Okies in the BYC The Original

[artsyrobin]

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I have used the pine bark in some of my smaller pens before. It did work ok but I can't afford to put it everywhere.

kmart had it on clearance for a dollar a bag, my girls were having a blast digging around in it, the guinneas freaked out at first.. they are just too funny- one has a squeaky voice, and he really let everyone know that was strange stuff

 

[Buckguy20]

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Hey Teach,
Al said something about you wanting some just plain ole regular run of the mill hens.

 

[MAllen]

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I PM'ed ya, check your messages.

Matt

 

[al6517]

2009 OFFICIAL AUTUMN POOPS ANNOUNCEMENT"

I am proud to announce to all Okies in the BYC members That the fall POOPS=
People Of Oklahoma Poultry Swap Has been Officially set.

WHEN= Saturday, September 26th, 2009

WHERE= OKC east KOA Campground, 6200 Choctaw rd, Choctaw Ok

WHO= All Oklahoma members of the Okies in the BYC their families and invited friends.


After the very fun and successful spring 2009 POOPS event there was much interest in having a fall event, we felt that we surely must let this fine tradition continue in all it's fanfare. with continued support We will strive to make this event even bigger and better than ever as our fine members deserve only the best. For those of our new members and members who were unable to attend the Okies in the BYC POOPS, it is a family oriented affair, where members come to meet the folks we talk to everyday on this forum, and enjoy the one thing we all have in common our fondness of poultry. This year promises to be one you do not want to miss, and as I stated it will be bigger and better than ever, this year we are planning the following.






1. Food : This year we will be featuring a full pot luck lunch and dinner.
2. Poultry : The usual fanatical buying/selling/swapping of poultry.
3. A night of fun filled entertainment at the clubhouse. featuring song and dance numbers w/ live music and skits, along with a wheel of misfortune.
4. Several static displays for your learning and viewing pleasure.
5. small lectures and demonstrations by professional and respected members of the poultry and agriculture fields.
6. A Raffle and a special raffle for the kids.
7. and for the first time our very own Live POOPS Poultry Auction.
8. Printed programs of the days events.
9. POOPS T-shirts and possibly hat's & visors for sale at the clubhouse.
10. POOPS Grand Prizes, 2-6 mo Golden Feather Memberships to the BYC.
11. A live reading for the kiddos followed by a Pinata.
12. Awards ceremony with ribbons to recognize our young 4-H & FFA & Poultry show winners and county & state fair winners.

and much much more!!!!!!!!!!!.

A special operations commitee has been formed and several of our fine upstanding members have offered to give freely and happily of their time and expertise. they will head up the following appointed ares of intrest.

AL (al6517) & Monty (Buckguy20): Commitee chairmen.

Carah (Sooner) & Eulaine (TJ's Na-Na) : Food and Beverages. contact these ladies with your ideas, dishes, and help. A list has been started and is circulating around our thread.

Grace (gracefullbantams) : Raffle. Grace has a seperate thread for raffle donations going and she has promised to post the link soon.

Monty : Kids raffle, contact Monty for your small children raffle donations.

Marybeth (poultry&bees) : Static display's and lectures/demonstrations. Those wanting to seek info on setting up displays or needing guidance contact Marybeth.

Beth (cityclucks) : Entertainment, and Name Tags. The Entertainment is progressing well and promises to be side splitting fun. Now currently forming the Chickendale dancers.

Al (al6517) Carla & Gerald (OKCarla) : Live poultry Auction. Contact AL for your list of what you want to consign to the auction.

Carah (Sooner) : Tee Shirts- 3 color Designs are now in the works. Carah will start a size and Quantity order thread soon. get your order in early, NO $$$$ will be needed in advance to order.

Monty and Myself will be posting more specifics and details on these areas in a later post. As always Monty will be seeking Donations for the clubhouse rental and the cabin reservation info at KOA. We tried so very hard to choose a date for this event that would fit 99.9% of are available members, the weather, POOPS planning and reservation schedule, and local and regional events. The good folks at KOA have been so gracious to have invited us back and we recieved some very good positive feedback from are members, that this was a good fit for our needs. As a group we are known for are steadfastness once we set our minds to a task, it is now up to each and every one of us to come together and contact the appropriate principle to offer any help and suggestions, ya'll know the drill. The principle heads will start to post a list of names and services volunteered as it begins to come together in their areas.

So Okies let the festivities begin in the tradition of the most poplular group thread on this BYC forum.

AL



POOPS AUCTION INFORMATION

We Okies in the BYC are proud to announce the first annual POOPS live auction, to be held on the Saturday the day of Fall POOPS 2009

The auction is open to all attending and will be offered in 2 segments, the first part of the auction is for items that are donated and the proceeds will go toward the POOPS fund to help pay for the many expenditures POOPS have incurred. The second portion of the auction is a for profit live auction just like all normal auctions. We want to try and make this auction a success for all future POOPS events and our members to enjoy and benifit from.

Auction rules as follows ;

1. Check in time for items in both auction segments is as soon as you can, to enable folks to view the items up for auction.

2. Non-live poultry items should maintain a poultry theme, I.E.= art's & crafts etc.

3. All poultry must be caged or in a suitable enclosure, cages will not be sold with the poultry unless specified by auctioneer.

4. PO's will be honored in all fairness during the live for profit segment only.

5. Bid numbers will be issued to all who want them prior to the auction start time.

6. When the auction is finished we encourage all buyers to check out first followed by the sellers, so we can have an orderly checkout and have the proper funds available to pay out.

7. All cages and items will be numbered by the auction staff, and it is encouraged that you lable your own breeds for better identification to avoid any confusion and benifit both buyer & seller.

8. It is asked that all buyers wait till the end of the auction before gathering up their purchases assited by the auction staff. there may be the opportunity to also buy choice of a particular Lot, if this happens the bidder should have an empty cage available and close by.

9. The auction staff will not be running an active post on what is being brought for sale, but we do have a running post as to a wish list as to add fairness to the event.

10. There will NO commissions or Taxes of any kind held back from the buyers and sellers alike.

Items needed for auction :
Chickens of all breeds & ages, Chicks, hatching eggs of all kinds, ducks, peafowl, rabbits, turkeys, quail, cages, waterers,feeders,incubators,wire,netting.
Arts & crafts, vegtables,and any other poultry related items.

Contact AL ; in a PM only!!! for those who want to consign items to both auctions so we can have a good idea of the amount of items we can expect to have, this list will be held in confidence.

This post can & will be edited as needed as futher information comes to bear.

Auction Staff ;
Caller- AL
Sign in/Secratary/pay out- Carla
Ring personel- Gerald Kaiser & Bill Bailey

Ok folks so it's time to bring it and sell it, this is a good opportunity to replace some of your losses from this spring/summer and get some breeds you have allways wanted. and don't forget to try and donate some items to benifit the POOPS fund.

AL

 

[poultryand bees]

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I currently have 3 hens that are broody. Each of them received a dozen eggs from the other hens when I realized they were sitting on a golf ball and a chalk egg. It is funny how the hens decide it is time to stay put. Sometimes, they find a nest where several hens have laid eggs, but just as often they don't even bother to lay their own egg, but claim a nest box where there are just the "pretend" eggs. A few years ago, I had a hen that would sit on eggs in one nest box for a week and then switch to another nest box, abandoning the eggs she had been sitting on for a week. I would move the eggs under her in the new location and she would stay there for a few days and then go back to the original nest box. Amazingly, some of the eggs hatched even though they had been abandoned several times for half a day or more during the 3 week incubation.

 

[poultryand bees]

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welcome to the Okies thread on the BYC. Are you sure you have enough chickens with this new hatch? we would love to help you find some more.

 

[Buckguy20]

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I reposted it this morning. It can't be too far back.

 

[poultryand bees]

AL - I just reread the POOPS announcement and you might consider editing the part about extra shirts being available for sale at POOPS, since Sooner has now indicated she won't be ordering any extra ones due to the small number of pre-orders.

 

[poultryand bees]

someone mentioned the possibility of an auction starting up in Alex - here is the information from Craigslist. Looks like it will be the 2nd and 4th Saturday

Date: 2009-09-04, 6:54PM CDT
Reply to: [email protected] [Errors when replying to ads?]

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ROCKIN' G ANIMAL AUCTION

2ND AND 4TH SATURDAY OF EACH MONTH!!!

STARTING SEPTEMBER 26TH, 2009

We will be selling Hatching Eggs, Chickens, Ducks, Geese, Turkeys, Peacocks, Guineas, Rabbits, ect.

Also Cages, Brooders, Incubators, Feeders, Waterers, Rabbits supplies, Tack, Farm and Ranch Supplies and Misc Items.

We will be accepting consignments from 9 am until sale time on the day of the auction!!

Location: Alex FFA Building 707 S. 2nd in Alex. It is located next to the Baseball field on Main Street in Alex, right off of Highway 19.

From Main Street Turn East at the Longhorn Express go 1 block and make a Right follow that road until it curves, then turn left into the FFA drive way.

15% Commission on all Sales.

There will be a Concession Stand at the Sale!!!

For more information call: (405) 226-2817 or email me at [email protected]

 

[poultryand bees]

Anyone looking for Welsummer roosters? there are 3 for sale in Blanchard for $25 each. They are 22 weeks old. Wonder if they are show quality for that price?
http://oklahomacity.craigslist.org/grd/1357537598.html