***OKIES in the BYC III ***

[TipihlowLadies]

Did way too much today and am now paying for it...sitting in a recliner with heating pad at my back a neck roll, warm blanket, Hydrocodone, and the Thunder game is on. Roger is channel surfing

Fed little Joe and then the chickens feed and water, cleaned the two brooders in the house, started three a day cow checks since calving season has started, candled three sets of eggs, set 27, checked on the chicks currently hatching, fixed lunch, cleaned the brooder in the hot tub room....should have been cleaned last week...moved chicks from the house in to it, fed Little Joe his second bottle bucket, cleaned his pen and refilled the outside feeders. Then I showered and fixed dinner. Will feed Little Joe and move him back into the barn later. Whew!

bY

 

[TipihlowLadies]

a little scary this is going to sound bad and is please don't trust people coming up to your home my neighbor went missing Friday frontdoor was found wide open blood inexces of normal accident his hummer is missing also.He has new 3month baby sad.my Brian won't stop playing it out i defenatly watch to much tv

 

[Kassaundra]

That is horrible, I haven't heard anything on the news about it. I hope he is found okay.

Nanakat is definitely an inspiring whirlwind of activity!

 

[NanaKat]

Boy, I was feeling it last night...I need to remember my age when I start working on projects...

TipihlowLadies.... Sure hope your neighbor shows up! And that the person responsible is found....

Our local news channel reported two men have escaped from a prison facility in S E Oklahoma... They were found missing on headcount this morning so escaped yesterday or thru the night...cut thru a fence. One man is about 40, white with a beard and moustashe. The other is about 30, black with a bald head.
We don't always hear about prisoners that walk away from the prison close to us...but one of our neighbors teaches there and lets us know when one is a dangerous character. We are right on the highway.

Chicks are hatching..Serama, Cochin, Wyandotte, Delaware and other Bantams.

 

[Kassaundra]

I have a broody, going to give her some eggs. I need to check w/ Country Hatchery about muskovie chicks, when her eggs hatch I'd like to give her some muscovie to raise. They will pinion them prior to purchase, and I'm hoping if raised w/ a broody chicken mom they will integrate into the flock well. I am only going to keep 3, two females and a male, the chicks they raise will be off to freezer camp at 12 wks old.

 

[Kassaundra]

Make that two broodies now, the first broody talked Q-tip into going broody.

 

[TipihlowLadies]

That is horrible, I haven't heard anything on the news about it.  I hope he is found okay. 

Nanakat is definitely an inspiring whirlwind of activity!

we heard about it on facebook late Friday then the sheriff's dept stopped by Sunday evening and asked all kinds of questions but nobody no crime until blood is tested and prooved his or even if it's human

 

[artsyrobin]

Had a nice visit with coral today, she picked up one boy for capon camp and porthos is going to 'gentlemen' school to learn how to treat ladies!




his girls have been hiding from him

 

[Poco Pollo]

Dear Momma,

It's been raining all day long, and I'm feeling a little bit blue. The camp director soaked our chopped corn in apple juice to try to cheer me up. It was okay. My brother told me to quit whining and showed me how to throw corn in the air and catch it. He's such a show off. When I didn't laugh and try it, he put on his grouchy face and told me to just go to bed early. I didn't wanna, so I sat by the camp director and used my psychic powers to get her to take me on a walk-about.



You won't believe what I saw! There's this pen, and it's covered, and it's got lots of hay and straw and shavings and stuff in it. But the best thing in it is the piggies. I couldn't see them very well, so the CD opened the gate to let them walk around by the barn for a little bit. (By the way, CD is short for Camp Director. Just thought I'd fill you in on that one.) So the pigs took turns getting drinks from a bucket, and I was super surprised when Ophelia, the biggest girl, put her whole head into the bucket and swallowed down enough water to sink a ship. She didn't come up until the bucket was nearly drained. They ate some apple peels and some whole bananas, still in the skin! I'm not kidding. They ate the bananas and the peels and then they asked for more snacks, so the CD gave them some corn bread, and then they went back in the piggie house. I got to eat some corn bread, too, which made me happy, so I asked if we could go a little further to see if anyone else was still outside.

There's this big rooster guy. His name is Hercule. He's got two really, really hot babes that follow him everywhere. They came over to talk to us for a few minutes. Hercule told me all about the possum that got snatched up last night by something big; something with wings. One minute the stinky old possum was there, walking around looking for stuff to eat, and the next minute the possum had disappeared, leaving just a puff of fur on the ground. Hercule told us to come look, and so we did. He showed us the exact spot where the possum got snatched. The way Hercule told the story, Momma, made me all shivery. I'm going to retell it tonight, after we're tucked in. It's going to make the best scary story I've ever, ever told.


We heard some ducks calling, so we said goodbye to Hercule and his babes and went in search of the voices. The runners were too preoccupied to talk with us, but the muskovies were happy for the company. They talked, and talked, and talked, and took long drinks, and talked some more. I wish they talked about something more interesting than nest building or mud grubbing. Both are interesting subjects, to a point, but there is only so much that a man can hear before it all starts to sound like, "Quack, quack, quack, quack, quack." Know what I mean? Aren't they pretty, Momma? I might go talk to them again tomorrow.


So then we went back to the camp pen, since I was feeling happier, and I could tell that there were some jealous vibes floating around. It's not my fault that the CD picked me, and that nobody else got to go exploring today. So the CD put me down, and I walked up and I was like, "Dude. What's with the grouchy face?" I can't repeat anything he said, 'cause I know kids might read my letters, so I'll just let the photo speak for itself.



So the CD said, "Adios," which means goodbye, and she went back to camp headquarters. It'll be dark soon, so I'll close this letter by saying that my day got better and I'm glad I had a chance to tell you about it because I don't want you to think that I'm not having a good time here. I'll write to you soon.

Love,
Phtheven

 

[Ksane]

@Poco Pollo , I love the letters! What's even cooler is I know some of your animals and your place. I was there the day you *got Hercules from Kass
Man....I'm going to be bummed when Kelly's chicken goes home and there's no more letters