***OKIES in the BYC III ***

[Kassaundra]

And I trust you're not going to TELL him, right??

What happens on BYC stays on BYC!!!!!!!

 

[michaeldaugherty]

Hopeing ther would be post from the fair's going on,, last yr at this time lot's of peep had postd about wat ther kid.s had won..

 

[chicksooner]

Fairly new here so sorry if this is the wrong place for this question. Who would I need to contact about getting NPIP certified?

 

[erinszoo]

Hopeing ther would be post from the fair's going on,, last yr at this time lot's of peep had postd about wat ther kid.s had won..

Our fair starts Sept 11 but I think the Payne county fair is usually this week. Judging is usually on Wednesdays. Noble county is usually the first part of Sept as well. I don't know about other places.

 

[Cjarvis]

Fairly new here so sorry if this is the wrong place for this question. Who would I need to contact about getting NPIP certified?

check Poultry and Bees signature line, there is a state contact or you can contract someone else to test your birds. Then send test results out to the federal program for your certificate.

 

[Cjarvis]

Hopeing ther would be post from the fair's going on,, last yr at this time lot's of peep had postd about wat ther kid.s had won..

Give it a week or two Michael, ours is next week I believe then the real shows start the end of Oct. with the Tulsa state fair, Newcastle, texas all game ( that is all one weekend.) Are they still holding Anadarko?

 

[mjgigax]

Hi!
It has been more than two weeks since I have been on and I am not going to try to read all the posts I missed. Let me know if I missed something important. I hope everyone is well, their birds too.
I have been doing a lot of sewing and other craft type designing and have been haunting Etsy for ideas and ect. Also, last Sunday two dogs got in my run and killed 11 of my birds. I have been trying not to think about it too much and didn't want to "type" about it but I am accepting it a little better by now. I lost the 3 LF Buff Cochin chicks. I had just taken pics of them the day before to show Okracefan and Muesky because I was going to give the two roos to them. They were so fluffy and heavily feathered. (I still have the parents and the hen just started laying again, so.....)
I also lost 2 Mille Fleur cockerels, a beautiful Blue Mottled cockerel, a Splash Ameraucana pullet, a bantam Buff Cochin pullet, 2 Mille Fleur pullets (one was a pet and was still alive and died as I held her) and our favorite Mille Fleur hen.
Four birds survived; my best Mille Fleur rooster (though his tail is missing alot of feathers), my two best Mille Fleur hens and a pretty Mille Fleur pullet that is too light to breed but is so pretty I am raising her for the "eating egg pen".
I opened the gate from the grow-out pen to the run at 7:20 and at 8:00 my Mille Fleur hen showed up on the back porch. If she hadn't come up to the house I think the dogs would have gotten them all. She is a smart bird but I think her coming to the porch is a coincidence.

 

[jcatblum]

MJ so sorry about your losses!!!! I was just thinking about you today. Be careful on etsy! It's addicting!!!

 

[Ksane]

Oh MJ

I'm so so very sorry. As sick as it makes me feel to read it I can only imagine how devastated you are. I know how much you loved those Buff Cochins, what a huge loss. I know how much you love all your birds and I feel so badly for you. I can't ever talk about that stuff for a long while afterwards either. I can't tell you how sorry I am

 

[Kassaundra]

MJ, soo sorry for your losses.