Okies in the BYC The Original

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Prayers needed please. It's official now. Lauren's surgery has been schedule for Dec. 2nd at 5:30 a.m. It will be at Baptist Hospital in OKC. She will be released the same day if she has no complications.

Edited because I can't type anymore.

 

[poultryand bees]

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[Buckguy20]

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How far are you from Salina? Bill Braden is a renowned breeder of Cuckoo Marans. He probably won't have any available but to get the best birds close by he would be the guy to see. I am sure they would be high though.

See if you can find the bloodlines from the guy in Joplin. See what he would sell a trio for. You just don't need to invest in an extra rooster just to get another hen.

 

[poultryand bees]

For those of you looking for a processor who will butcher and process your chickens for you, I talked to Raymond Jones from Tahlequah (closer to Gideon) yesterday when he delivered processed chickens to OKC from his new USDA inspected plant. He will process your chickens for you for a very reasonable price. (he told me $1.50 per bird, yesterday) He will also sell you Hubbard chicks at his cost of 40 cents each for day olds, picked up at his facility. His phone number is 918-207-7181.

Yesterday, they delivered chickens that had been raised and processed at their facility by Tahlequah - 7-9 lb roasters for $5. They were nice. They sold out before all the pre-orders could be filled, but plan to bring another truck load to OKC next week (they were delivering to Tulsa today). If you are interested in any roasting chickens, to be delivered next week in OKC or Tulsa, send an email to osborn.nancy @ gmail.com (no spaces) The chickens are fed a vegetarian based feed, no antibiotics and allowed out of their cages to roam during daylight hours.

I would really like to see this Oklahoma based processor get going strong - since I currently skin my birds rather than going to the trouble and mess of plucking them, because there hasn't been anywhere I could take them for processing. Of course, if they can keep their price at $5 for a 7-9 lb roaster, that would be much better than raising them myself.

 

[quenston]

Monty he sent me pics of the birds and the eggs to my cell phone and the eggs almost look like chocolate. Is that good? I know nothing about Marans so please forgive my stupidity!! As far as the bloodlines he said he has a friend that raises them so wasnt much help at all

 

[nnbreeder]

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Check out this site for Marans info.

http://marans.atspace.com/index.html

 

[Buckguy20]

Thats really not a bad price for a good roo and you are gonna need one anyway if you plan to keep them pure. I would sure give $30 for a trio if I wanted them. If you can get them for $25 even better but $30 is a good deal for a nice trio.
The hens are worth $15 each easy so you can look at it like your getting the rooster for free.

 

[quenston]

Les thanks for the link.

Monty thanks for the info here are pics of the roo and one of the hens let you all see what you think!!!

 

[Sooner]

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Grace are you needing a roo or hen? I have the roo I posted pics of an I can also get hen's from my BIL.

 

[poultryand bees]

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I agree - a trio of Marans for $30 would be a good deal. I am selling garden variety laying hens for $12.