***OKIES in the BYC III ***

[Elwood Lightfoot]

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Ther is a guy in Apache that sale's thim my phone went blank had to charge it ..ill sent you the num sunday wen i get back on ..I think they are 2 bck's a foot .

Thanks Michael, I should have known to ask you!

You might call your local power company I know OEC will sell you them when they have them for like $15 each you have to cut and load them and clean up your mess but can't beat the price..

 

[mjgigax]

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That is a good dog story. She is a treasure. Our dog is a rescue too. Dogs know loyalty better than anybody.

 

[jcatblum]

Thanks Elwood. I can try to ask caddo electric, but I never get the same answer twice! We have been talking to them for months abbot getting on their generator program. I do know someone who works @ pso so that could be worth a shot. I know after big storms all those broken poles have to go somewhere.

Robin the guineas are suppose to mate for life. They will go into morning when they loose their mate. You will see them mope around & the chatter will almost stop. When my coral blue boy disappeared his women looked rough. Two days later he came back & she was chattering away within a day. Odd to see the character come out in them.

 

[artsyrobin]

it really brought tears to my eye to see him like that, now he is the odd one out- they still range together, but he goes to that area quite often

 

[NanaKat]

Yesterday morning startd out great with all the girls out freeranging.
Then we had to doctor a calf that was constipated

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Cooked asian chicken for lunch for the boys but they were an hour late. When they did get back from one of the leases we had to go back with some toolsand supplies to properly fix fence. Our bull was missing...had broken through the neighbors fence and fought with their bull. He was somewhere on their 160 acres. Spent 3 hours after fixing the hole in the fence hunting him in the overgrown red cedar and creek bottoms. Had just about decided to head back home when we spotted him. Got him thru a gate and headed home. Hubby fixed dinner while I showered. We both fell asleep in the den.
Had to catch up on the Okie thread and am now headed to bed.

 

[BetsyOK]

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I've raised guineas for at least 15 years and belong to a major guinea fowl organization, so have many friends who also raise them. A very few guineas are very loyal to a single mate, but most are not. The idea that they mate for life is not well-founded. Most guineas will have multiple mates, depending on which is most dominant. Yes, some guineas will mourn a mate, but most just move right on. Yours will get over the loss and select another mate if one is available.

 

[lynn1961]

Do any of you Okie's raise turkeys ? I am interested in learning more about them, have looked at a loy of the post on BYC, but learning more from someone that lives in the area would sure help a lot. A nice and cool 58 degrees here this morning. Was in Fort Smith/Pocola area yesterday for work, they sure have a lot greener land than we do here, sure was pretty at sunrise, a little foggy across the mountains and the leaves are changing some already.

 

[lynn1961]

Will update the no till food plot when it gets light enough to take a pic, I believe this is week two after germination. The chickens have been eye balling the area a lot, I can almost hear them thinking out loud, " how the heck am I going to get over there to all that lovely fresh grown, tender green stuff" I did find some more of the mix at Orshlens, the cost was $15.00, not much more than a bag of feed. So hopefully the second area gets planted today after a couple of gates get put up to keep the seed suckers out of it. Last year DH mowed the chicken yard real close and put out winter rye, we did not keep them off of it as he said " those seed are so small, they can't eat them all". Well needless to say, the chickens had some real expensive treats that day, I just sat in the lawn chair watching him run the seeder over the area with the chickens following right behind him eating away, I do believe that they found every single seed out there, not a bit came up. Lol, live and learn.
The chickens almost loose there minds when the tiller gets started up, we let them it the garden when we till it to eat worms and bugs, so any kind of machine that sounds remotely like the tiller has their full attention.
The chickens have cut down on the bug population so much that there is hardley any bug problem at all in the summer time. Got to love those birds.

 

[faerielady]

Been up since 6 am (after going to bed at 1:30am, am I a glutton for punishment or what?) getting ready for a Marine Corps car & bike wash. I hate fundraisers, really I do... but since James works nights, I agreed to do all the prep/loading/etc so he can get at least 2-3 hours of sleep before he has to be up to herd Marines around Ft. Thunder H-D.

Is it naptime yet?

 

[jcatblum]

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I've raised guineas for at least 15 years and belong to a major guinea fowl organization, so have many friends who also raise them. A very few guineas are very loyal to a single mate, but most are not. The idea that they mate for life is not well-founded. Most guineas will have multiple mates, depending on which is most dominant. Yes, some guineas will mourn a mate, but most just move right on. Yours will get over the loss and select another mate if one is available.

I agree the guinea will move on, but I do think that many mate for life. Mine stay in pairs & it is always the same pair running together. They are mates together for the life of the guinea pair. When one partner dies --- till death do us part-- the surviving guinea mourns and moves on after morning and a new mate appears. I don't think for life refers to life of both guineas but that is just my opinion. Lots of others on the guinea forum have posted about their guineas mourning.