***OKIES in the BYC III ***

[bardies]

Got all the new kids settled in from the Newcastle auction. Week old chicks are all nestled in the dish that has the food in it. So think "chicks in a bowl". I also got 4 of some very lovely red star sex links from the same folks mentioned in this thread recently - very nice folks! There were also eggs from there - laid by their big flock and some of these eggs were HUGE!

Glad to see some of the BYC folks there.

Good luck everyone with their purchases from tonight!

 

[shelbydog]

Get prepared for cuteness overload

 

[NanaKat]

A Siamese manx? Really striking stare. Cute!

 

[shelbydog]

A Siamese manx? Really striking stare. Cute!

I don't have a clue what the parents look like. A friend has a crazy cat lady for a neighbor and this is one from a recent litter. He's a cutie pie for sure. And a toe biter.

 

[Kassaundra]

A Siamese manx? Really striking stare. Cute!

That was my guess too.

 

[mjgigax]

I don't have a clue what the parents look like. A friend has a crazy cat lady for a neighbor and this is one from a recent litter. He's a cutie pie for sure. And a toe biter.

Really cute. What is his name?

 

[shelbydog]

Really cute. What is his name?

Kelso

 

[NanaKat]

Roger's mother turned 90 on the 28th. We are so blessed she is still in great health and bright as a new penny.
Her heritage in chickens includes running a flock of 2000 Leghorns in Enterprise back in the 1940s to the 1950s delivering cases of eggs to a local grocery. The children helped wash and pack eggs. She is a wealth of advice and information. Roger's Dad worked at the the Navel Ammunition Depot in McAlester and farmed until they moved in 1958 to California and then back to Oklahoma settling in Choctaw. They farmed and gardened on their 40 acres and had a small flock of chickens.

 

[mjgigax]

Roger's mother turned 90 on the 28th. We are so blessed she is still in great health and bright as a new penny.
Her heritage in chickens includes running a flock of 2000 Leghorns in Enterprise back in the 1940s to the 1950s delivering cases of eggs to a local grocery. The children helped wash and pack eggs. She is a wealth of advice and information. Roger's Dad worked at the the Navel Ammunition Depot in McAlester and farmed until they moved in 1958 to California and then back to Oklahoma settling in Choctaw. They farmed and gardened on their 40 acres and had a small flock of chickens.

My dad is 90 too, still reads 2 newspapers every day. He farmed for 60 years. He missed being in the military in WWII because he lost 1/2 of his left thumb and first 2 fingers in a chair saw accident when he was 18. So he was dairy milk tester for 3 counties in Ohio when all the other men were gone to the war. He still knows all the back roads. He also flew for the Cival Air Patrol around the Great Lakes during the war. Alot of this info. I never knew. He opens up to my husband.

 

[NanaKat]

It is amazing what parents will share with their in-laws. It's like they think their children know all the history. We just have to ask more questions about what they remember from the decades of experiences they have had.
I have recordings of my grandmother telling stories from her past. She was 100 when she died. Wish I could have talked with my mom more before she died at 60. my aunts are in their 70s and 80s and love to talk about their pasts. Some really great memories.