***OKIES in the BYC III ***

[Kassaundra]

Oh my goodness! What is Ari?

He is a black breasted red, rumpless, tufted araucana. This was taken in the shade in the direct sun you need sunglasses to look at him!!!!

(that may be a little bit of an exaggeration but not much)

 

[NanaKat]

Our crazy neighbor is at it again.

Now he is stock piling dead horse carcasses in a washout area in the creek on the north line of their property which borders ours. The carcasses are not buried and any rain or run off from a nearby watershed lake will wash the bones and carcasses down into Sand Creek that runs north out of the property.

This will contaminate a water source for our livestock.

He picked up a carcass from the horse sale barn Sunday and took that back to add to his own dead horses so he may have an agreement with the sale barn.

The smell is awful and the coyotes and other predators are getting fat.

Because this man is violent and capable of doing great harm to us, our neighbors and/or our livestock, I made an anonymous report this morning with the Agricultural Environmental Management Services office. They will send out an inspector. Then called our neighbors to warn them and shared information with the sheriff's office just in case the guy goes nuts after the inspector leaves. Some of our neighbors are relatives of this guy and they are afraid of him and won't make complaints on him. And Hubby has the gun loaded at the back door and I know how to use it if he tries to cause trouble like last time.

 

[NanaKat]

Oh I had an empty pen until last week when the little CW roo I got at POOPS decided to take me on. I had to kick him 3 times to make him back down. So he is now in the empty breeding pen by the guineas (that will teach him he now has to listen to those darn guineas 24/7). I have been working with him all week on letting me in the pen and I walk straight toward him. If he charges me I chase him until I catch him and then carry him all over to do my chores. He will settle down or else, lol. I figure another few days serperated from his pen and he will be ready to go back. Plus he will be the low man on the pecking order so that will help the other roo in that yard. He had him beat down horribly. He didn't start this until last week up till then the BC Marans and him lived happily together. There are 9 BC pullets, 1 CW pullet, 5 SLW pullets in there so plenty of girls to go around haha.

Try putting him in a pen with some older hens...they will teach him some manners very quickly.

Love all the variety in the bird pictures....but hey....no turkeys...they must be in hiding

Hope everyone has a lovely Thanksgiving with family and friends.

 

[Kassaundra]

If I were a turkey I sure wouldn't poke my head out even for a picture!!!!!!!!

All the stories about these neighbors really make me thankful for my sane, nice ones.

 

[MacGuyver]

He is a black breasted red, rumpless, tufted araucana. This was taken in the shade in the direct sun you need sunglasses to look at him!!!!

(that may be a little bit of an exaggeration but not much)

Well, he's sure pretty.

 

[lonnyandrinda]

All the stories about these neighbors really make me thankful for my sane, nice ones.

NO KIDDING!!!!!!!

ETA: I think our neighbors think WE are the crazy ones, with a houseful of kids, and bees and chickens in the backyard! Never thought I would be considered a rebel!

 

[Poco Pollo]

Morning Okie land!

POCO while you are around, what did you find to be the best meat/egg layer? I know you had tried several breeds.

Hope everyone has a wonderful holiday week!!!! Happy Thanks Giving!

Sorry I missed seeing this.

NN are wonderful for meat and eggs. I really like standard Cornish too.

 

[NanaKat]

Quote: One of my neighbors popped in the other day when I was chasing the gander with my arms outspread yelling "Shoo shoo shoo" after I flipped him for trying to flog me...I was asserting my alpha position. The little old lady sure laughed at me.

 

[Kassaundra]

I seem to be making BBQ pork strips on "Bones" nights, but at least tonight supper was finished before Bones comes on.

 

[Elwood Lightfoot]

Our crazy neighbor is at it again.

Now he is stock piling dead horse carcasses in a washout area in the creek on the north line of their property which borders ours. The carcasses are not buried and any rain or run off from a nearby watershed lake will wash the bones and carcasses down into Sand Creek that runs north out of the property.

This will contaminate a water source for our livestock.

He picked up a carcass from the horse sale barn Sunday and took that back to add to his own dead horses so he may have an agreement with the sale barn.

The smell is awful and the coyotes and other predators are getting fat.

Because this man is violent and capable of doing great harm to us, our neighbors and/or our livestock, I made an anonymous report this morning with the Agricultural Environmental Management Services office. They will send out an inspector. Then called our neighbors to warn them and shared information with the sheriff's office just in case the guy goes nuts after the inspector leaves. Some of our neighbors are relatives of this guy and they are afraid of him and won't make complaints on him. And Hubby has the gun loaded at the back door and I know how to use it if he tries to cause trouble like last time.

I guess I have one of those neighbors, during the summer he dragged a dying horse onto my property and let it die then claimed it wasn't his and he didn't know anything about it, now he is burning his trash (which is illegal) and dumping his burn barrel in the ravine that drains into my pond about 100 yards downstream, I called DEQ and they came out then sent me a letter stating they saw nothing wrong with what he was doing, I don't know who has more authority to go to next but having toxic runoff from half burnt household trash coming into my pond can't be good for all my animals that drink from it. I'm starting to think I should be the dangerous neighbor but that would go against the rule of being a considerate neighbor I've always tried to keep....