***OKIES in the BYC III ***

Found this cute story online and had to share it!!! think it might just work for some of us!!1 Well i do live by a church but hey!! What ever it takes1!! LOL Lynn ;-)

Farmer John and his chickens :D
by Amanda Goodwin on Monday, April 30, 2012 at 9:03pm ·

Farmer John lived on a quiet rural highway. But as time went by, the traffic slowly built up and became so heavy and so fast that his chickens were being run over at a rate of three to six a day. So one day Farmer John called the local police station and said, "You've got to do something about all of these people driving so fast and killing my chickens." "What do you want us to do?" asked the policeman. "I don't care, just do something about those crazy drivers!" So the next day the policeman had the Main Road workers go out erect a sign that said: SLOW: SCHOOL CROSSING Three days later Farmer John called the policeman and said, "You've got to do something about these drivers. The school crossing' sign seems to make them go even faster!" So, again, the policeman sends out the Main Roads workers and they put up a new sign: SLOW: CHILDREN AT PLAY That really sped them up. So Farmer John called and called and called every day for three weeks. Finally, he asked the policeman, "Your signs are doing no good at all ... can I put up my own sign?" The policeman said, "Sure, go ahead." He was willing to let Farmer John do just about anything in order to get him to stop calling to complain. The policeman got no more calls from Farmer John. Three weeks later, curiosity got the best of the policeman and he decided to give Farmer John a call. "How's the problem with those drivers. Did you put up your sign?" "Oh, I sure did, replied Farmer John, and not one chicken has been killed since then. I've got to go. I'm very busy." He hung up the phone. The policeman was really curious and he thought to himself,"I'd better go out there and take a look at that sign, it might be something that WE could use to slow down drivers." So he drove out to Farmer John's house, and his jaw dropped the moment he saw the sign. It was spray painted on a sheet of wood.... NUDIST COLONY Go slow and watch out for chicks! Keep Smiling ......
 
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Good joke, Greybear!

I have a question for NanaKat or anyone else who knows: When I was growing up we picked a plant we called Lamb's Quarter and ate it like spinach - is that the same thing as Poke? Or are they different? I see Lamb's Quarter in this part of Oklahoma, but I don't recognize what Poke is.
 
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Haha that's funny!!!! I needed that today!
 
NO IT AINT!!!! they are different!! i can bring you siome POKE if you want it, I have it all over my yard and pasture!!! They get purple berries on them in the summer, you really only want to eat the first shoots to emerge from poke or the tender end groth, I can bring you some Lambs Quarter too!!! they are best when collected about 10 inches tall or shorter, more tender!!! Sorry, I m not Nana, but I been there done this!!! LOL Lynn ;)
Good joke, Greybear!

I have a question for NanaKat or anyone else who knows: When I was growing up we picked a plant we called Lamb's Quarter and ate it like spinach - is that the same thing as Poke? Or are they different? I see Lamb's Quarter in this part of Oklahoma, but I don't recognize what Poke is.
 
NO IT AINT!!!! they are different!! i can bring you siome POKE if you want it, I have it all over my yard and pasture!!! They get purple berries on them in the summer, you really only want to eat the first shoots to emerge from poke or the tender end groth, I can bring you some Lambs Quarter too!!! they are best when collected about 10 inches tall or shorter, more tender!!! Sorry, I m not Nana, but I been there done this!!! LOL Lynn
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Thanks Lynn! Does Poke get big with thick stalks and wide leaves and kind of a reddish stalk? I think I have that growing down in back. No need for you to bring me any - but thank you! I might try it.
 
Nice pics Nan!!! love the Poppies!!! Lynn
Pictures as promised of the new babies:
Belgian Bearded d'Anvers hatch of 4/28/12. There are a couple of Spangled OEGB in here too. Colors on the d'Anvers include Black, Buff Columgian, BBRed, Ginger Red, MilleFleur and Porcelain.


The Columbian Wyandottes and Blue CW Wyandottes along with an EE wyandotte and a Cochin Aussie

Bo Garretts Blue Cochin eggs hatched 4/29. We ended up with 7 blues and 3 blacks...one is hiding in the very back...must be camera shy or sleeping


And then...Nature's beauties...
Lucy and Goosey at their feeder


And of course flowers after the rain!


Oh, and these cuties....Spangled OEGB and Buff Columbian OEGB...three week old
 
Yes it does, some people say you can tale the tender stalks and chop it up, soak it in salt water over night and then bread and fry it like OKRA!!! I'll stick with okra myself tho!!! LOL Lynn
 

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