***OKIES in the BYC III ***

[lynn1961]

The Durant sell was slower than usual, got home aroungd 1:00am. That is early for the Durant sale. Got to meet Grace, what a nice young lady ! I did really good, did not buy any chickens............... at all, but came home with a trio of bronze turkeys. Realy pretty birds and bought them at a very good price.
So all in all, Durant was a buyers market last night, not a sellers. There will be another sale the 1st tuesday in October.
Hope everone has a great day !

 

[lynn1961]

Way to go Okie's, we are about to hit the 2,000 page.

 

[Parson's Wife]

I found Silkies, local! Last night we went to visit a church (they have Tues. we have Wed) one of the members there told me she raised 'rare' breeds of chickens....with bated breath I asked, "Do you raise Silkies?" She said, oh yeah...got lots of them!

Why am I telling this? Because, she is close to the OK border...and if someone would like to check with her on the types of breeds she raises...I will pass on the # thru a PM.

 

[sixshooter60]

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[Tracydr]

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I've always thought naked necks would be a great dual purpose breed for warm climates like OK or AZ. I used to have them when I was in Lawton. Loved the huge brown eggs thepalsyed. I wasn't into meat birds at the time but they were big, meaty type birds. Now that I'm raising meat birds, I'm considering them as a part of a cross. I just wish the naked neck trait wasn't so dominant. If you have a naked neck rooster and allow it to breed your hens, pretty soon the whole flock is naked necks. I prefer some diversity. However, sure would make the plucking easier. I think they will be a great part of my meat project.
Very nice looking roo.
Less than a year away from our move back to Okie land! Now my husband just needs to land a job at one of the universities so that I know which region we'll be living in.

 

[Tracydr]

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Recipe, please!

I don't have an actual recipe. I take the okra pod and slice it like you would if you were going to fry it, season it w/ savory spicey seasonings of your choice (I have used garlic powder and black pepper w/ a cajun mixed and also w/ a oriental spicey mix seasoning) place them in the dehydrator and dehydrate until crispy. They turn out very crunchy like fried okra, but no fat or cholesterol or added carbs (breading). This is my first time doing it, I was just trying to find a way to eat it that I would eat.

Thanks! The stuff I buy from the store has a ton of fat. I'm going to give this a try. I just wish I would get more than a handful of pods each day. I've been sticking them in brine in the fridge because there's not enough for much else, except maybe a batch of grilled or fried. I love it grilled, too. Pickles and the dried from the store are my favorites, grilled is my favorite cooking method.
Now that it cooled down a bit ( if you call yesterdays' 102 cool), they are starting to produce more.
Next year, I really need to plant a long row of okra. It's the only thing that has a chance here in our summer heat, besides amaranth for the chickens.

 

[Kassaundra]

The dehydrated okra in the BBQ sauce was not very good. I'll just stick to the spicy dry seasonings.

 

[Tony O]

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OKIES in the BYC come through again

Thanks to GotGame, everything went great. He IM'd me with a phone number, I relayed the number to my friend. I just got a phone call back. He called the number, went to look, and came home with what he was looking for. He got about a one year old lemon/blue old english rooster. He told me the new roo was now introducing himself to the hens. Now that was fast.

 

[Kassaundra]

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I don't have an actual recipe. I take the okra pod and slice it like you would if you were going to fry it, season it w/ savory spicey seasonings of your choice (I have used garlic powder and black pepper w/ a cajun mixed and also w/ a oriental spicey mix seasoning) place them in the dehydrator and dehydrate until crispy. They turn out very crunchy like fried okra, but no fat or cholesterol or added carbs (breading). This is my first time doing it, I was just trying to find a way to eat it that I would eat.

Thanks! The stuff I buy from the store has a ton of fat. I'm going to give this a try. I just wish I would get more than a handful of pods each day. I've been sticking them in brine in the fridge because there's not enough for much else, except maybe a batch of grilled or fried. I love it grilled, too. Pickles and the dried from the store are my favorites, grilled is my favorite cooking method.
Now that it cooled down a bit ( if you call yesterdays' 102 cool), they are starting to produce more.
Next year, I really need to plant a long row of okra. It's the only thing that has a chance here in our summer heat, besides amaranth for the chickens.



I am going to plant it as shade next year, put other plants to the east of the okra, so the other plants get the morning sun but are shaded by the okra in the afternoon. I don't know if it will work, but figured it was worth a try.

This is my first year to grow okra, will it bear until killing frost? or since it is a heat lover will it slow down as it cools?

 

[GotGame]

Looks like I will be bringing some young birds to either newcastle or blanchard auction, whichever one is going on . Gettin too many birds runnin around, will start attractin varmints if I am not careful.