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[KHaws]

first i would like to say sorry for your loss, it is never a fun experience.
thank you for all of the useful information, it would be great if you could keep me posted. thank you.
we are going to have an enclosed run, due to where we live, it will be bigger than a normal run, but still a run.
also, by chance were you a member on a page TSR? if not its fine, there was someone with the same screen name on that group a while back ( i havent been on it in a long time)

I have 5 Ameracuanas. My laying hen is one of my sweetest birds and squats for me everytime I get near her. She is great with my kids and lays at least 4 large eggs a week. The other 4 are juveniles and one is a roo so we will see. Australorps and Orpingtons are great and are some of my favorites. They both lay well (Australorp is a little better). They don't fly very well if at all and are vunerable to predators (my neighbors dogs). My Wyandotte is a little standoffish but she was already laying when I got her so I don't think she was socialized. I have 2 juveniles that are much more tolerant to being handled. I have a pair of juvenile Delawares and so far they are great. They had them at Atwoods early in the season. I also have 2 juvenile Speckled Sussex that I like a lot. They seem to be a little undersized or slow to mature but are sweethearts. My brown Leghorn is a great layer but it very skittish. I may sell her when all the juveniles start laying. She's very pretty and lays almost daily but I prefer a bird I can interact with and that I don't have to chase around for 20 minutes to give her a check-up. All of my Roos are juveniles so I can help there yet. I can keep you posted on how they turn out if you like. I have 6 or 7 I think lol.

While I was writing this my wife was out with the birds and found one of my Sussex had died. Not sure why. She didn't have any injuries or anything. She was one of my favorites too. You always seem to lose the best ones.

 

[artsyrobin]

Broken Arrow Tornado was in view from our hotel!!! Kids were swimming & a lady ran in screaming for everyone to take cover, thankfully it went the other way! How close are the storms to Coral, Robin, Joe??? Who ever else lives this way??? Hope everyone is ok!

Cement Auction--- I don't have any solid info, other than 2nd & 4th Saturdays 6 fairgrounds. Sad to say we will miss the first one since Grandma will be in town returning our girls.

it passed 20 miles north of us, we are in muskogee, in went through northern wagoner- is headed toward tahlequah, but appears to be reorganizing as it goes... did you get pics??

 

[teganoid]

I'm in Mustang...about 15 miles from Moore.

 

[jcatblum]

it passed 20 miles north of us, we are in muskogee, in went through northern wagoner- is headed toward tahlequah, but appears to be reorganizing as it goes... did you get pics??

No pics. Honestly was pure craziness inside the hotel. I immediately tried calling DH at home, but calls wouldn't go through of course. Once it was for certain not turning back this way we got the all clear. My girls didn't even want to put on PJs since if another round comes everyone will see them dressed in PJs. Think we need to pick a new place to stay when we come to Tulsa area, few months ago weather was bad when we stayed here too-- not tornado bad, but standing water in the parking lot bad.

 

[Kassaundra]

depends on how they were raised yes they can get mean and ornery if they are not socialized when they are young but the one my FIL had last year was very nice not mean at all But it is still smart not to totaly trust one or let a small child one in the same pin if they are in rut they can be unpredictable.

All our goats male and female were hand (bottle) raised and handled several times a day. But I will admit the meanest of all the mean males was the one my gparents bought grown (so not raised by us)

 

[CayuseRanch]

Any tornadoes near Miami? My son Is there but it isn't really being shown here.

 

[Kassaundra]

I'm in Mustang...about 15 miles from Moore.

Another Whovian!!!!!!!!

 

[WhiskeyTango]

first i would like to say sorry for your loss, it is never a fun experience.
thank you for all of the useful information, it would be great if you could keep me posted. thank you.
we are going to have an enclosed run, due to where we live, it will be bigger than a normal run, but still a run.
also, by chance were you a member on a page TSR? if not its fine, there was someone with the same screen name on that group a while back ( i havent been on it in a long time)

No, wasn't me. I am in the process of building a chicken moat garden. It will be roughly 2000 square feet of garden with a 5 foot run all the way around it. All of the coops will be at one end. Hopefully it will be ready by next spring.

 

[jcatblum]

Any tornadoes near Miami? My son Is there but it isn't really being shown here.

I don't think anything went that far north, but could be wrong. Since I am not normally in the North East part of the state I am sure all yall would have been laughing to see me & the girls trying to track the weather as we drove here & once we got here. Every new alert I would try to get the girls to map where we were compared to where the storm was. My phone is only set up to go off for alerts by my house, guess I need to change it to go off for alerts based on my location too.

So far doesn't look like much major damage from todays storms, hope when the sun comes up that is still true.

 

[artsyrobin]

Quote: exactly what i thought!!!