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[muesky]

I'll be there after work so i should get there before 9:00.
BFrancis is coming but Kisa won't be coming with him. She is going to some really neat Garden and Herb show in Tulsa. I will have to go to that next year - herabalaffairandfestival.com

I will be there. Bringing LF cochin eggs, Ameraucana eggs and turkey eggs of course. Dispite the crazy weather the girl are doing okay with laying.

Did I hear LF Cochins!!!! Blue, black, Splash.

I have eggs. Going to break out the incubator this weekend.

Sounds good to me

Afternoon, Okies : )

I haven't been on the thread in about a week. School's winding down (which means students are all wound up), and I've managed to catch another cold, flu bug, or virus, so I'm feeling a bit peckish.

I'm looking forward to POOPS. It might just be me without grand kids this time. I've got a broodie sitting on a clutch of eggs right now, so if those little ones hatch before POOPS, I may be bringing them. They will be from the hens who get to free-range the most, so parentage may not be easy to determine.

Storms rocked Haskell last night. A lightning strike took out a house. We were worried that lightning was going to hit our place. We're on a hill, and we've had our electrical poles hit several times. The safety light in the yard was zapped last year, and the plastic housing melted and spewed all over the yard. The remnants looked like a UFO crash site. We've had a lot of tree limbs come down in the high winds. Looks like I'll be doing some cleaning up as soon as I get home tonight. I'm going to stay and grade the last stack of tests before I go home. Have a great evening, everyone : )

How many weeks do you have left of school? I have 5 left and counting the days down.

Ye.e.e.s.s.s....... I'll bring some to POOPS. I bought eggs at NewCastle that were from Bo's blue pens. Hatched some gorgeous Blue, Black and Splash cockerels. They have been paired with hens hatched from eggs I got from Jim Heinz from Iowa and from Carl's line. The girls are Blue and Splash. The chicks have been Blue, Black and Splash with nice wide heads and great feathering on their feet and tails.
Jim sent me this picture of the sister to my girls. She now belongs to Debs_flock and won Champion Asiatic March 30 at a show in California. He was sure pleased. Here is her photo. ....will have to add it from my computer...having trouble loading from my iPad.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/content/type/61/id/5627314/flags/LL

I have a two girls who look just like that. She is beautiful!

Nana I think you deserve a small greenhouse or hoop house. I hate shuffling seedlings around.
The weather has really set back this yrs garden & building our house. The work crew is framing now, but I am not sure they will get it dried in before the next rain.

Who will be at Newcastle this wk? We are coming, bringing my sisters kids too. This will be my last auction before I get NPIP certification. I have held off for the past couple yrs, since I didn't want to limit my bird selection. But the desire to ship eggs has convinced us to get tested.

I will be there.

 

[muesky]

POOPS 2013 Want/Bring List​

Wants
Muesky – LF cochin hatching eggs, chicks, adolescent/adult birds. Ameraucana Blue/Black/White/Splash hatching eggs, chicks, adolescent/adult birds. Bourbon Red Turkeys hatching eggs, chicks, adolescent/adult birds

Jcatblum - nice call duck pairs or trios. Butterscotch, appleyard, blue, grey & possibly others-- don't really care for the blacks.

Ceocka - Silkie hatching eggs showgirl hatching eggs turken hatching eggs tolbunt hatching eggs or birds

Erinszoo - Dominiques, either eggs or a couple of hens and a roo. Plus we're wanting to find a silkie girl for our little boy.

Whiskeytango - Japanese Bantam chicks, Swedish Flower Hen Chicks and maybe some Marans.

Clfromok – frizzles and BLR Wyandottes
our 5acre farm - red laced blue wyandottes, speckled sussex, french marans. maybe chicks so i can get started cheap.

Brings
Muesky – LF Cochin hatching eggs, Ameraucana hatching eggs, Bourbon Red hatching eggs/poults

Jcatblum - Might have some chicks. If anyone is looking for an extra roo I am happy to bring a few to share

Lonnyandlinda - B/B/S LF Ameracuana hatching eggs and probably black chicks (unsexed) Cream Legbar hatching eggs and day old pairs (and an adult pair to show off) Black Copper Marans hatching eggs and day old chicks (unsexed), and maybe some adolescent/adult pairs MAYBE some Isbar chicks

Erinszoo - white holland turkey poults. Will have apple butter and tomato plants and maybe an assortment of other jellies and jams

Mjgigax - Flowering Almond bush plants and some succelent starts. After I get back from MI I will see if I have some Cochin eggs to bring - Mille Fleur and Mottled.

Cathiesue - 2 Swedish FLower Hen Roosters. I know that sounds funny but they are known as Swedish Flower Hens regardless of sex. It's a Swedish thing

Nanakat - large fowl Cochin juveniles: Blue, Splash and Black. Wyandotte juveniles: CW, Black, Blue and a few project F1. Some may be in pairs or trios.

Clfromok - would like to sell my EE Chicks & a couple of SLW cockerels
BetsyOK – silkies and showgirls
Whiskeytango - toys for sale or swap. I have tin tops, tin wind-up tractors, tin rooster whistles, wooden animals (goats, cows, horses, sheep etc.) and probably some other stuff.
Heart4animals – Pair of red cochin

This is a list of things (chickens, poultry, misc.) people are looking for or have to bring to POOPS, for either trade or sale.

Please! Please! Please! send me a pm of what you are looking for or have to bring. I will up-date the list daily. Do not post it on the thread, as I do not want to overlook any posts.

This list will be posted on both the Okie thread and POOPS thread.
Thanks!

 

[NanaKat]

I'm going to try making it to Newcastle and will bring some single comb Wyandottes juveniles and some other roosters I don't need.
May wait and just bring a boatload on the 4th..... a lot depends on my chauffeur...hubby...and a particular heifer that is keeping her legs crossed.

Several folks have mentioned wanting pairs or trios of the Wyandottes or Cochins for POOPs so will start banding those in the morning.

We collected some morels today. Only found 8 but they weighed 12 ounces.

 

[Bo Garrett]

I had fully intended to come to Newcastle this weekend but have come down with a respiratory infection and just don't feel like catching birds and making the trip, we will probably come the first weekend in May, I should have some LF black and blue cochins; large barred rocks, toulouse geese, white faced black spanish and possibly some hatching eggs.

Bo

 

[mjgigax]

T-shirts are now available at a very affordable price of $7.50. All orders placed before April 26th will receive their shirts at POOPS! It will ask for your shipping information. This is a back up plan. All shirts will be shipped to one location and handed out at POOPS, but if something should happen and they are unable to get them out in time they have your individual shipping address for back up. Please go to the following link to order. Thank-you MJ for all your work on this.
Feel free to PM me or MJ with any questions.
http://stores.inksoft.com/PoultrySwap/People_of_Oklahoma_Poultry_Swap-Products/1000115

 

[FunChick]

Prayers and blessings to the law enforcement agencies who have taken the Boston Marathon bombing suspect into custody...thank goodness it's over!!!

 

[FunChick]

The tee shirts are awesome!

 

[jcatblum]

Still no new baby goats!!! We have lost our best dog, haven't seen any sign of her in 24 hours. She never runs alone, so I can only imagine what has happened to her. Will need another big mean dog to replace her. We have the 3 boys still, but she was by far the dog that kept the most visitors afraid to leave their cars & she was the most obedient dog we had.

Anyone in the Chickasha area window shopping has to check out the antique stores. One had an amazing collection of egg scales & old egg baskets. The prices were extreme, but the products were neat to look at. The store next door had a ceramic Cochin that was so cute & other chicken stuff throughout the store.

Everyone get out & enjoy the weather!!! Great day to build new chicken pens to add to your collections!!!

 

[lonnyandrinda]

I've had a stubborn broody for about 2 1/2 weeks (11 month old BCM), Thursday I gave her three eggs that are "due" Sunday. Crossing my fingers she makes a good mom... this is the first time I've had a broody. Was going to move her last night to a nest on the floor but when I picked her up one of the eggs had pipped already so I decided it was better to leave her be... hope everything works out!

 

[jcatblum]

Lonnyandrinda my broodies have always hatched eggs from my incubator without any problems. I love watching momma hens raise up babies!!!!