***OKIES in the BYC III ***

[CityClucks]

May the Fourth be with you!

 

[jcatblum]

Kass good to hear your garden is thriving! If I think of it I can send you a pic of my ground cherries & tomatillo (mine are purple). They were eaten down almost to steams before I got them in the ground. Now they are happy & thriving.
Lunch is in the oven & the girls are making hills for pumpkins. The pumpkins are to be winter treats for the animals. They will store well & the birds should love them!

 

[CityClucks]

Looks like lots of folks were on last night visiting. I went to bed early. Too worn out to stay up past ten o'clock.

Robin - Five of the seven guinea eggs hatched. The babies are in the barn brooder making a racket. Four look pearl, and the fifth has white wings. I'm really curious to see how it will change as it grows. I'll take some photos tonight.

I've got a garden to weed. The sun is obscured by clouds, and the wind is below 15 mph, so I think this is the time to evict the weeds. I hope everyone has a great day.

For those of you headed to POOPS tomorrow: Have a safe and happy day! I'll be there is spirit. Help me live the day vicariously by posting your photos and telling stories about your favorite POOPS moments.

We will miss you Poco - but will see you in June. Have a great weekend with those adorable kids!

 

[Elwood Lightfoot]

May the Fourth be with you!

The Fourth is strong with this one, We'll have to watch them though when they get to the Fifth

 

[tgperg]

I am making chili for POOPS!

Sorry, I just had to say that!

 

[mjgigax]

This has been a good year for broody hens - as long as I can get past the idea that when they are broody they aren't laying eggs. Despite several hens playing musical nests and occasionally leaving a nest without a hen, at least 5 hens have hatched out chicks and the Muskovey duck hatched out more than 20 ducklings,

Jaxon found 5 silkie cross chicks yesterday afternoon, wandering around without a mama hen. I put them into a large bucket with some hay in the bottom and then gathered a hen that hatched out two days ago but hadn't been out of the coop with her chicks into the same bucket. I am hoping that by putting all the chicks and the hen into a cage at the same time she will accept them as her own and brood them for me. Since she had not yet clearly seen the colors of her own chicks and these are similar in color, it should work as long as the chicks will get under her when she calls them.

Yesterday morning I almost tripped over a hen who somehow managed to drag 8 eggs into the garage overnight, and was sitting on the eggs on the bare concrete. I guess she got tired of her eggs being eaten by the remaining skunks and decided that she needed a safer place to nest. I tried to move her and she ran away, but came back - so I think I will put a nest pad beneath her to cushion the eggs. Since she tends to range away from the rest of the flock I am not even sure her eggs will be fertile, so I am giving her additional eggs just in case. If she is that determined to set, I will assist her.

Amazing! we should all have that kind of determination.

 

[Elwood Lightfoot]

I am making chili for POOPS!

Sorry, I just had to say that!

Cool, I will be making tea later but I forgot to pick up sugar on my way home so have to make a trip after it, I never use it any more but tea just isn't tea without it, I also have no ice LOL I'm really prepared can ya tell
ETA a "T"

 

[Buckguy20]

Well we had a couple of stray dogs visit this morning. They killed a Shamo pullet and rooster and hurt one of Jared's OEG roosters.
They totally destroyed one pen and somehow pulled the other through the wire.
I have the extra tables and grill loaded and ready to head over to the park but I guess I will wait til morning to take them.
Gotta get all of the little stuff in order now.
I won't be on much today but will try and check in when I can.
If you have questions about POOPS send me a PM!

 

[Buckguy20]

May the Fourth be with you!

And then tomorrow you will plead the fifth!

 

[mjgigax]

I'm making two Blueberry pies and two Bananna cream pies. I also am making a suprise. I am so eggsited about POOPS I want to give my suprize away. I am wearing one of last year's POOPS t-shirts today at work.