***OKIES in the BYC III ***

[Kassaundra]

Here is what I am doing w/ that block


crochet on the top side


quilted on the back side.

 

[poultryand bees]

Anyone know how Barnswallow is doing??? Is Jason still gone & she facing the super storm on her own??? Hope everything is ok with them.

Haven't heard how the storm might have affected Barnswallow and the kids, but they are planning a homecoming for Jason sometime in November.

 

[Elbert Garrett]

Good morning to all!

The 1st day of November is going to be a real nice one....Sunny and 78°.

Another Halloween has come and gone with no site of the Great Pumpkin or Trick or Treaters The Milky Ways are mine!

I hope y`all enjoy your day!

 

[mjgigax]

I'm obviously impressed with Orpingtons also-I've gotten 11 total from Bill

GREAT birds.

You are so lucky. I have a friend that is looking for some chicks or eggs but Bill doesn't have any fertile eggs right now.

Change - Bill's hens don't have any fertile eggs right now.

 

[mjgigax]

Here is what I am doing w/ that block


crochet on the top side


quilted on the back side.

Very Cool!!!!!!!!!! I love the green and white chrochet blocks. I have a quilt block pattern that is very similar.

 

[mjgigax]

Good morning to all!

The 1st day of November is going to be a real nice one....Sunny and 78°.

Another Halloween has come and gone with no site of the Great Pumpkin or Trick or Treaters The Milky Ways are mine!

I hope y`all enjoy your day!

No trick or treaters here either. But the chickens got a pumpkin and a Flock Block! They weren't even in costume. DH spoils them worse than I do. Can't imagine what it would be like if we had children.

 

[Ksane]

The 3rd picture is one of the 2 Faverolles/Orloff mixes-both were boys. I sure do like Orloffs. I've got 6 Orloff hens and 8 Orloff pullets, very sweet and calm birds. I'm obviously impressed with Orpingtons also-I've gotten 11 total from Bill

GREAT birds.

Awesome looking birds!

Mitzi I like the look of that roo. Think he would have been awesome to have during the feather in the hair craze.
Only had 5 eggs today. Wonder if it is another snake or the dog???
The new electric fence is amazing. DH didn't put hot wire between the 2 goat pens, and now Bambi is jumping between pens. Both lens have identical feeders, hay & water, think she is just trying to prove she is still in charge.

Good morning to all!
The 1st day of November is going to be a real nice one....Sunny and 78°.
Another Halloween has come and gone with no site of the Great Pumpkin or Trick or Treaters The Milky Ways are mine!
I hope y`all enjoy your day!

You are so lucky. I have a friend that is looking for some chicks or eggs but Bill doesn't have any fertile eggs right now.

Change - Bill's hens don't have any fertile eggs right now.

MJ, your friend picked an excellent breed. I feel like Orpingtons must be one of those 'diamonds in the rough' breeds. They're so generic looking that people (me included) don't give them a second thought. I got 2 newly hatched Orpington chicks from Bill at POOPS, if not for those 2 (girls, thankfully) I'd have never realized what a gentle, calm and easy breed they are. Great with other chickens & each other, too. I SOOOOO lucked out getting so many all at once from him. I guess I hogged all his Orpingtons, huh??

 

[Kassaundra]

Very Cool!!!!!!!!!! I love the green and white chrochet blocks. I have a quilt block pattern that is very similar.

Thanks that one was mine, these blocks were from an exchange.





Well the crocheted part was from a swap anyway, not the quilted part.

 

[Oakieridge]

Mitzi, I love your orps. That is what I love about ours, they are so laid back. I have one hen that just talks and talks to me while I feed them. She is the queen of the coop (or so she thinks) I am getting ready to pull my Buff Orps out of the layers yard and put them with their roo. He was trying to horn in on the breeding action and the roo in the layers yard didn't like that one bit so time he got his own set of girls and their own pen. They will move to the now empty hoop house. I just have to get some nesting boxes put in there. Haven't needed them in there since it has only been a grow out pen up till now. I can't wait until my Lavender Orps are laying. I have 2 pullets and 2 roos so hopefully I can find about 4 more pullets this winter for them to share.

Christina we actually got 15 eggs yesterday but still nothing from my barred pen so I think there is a snake out there getting them. Since there are at least 12-15 girls in that pen that should be laying something is up with that pen. They also don't have a light yet so maybe that will help as well.

You know I don't think even waiting for Christmas is as hard as waiting for pullets to start laying! I have a pen of Wheaton Marans that are right at POL still not laying, my CW pullet still isn't laying, and I have 9 BCMs that should be laying but aren't (thinking maybe something is getting their eggs. They had been laying when I was letting them free range but they wouldn't lay in the coop so I thought keeping them from free ranging for a while would make them lay in the coop. Well they are showing me! They just aren't laying! LOL

 

[jcatblum]

Someone posted on a yahoo group that DARP sold meat chicks for 85c each I believe. They are too far for me to drive but thought would be good info for someone. Also was reading a good review of someone who regularly raises freedom rangers. They were able to get Cockerals 7lbs & pullets 5lbs. Sounds like a nice option, but they let them go to 14wks. You could do 2 batches of Cornish cross in that time.

P&B good luck sorting birds. I think newcastle auction should be a good one with the nice weather. Turkeys are a gamble, since it isn't quite time but if you hold on to them & weather turns bad or cold you will miss the turkey season. I try my best to say we have more birds than we need but a little girl always disagrees & dad won't back me up. If you ask every bird here serves a purpose, even if only 1 girl can see the purpose.