***OKIES in the BYC III ***

[jcatblum]

Coral I am excited to hear how you chick order turns out from Sandhill. Do you have a guess how long until your next shipment? I was considering ordering some birds from them myself. If anyone else is wanting some chicks from Sandhill lmk & maybe we can split an order. Sure I can order 25 all by myself, but thought I would throw the offer out there since someone else might only want a few.

 

[Poco Pollo]

Cuteness, what are they?

They are cream Brabanters. There is no American standard. They were extinct until a group of breeders recreated them. I prefer the cream to the gold.

 

[Poco Pollo]

Coral I am excited to hear how you chick order turns out from Sandhill. Do you have a guess how long until your next shipment? I was considering ordering some birds from them myself. If anyone else is wanting some chicks from Sandhill lmk & maybe we can split an order. Sure I can order 25 all by myself, but thought I would throw the offer out there since someone else might only want a few.

I got a phone call last night confirming the box was shipped from Iowa. I expect a phone call from the post office (downtown) tomorrow morning. I will let you know what they look like when I get them home. I drive to Tulsa so that the box doesn't get routed to Muskogee and then to Haskell and then to my house. There is a day, sometimes two, added to their journey if I let the post office carry them all the way here. I'm expecting Buff Catalan, Cuckoo layers ( a cross), and some large fowl assorted. They didn't have enough cream Brabanters this time to fill my order, so I was told I would get a second shipment with the Brabanters and some filler chicks when the Brabanters are available. I hope all the San Hill Brabanters are crested. I was hoping to put together a nice breeding group from the two shipments (Ideal/Sand Hill), but there's no telling until they grow up.

 

[Buster52]

Coral I am excited to hear how you chick order turns out from Sandhill. Do you have a guess how long until your next shipment? I was considering ordering some birds from them myself. If anyone else is wanting some chicks from Sandhill lmk & maybe we can split an order. Sure I can order 25 all by myself, but thought I would throw the offer out there since someone else might only want a few.

What do you plan on ordering? I'm ordering another 100 meat birds next week.

 

[Okla-doodle-doo]

PoCo yes I did hear from Sandhill. They sent my check back because they could' fill the order. They were booked up on the breed till June! So I had to send the order back in and now am on the bottom of the list again! You would have thought they would have just left the order in the system and filled it when they could. I won't be using them again!
Had an ice hen hatch out 14 out of 17 eggs today! Gerbil had three baby's,hamster had a pot full of baby's and I got one doe rabbit bred today!

 

[NanaKat]

Minerva Minorca is broody so I gave her 12 eggs (CW, Cochin cross) and Delilah has gone very broodie so I gave her 15 eggs (OEGB, Blue Wyandotte and her Blue Cochin eggs). I set up the cages with a hay nesst and settled the eggs in the depression. Both girls went into their cages and immediately started talking to the eggs, settled in and pulled all their eggs in close.

Went to the doctor for my neck injections today...slept all the way home. He wants to run a cardiac battery review so he is sending my records to a cardiologist Since my younger sister as well as my mother had heart attacks it makes sense. Sister also has diabetes. If nothing turns up, it will be a good baseline for future comparisons.

When I got home, I checked on the girls and both were still sitting tight on their eggs. They are going to be great Moms.

Going to bed early tonight.

 

[jcatblum]

What do you plan on ordering? I'm ordering another 100 meat birds next week.

I am wanting some rose comb RIR & maybe some more hertiage RIR, of course I would also like some Langshan & some dorkings.... If I look at the page a while longer I am sure that I can find a few other things I NEED. Rose comb RIR are sold out until July, but I do want some...... Do you have enough housing for all those birds? I have a few cattle pannel style coops that will be empty after I process my roos. Hope to process them this weekend. I will have my sisters kids, so may not be able to process with the extra helpers running around.

Nana--- did you see that I was bringing 2 decorative tiles for raffle? Maybe more, but my cutting program & I are not on speaking terms at the moment.

 

[mjgigax]

This year again we will have the option of two different colors!!! I think they look great! When you are ready to place your order please PM me with T-shirt in the subject line, if you do not receive a reply from me please follow up to make sure I have your order as I will have several lists & this is the only way to insure that you have your shirt.

The shirt will cost 9.00 per shirt for youth small to adult XL, anything over that will be an additional 1.00 per X (for instance XXL will be 10.00)

No money will be needed to order your shirt but please make sure that you will be at the event to get your shirt, I know things happen & if that does please contact me so we can make other arrangements.

Orders are due by the end of the day: April 23th

Sooner- adult sm & med in blue
Greybear 4XL (NOT SURE COLOR)
Betsy XL in blue
Muesky (2) XL’s one each color.

Mjgigax - 2 red xxl, 1 blue xxl

 

[mjgigax]

PEOPLE OF OKLAHOMA POULTRY SWAP "2012" OFFICIAL EVENT ANNOUNCEMENT

WHEN: Saturday, May 5th 2012, start time 8:00 a.m. to 6 p.m.

WHERE: CHOCTAW CREEK PARK, CHOCTAW OKLAHOMA. The park is located on Harper Drive in Choctaw. It is six miles North of the KOA, where we have had events in the past and about seven miles North of Interstate 40.It is about one quarter mile south of NE 23rd Street in Choctaw. We will have more detailed directions later.
WHO: All members and participants of the "OKIES IN THE BYC", their families and invited friends. The underlying theme this year is "SIMPLE IS SUPER."

1. FOOD: This year we will be featuring another delectable pot luck dinner. We are going with the idea of a giant picnic.Hamburgers, hot dogs, hot links, some bbq etc. will be provided. Additional foods will be needed. (Chips, potato salad, salads, baked beans etc,)
2. Poultry: The usual fanatical buying/selling/swapping of poultry. There will not be a live auction this year, although depending on what we receive, we might set some items up in a Silent Bid Auction.
3. Raffle: We will be holding the raffle as in the past and it will be sure to entice all members of the family.

4. T-shirts are available to order.

5. There will be lots of fun and fellowship with our great Okie friends sure to entertain. We encourage those that want to set up displays with their interests to please do so. We are setting up different time slots where plan to have discussions with question and answer sessions. If you want to participate on a panel or have ideas for the discussion please let me know. There are people that I have asked or will be asking to be on a panel to address concerns and questions as related to the aspect of owning and keeping poultry.
Several of our members have happily offered to give freely of their time. They will head up the following areas of interest. We also need additional volunteers to help with some of the areas that require more support, Please contact Monty (Buckguy20) or Carah (Sooner) if you would like to offer your services. For those that have already volunteered, I will be in contact with you..

CONTACTS:
Carah (Sooner): Food and Beverages. Contact Sooner with your ideas, dishes, and help. An online list will be started and circulated around our thread. It is very important to the success of this event that everyone participates and brings food.
NanaKat: Raffle. She will post about the raffle donations, please contact her with your items. Ideas for the Raffle: Chickens of all breeds & ages, Chicks, hatching eggs of all kinds, ducks, peafowl, rabbits, turkeys, quail, cages, waterers, feeders, incubators, wire, netting.
Arts & crafts, nic-nacs, and any other related items. Also,any fun type things especially things that appeal to kids.

Beth (cityclucks): Name Tags, online attendance roster, clerical support, and welcoming table.

Carah (Sooner): Tee Shirts- 3 color Designs are now in the works. A size and Quantity order list will be posted soon. Get your order in early, NO $$$$ will be needed in advance to order.

****** NEEDED ITEM'S & SUPPORT VOLENTEERS *******

These are a few things that we always seem to be in need of at all of our events, If you have something you would like to let us use/borrow we sure could use them. We will continue to also update this list as we get items and find thing's we are in need of, so check back often.

1. Tables of all sizes, chairs.
2. Volunteers for help in setting up, taking down and clean up.
3. Raffle items.
4. FOOD, FOOD, and MORE FOOD.
5. Ice Chests, Coolers, Large beverage Jug's.
6. Tarps and ropes
7. POWER STRIPS

Monty, I have a 10 x10 pop-up canopy I plan on bringing. Will there ber a covered area for birds or food?

 

[mjgigax]

Someone forgot to tell me how lazy and laid back Dark Brahma are and how cuddly and lovey Ameraucana are. All the Brahma act the same and all the Ameraucana act the same-way different than my Cochins and Silkies last year. The Bantam Faverolles are 4 wks old now and little wild childs. Out of 6 Bantam Faverolles babies I ended up with 4 girls, a Salmon boy and a Blue Salmon boy. I wanted a Blue Salmon boy really bad so I'm glad I got one. I'll place the Salmon boy, there's no need to have 2 when I'm not even going to breed them. But I gotta do it soon instead of hanging onto him for 6 months, would anyone be interested?
Here's a Lavender Ameraucana and one of the Dark Brahma. Look at the size of the Brahma's crop lol They loooove to eat.

Awesome luck on the Bantam Favarolles! They are such beautiful birds.
I have one Americauna now and if she is like the typical Amreicauna I'm going to want more because she is so sweet, already eating from my hand. She can mix in with my breeding Cochins because her eggs sure will be easy to spot.
Don't tempt me with those brahamas! You know how I love fluffy round birds.