***OKIES in the BYC III ***

[Kassaundra]

Don't we have someone training for a cross country hike on the Okie thread? Anybody trail runners or do organized race events?

Poco (Coral) is. Her big hike is next summer.

 

[artsyrobin]

I have been trying to up load pics since yesterday. But its not letting me. Im kinda glad to hear its not just me. No offence, lol

wonder if posting them to photobucket and insert the link here would work for you?

 

[NanaKat]

So enjoying this cooler weather. Hope everyone else is.
The broody hen population here is swelling...now have 17 girls growling! Don't know if it's weather connected....but when temps begin to rise again, I hope they change their minds. Two are sitting on a rock, three are on empty nests and the rest have 1 to 3 eggs. I had to set up a few extra boxes for the layers.

 

[our 5acre farm]

The first 2 are pics of 2 hens I created and in the 3rd pic you can see the blue roo with the gold I created that matches.

 

[our 5acre farm]

And ya its finally letting me upload pics.

 

[BetsyOK]

MJ, I believe it is a buff dundotte. It should do just fine with your cochins, especially if it is a female. The buffs are in the brown category, and the browns have gender specific color characteristics in that the females are darker than the males. Without another of the opposite gender to compare, it is difficult to be sure, but if my memory serves me right, this one looks on the dark side. I've found that guineas raised with another specie will often behave more like the flock than like your usual guineas, which is likely a good thing. At least mine that were raised early on with silkies are quite a lot calmer and friendlier than the usual guineas, though it may be because I interact more with the young silkies. This one may be young enough to take on more of your cochins' attitudes. It will likely breed with the cochins, and the resulting "guins" will be somewhat unusual looking. Some are really quite nice looking, while others look rather strange. The guins are generally sterile and don't seem to live more than a few years. There have been some very endearing stories of the short lives of specific guins. If this guinea is a male, it will probably also do well, but sometimes the males will be too aggressive to the roosters in the flock--at least those that were adults when they joined the flock.

 

[kimberlischicks]

Morning pics. Mo is my proud rooster, but ducky and lucy tailfeathers (newer to the flock) didn't want to have their pic taken this a.m. lol

 

[miohippus]

man my only sunflower survivor bit the dust today got up and the head was broken

 

[miohippus]

my rose of sharon

 

[kimberlischicks]

my rose of sharon

very pretty, looks like mine, except I had to cut half of my tree bc of storm damage and it looks kind of funny...would like to have a blue one