Okies in the BYC The Original

[quenston]

TJ's Na-Na :

Well, the Cherokee County Fair (Poultry part) is in the record
books. Pa-Pa is pooped....LOL He sat down there and tested
birds from 4:00 to 6:30....... It was a fair turnout, just over 90
birds.

The kids entered 12 chickens, and 2 pigeons.
They got out of there with.....

7 - 1sts
5 - Breed Champions

5 - 2nds
2 - Reserve Breed Champions

1 - 3rd


Grand Champion - Standard

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Grand Champion - Bantam

Reserve Grand Champion - Bantam

Thankfully, the awards were split pretty evenly between them....
LOL But, for the most part, these birds are young birds out
of the birds they showed last year. Helps make it a little
easier to swallow the feed bill around here...."a little"......

Have a good one !

Wow that is great give them a big ol pat on the back from Carolyn and I!!​

 

[quenston]

OK,OK I have to brag, we went to my sons parent teachers conference tonight and she said that she has something very important that we needed to discuss, and said that we needed to change something to help our son! I am thinking the worse by far, but anyhow she brings out his reading and reading comprehension tests and the tests showed that he was at 8th grade reading and comprehension, and he is only in the 3rd grade I am very proud of my little man and found that my daughter is doing great as well with strait A's!!!

 

[Greybear23]

Hi All!!! Just got home from the Noble County Fair, here is how we done....
Dakota
Jr. Champion Youth Division- Canning, won with Pickled Peppers he canned.
1st- Cranberry/Jalapeno Jelly

Ball Canning Award for Jr. Division.

Poultry

1st & Reserve Champion of Show with White Americana hen (standard)
1st- Golden Laced Cochin (standard)
1st- Partridge Cochin hen (standard)
1st- White Leghorn hen (standard)
2nd- Golden Laced Wyandot hen (standard)

Pigeons
1st- Pair of Racing Homers
1st- Pair of Shortface Tipplers
1st- Pair of Old Dutch Cappuchins

Lynn

Canning Adult Division

1st- Jalapeno Jelly
2nd- Cranberry/ Jalapeno Jelly
2nd- Pickled Peppers
2nd- Bread & Butter Pickles
2nd- Polish Dill Pickles
3rd- Sweet Peppers
4th- Grape Jelly
5th- Pickled Okra
5th- Cucumber Relish
5th- Tomatoes

And for placing first in a canning division we both won a Ball Blue Book!!!!!

AND We had FUN!!!!!!

Lynn

 

[CityClucks]

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Wow! Congrats on your genius kids!

 

[CityClucks]

Greybear!! I'm so proud of you and Dakota - are you bringing some of those prize-winning pickled okra to POOPS??! I look forward to talking to Dakota about pigeons again - keeping these Parlor Rollers that dachsunds sent to Teach has given me a whole new appreciation for pigeons.

 

[Greybear23]

Hi City!!! I am really proud of Dakota, he has been a big help in canning this year and he did great at the fair, I was hoping to place better on my Tomatoes but you know with going up against all those professional old lady caners I guess I was lucky to get out of there with a 5th place, still I am proud for this was my first year for canning and Showing Canned foods, next year there will be lots more stuff to show as I know now how to do this and I really enjoyed the canning and the competition of it. As for the Pickled Okra, I was thinking about making a pickle tray to bring to the Poops, so we will see what happens, I am still getting Okra, do you need some? Lynn

 

[quenston]

I was reading the rants and raves on Craigslist for our area and found this website: www.peopleofwalmart.com

Hope no one is pictured on there but there is some funny stuff on there!!!

 

[Greybear23]

Nanna, wanted to tell you thanks for the C/J Jelly recipe, everyone loves it, we had some the other night on some of the Beer Brats that I made, nearly finished off a fresh opened half pint jar for supper, told the wife , maybe I should can that C/J Jelly in quart jars next time !!!! LOL My boss at work loves it, everyone wants some and hey I won second place and Dakota won first place at the fair with it, it is wonderful on any kind of pork and it is really good on Bratworst, makes a great glaze on pork loin or ham,,,, mmmmmmmmmm

Thanks so much everyone for the congrats, the Okie BYCers are the Greatest !!!!

We are making up a basket full of jellies for the Poops auction so everyone will get a chance to bid on some prize winning jellies !!! LOL

Can't hardly wait till next Saturday!

Chuck, sorry to hear about your loss, have you tried to get the check stopped and replaced, hope all goes better, was looking forward to visiting with you at the Poops, please don't give up and try to make it, C U There!!! Lynn

 

[Teach97]

Evening all...we watched football tonight...the team I was watching won...too bad it was another school!

Buddy that moved away and I taught his kid was in the area so we watched them and visited...The Railroaders! Anyone know the town???

Quenston - what do we need...how about holes in the head!

if there are any guenia pigs I could use some of them...really I could!

Bigokie I think I can get about 1/2 dozen roos for you...

 

[CityClucks]

I canned tomatoes one year when I had TONS of them - but haven't planted that many again. I've had lots of okra out of only 3 plants this season but have saved those for frying!

Tonight, me and Titus my 8 year old Jack Russell Terrier watched "Lock N Load" on The History Channel together. Tonight the show was about the history of the shotgun. When it was over, Titus looked at me and said if I had only named him "John Browning" when he was a tiny baby puppy he would have killed so many more squirrels by now. I looked at him and told him he's only a dog, so he can't tell me what I should have named him.