***OKIES in the BYC III ***

[Ksane]

The egg contest was an awesome idea! Nana, I'm so glad I finally got to meet you.
Here's the 2 hefty little Buff Orpingtons I got from Bill that hatched yesterday along with my 2 Silver Laced Cochins that hatched today. The little Orps are soooo worn out
They're doing really good though, Bill, and I just adore them. They're going to go perfect in with my Cochins.

 

[spunkychickenmomma]

Kass~
I won the box that Barnswallow sent. It was full of all kinds of goodies! A pink NY Yankees ball cap, a book on raising chickens, a recipe box with recipe index cards, some flower suckers, some chickie sticky notes, a rooster kitchen hand towel, a popcorn bowl with "popcorn" chicken in it, a silver kitchen prayer picture, and a really awesome 3-D rooster framed picture.
Thank you so much Barnswallow! Wish you could have been there.

What was in the suprise box from barnswallow all the way from NY?

 

[NanaKat]

Had a great time at POOPS! Thank you to all those who worked to put everything together and made it a success!

Posted some pics - link below. Going to try to catch up on the posts.

POOPS Photos: https://www.backyardchickens.com/gallery/album/view/id/6208698/user_id/49372

Edit: Soon I will post the names of those I know and/or who's name tag I can read. I'm terrible with names, so please let me know if you see yourself or can identify anyone in pics.

Deanne...great photos!!! Thank you for sharing them so quickly.

I see some faces of folks I needed to spend more time visiting! Guess this means I need to make the trpi to Muskogee next month so I can visit with them. Can't get enough of those neat chicken folk.

Ksane..it was nice meeting you also.

 

[jcatblum]

Mitzi the dark brammas were WAY pretty. They even caught the eye of DH. There was a whole box of 3 or 4 month old pullets & 3 large hens. I am sure they brought a pretty penny.

 

[spunkychickenmomma]

I got a blue naked neck rooster and blue naked neck chicks that I have been wanting for some time along with a couple of splash and and a golden colored puffy cheek naked necks from Monty. One of the splash chicks is particularly vocal, so cute. Got a splash Ameracuana and a blue salmon Marans from Jack along with some of Jack's chicken knowledge. then when I got home and went into my coop I got my very first true olive egg from one of my olive eggers. What a great Cinco de Mayo!
Thank you to everyone that had a hand in putting together this event today. Job very well done!

 

[averytds]

Darn, I didn't even think to take any pics. Another fabulous time at POOPS. Hmmmm.... I won a hibiscus in the raffle, bought some pretties from Betsy, some chicks from Jack and a new roo for my DS from Rebecca. Gotta chat with so many people, Teva & Les, Betsy & Vashi, Monty, Mary, Beth........ Missed a few people as well.

Learned a whole lot more about beekeeping from Maribeth. Found out where Mary's swap is that everyone's always talking about. Even met my first guard llama.


All around a really great time.

 

[CityClucks]

POOPS was awesome! I so enjoyed seeing old friends and meeting new ones.

I got home, unloaded and situated the keets I got from jcatblum/Christina and her fantastic daughter Taron by dark. My folks will be so happy with the different colors of guineas - thank you! And one extra "thanks!" to Taron for checking on them in my truck during the event to make sure they weren't too hot or cold. They all ate and drank and ran around in the little hutch, and Jack ran a lamp to them with a red heat bulb on a timer. I'm about to go out and check on them when I finish this post.

Bill - I sat down with Jack after dark tonight and showed him what you showed me about the cane and how to plant it. After I'd done the show and tell thing he had to pace off and measure and tried to mathematically figure out how many plants we might get per every 10 feet, etc. etc. I could have probably had the stuff in the ground by the time he diagrammed it out, so if we do it his way it will look nice. (Stuff we plant 'my way' ends up looking like it fell off a truck and took root in that spot by accident. My grandmother would always say "That's okay honey, it won't be noticed galloping by on a black horse at midnight." She also held up a clothes iron to me one time when I was a fully grown woman and said "Honey, do you know what this is?" But I digress...)

Kass!! I won the iris bulbs - seriously, I put almost all my tickets in the Iris bag and am so glad I won them! I have one little tiny patch of about four lavender iris, so I know that iris will grow in that area - I'm looking forward to having a forest of beautiful colors next spring. Thank you so much for taking the time to dig them up and sending them. I already forgot who you sent them with - I am thankful to that person as well.

I feel like I left several conversations unfinished today, and there are so many of you that I didn't get to visit with, so we must get together again soon! I will post pictures tomorrow - when I get a chance between planting the cane and iris and sitting and watching the keets flit about.

 

[Buckguy20]

From POOPS to POOPED!
I will give my Poops thank you speech tomorrow, but for now, I just want to say it was a good, good day and I enjoyed seeing everyone.
Now to lay down and rest my bones!
Night Everyone!!
Monty

 

[Kassaundra]

POOPS was awesome! I so enjoyed seeing old friends and meeting new ones.

I got home, unloaded and situated the keets I got from jcatblum/Christina and her fantastic daughter Taron by dark. My folks will be so happy with the different colors of guineas - thank you! And one extra "thanks!" to Taron for checking on them in my truck during the event to make sure they weren't too hot or cold. They all ate and drank and ran around in the little hutch, and Jack ran a lamp to them with a red heat bulb on a timer. I'm about to go out and check on them when I finish this post.

Bill - I sat down with Jack after dark tonight and showed him what you showed me about the cane and how to plant it. After I'd done the show and tell thing he had to pace off and measure and tried to mathematically figure out how many plants we might get per every 10 feet, etc. etc. I could have probably had the stuff in the ground by the time he diagrammed it out, so if we do it his way it will look nice. (Stuff we plant 'my way' ends up looking like it fell off a truck and took root in that spot by accident. My grandmother would always say "That's okay honey, it won't be noticed galloping by on a black horse at midnight." She also held up a clothes iron to me one time when I was a fully grown woman and said "Honey, do you know what this is?" But I digress...)

Kass!! I won the iris bulbs - seriously, I put almost all my tickets in the Iris bag and am so glad I won them! I have one little tiny patch of about four lavender iris, so I know that iris will grow in that area - I'm looking forward to having a forest of beautiful colors next spring. Thank you so much for taking the time to dig them up and sending them. I already forgot who you sent them with - I am thankful to that person as well.

I feel like I left several conversations unfinished today, and there are so many of you that I didn't get to visit with, so we must get together again soon! I will post pictures tomorrow - when I get a chance between planting the cane and iris and sitting and watching the keets flit about.

Awesome, glad you were glad to get them. They are 6 colors each bag is a diff color. I have posted pics of all the colors except the yellow, it is big and frilly and has a subtle two tone (paler center and darker edging, but subtle)

 

[Oceanseve]

that was fun! Let's do it again!