled over ... but once again they came back. I didn't let my chickens near them when they were small and now that they are working on five feet tall, they are pretty much impervious to them. Better luck next time with yours. I'm also growing quinoa for the first time. It's a lot more fragile in our stupid hot weather but it's still hanging on. They were both experiments for us.

Quinoa is a cool weather crop. I thought about growing it, but didn't have the area ready in time. It should be planted way early almost pea early. (from what I read)

 

[nnbreeder]

Okmulgee ER

My BIL went there tonight w/ htn, nose bleed and jaw discomfort w/ hx of MI x 2 one almost killing him literally, would have had he not been life flighted to tulsa for surgery, how do they treat him tonight, sitting in the waiting room w/o even an ekg!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Kass I hope that all turns out well for him.

I've told Teva that if I'm injured badly don't even let them take me to the ER in Kgfr. I will take my chances trying to make it to OKC.

 

[Kassaundra]

Kass I hope that all turns out well for him.

I've told Teva that if I'm injured badly don't even let them take me to the ER in Kgfr. I will take my chances trying to make it to OKC.

Couldn't agree more, I would have driven straight to Tulsa, and if it were Gary I would drive to Tulsa and if toooo bad to Muskogee County line to call the ambulance.

 

[Bo Garrett]

We have been six hours without electricity and have trees down and limbs and debris everywhere after a violent storm this evening at about 4:50 pm. The aftermath is loss of two good shade trees, three cochins and one car and it only took about 10 minutes to accomplish all this damage! I have my work cut out for me tomorrow with the chain saw and stacking as well as repairing pens that were damaged and gathering up all the tin that blew off of the tops of pens. The good news is that we got some much needed rain and the house was not damaged nor were we.

Bo

 

[nnbreeder]

The first question they ask here is not what is wrong but how are you going to pay for this. And even in the middle of the day there may be a wait of up to an hour to get a doctor in to see you and at night the wait can be up to two hours.

As you all know I had a tumor on my spine but was diagnosed with kidney stones and handed off to another doctor. Two months later I couldn't walk or move my legs. When I had a CT scan in the ER the tumor was mentioned in the summary and clearly showed up on the CT scan so why was it thought that a tumor wrapping around my spinal cord would not cause pain? After the surgery to remove it at OU I got my motor skills back, well pretty much, but I still have numbness. If I could have gotten surgery sooner then I believe that the outcome would have been much different.

If the doctor just would have told me that night that he believed that the stones were causing me pain but that I had a big tumor that really needed to be looked at then I would have all of the respect in the world for him but he chose to ignore it and not say a word about it.

 

[nnbreeder]

Bo I'm glad that ya'll didn't get hurt in the storm.

And here I was griping earlier when the wind here knocked one pen over and I had to chase juveniles in the dark!

 

[mamapoppybee]

We have been six hours without electricity and have trees down and limbs and debris everywhere after a violent storm this evening at about 4:50 pm. The aftermath is loss of two good shade trees, three cochins and one car and it only took about 10 minutes to accomplish all this damage! I have my work cut out for me tomorrow with the chain saw and stacking as well as repairing pens that were damaged and gathering up all the tin that blew off of the tops of pens. The good news is that we got some much needed rain and the house was not damaged nor were we.

Bo

happy to hear that you and your family are safe and no damage to your home. As for mother nature making you a lil more work im sorry. did any one cuss the heat wave? I think that may be the cause of the high winds. generally we get a bit of rain but not that wind this time of year.

 

[Poco Pollo]

Bo - Sorry to hear about the storm damage. I hope you have friends close by who can come help with the cleanup.

Doodle - Nice deer pictures : ) We see deer all the time, but they are about a quarter mile north of our place. We don't have enough trees to attract them closer to the house.

Kass - I hear babies in the hatcher. It doesn't sound too crowded in there yet, so maybe it will be tonight or tomorrow morning before I open the door and move the dry babies to the brooder.

 

[Elbert Garrett]

We have been six hours without electricity and have trees down and limbs and debris everywhere after a violent storm this evening at about 4:50 pm. The aftermath is loss of two good shade trees, three cochins and one car and it only took about 10 minutes to accomplish all this damage! I have my work cut out for me tomorrow with the chain saw and stacking as well as repairing pens that were damaged and gathering up all the tin that blew off of the tops of pens. The good news is that we got some much needed rain and the house was not damaged nor were we.

Bo

Sorry to hear about that damage Bo!