Okies in the BYC The Original

[countyroad1330]

Ok I am sitting in the OU library, waiting for my senior advisement appointment... And there's a baby crying... ??? The guy next to me said school work is gettin really intense.

How's everyone's weather? I thought it was supposed to stay warm til next weekend, but some cloud cover came into Norman and its a little chilly now!

Who all does not have to work/go to school for Veteran's Day? I have class! But my hubby and his dad are both off. Maybe its a law enforement thing. Are banks, etc. closed?

 

[HennyPennies2007]

Had to remove more infection from my hen today....(*See Stimpy's smiley*) I should have been more thorough when I did it the first time. Finally found a cottage cheesy pus pocket...hopefully that should do the trick....she is recovering in the hospital cage giving me the stink eye again....She is going to hate me...I told her she was a guinea pig and that REALLY seemed to offend her...gonna go shower and go visit mom...

Cammie you have a great history there....

 

[faerielady]

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Yeah tomorrow is a banking holiday

 

[Okla-doodle-doo]

I"m BacK!
Gotta out the hospital this morning. Boy I was sure getting tired of that bed! Only one stent so that was goo. And the best thing ,they didn't have to put me on the ventalator! Thats what was scarying us and the drs. We had three extra respiratoty drs. standing by in the o.r. just in case. Thanks everyone for all the prayers.I am really blessed haveing so many put me on their prayer list. And my wife was tickled that they were,Babtist,Methodist,Lutheran,Adventist, Penecostal,and even a convent of nuns in San Fransico!God is great and we sure love that he watched over us.
Teach hope things go smoothly with your dad. We will have you all in our prayers.
Thanks City,Sooner and Kaben. Appreciate you all.

Been catahing up on the busy past pages! Welcome to all you new commers. I'm one of the outa state Oikes! and proud of it!

I noticed someting on the last few pages,Wher the H-ll is Al? Hope 'The Man" is doing okay. Is he out of town?
Well better go stretch out for awhile,have to take it easy for a day or two(or at least till the wife goes back to work tomorrow!LOL)
Thanks again Guys for the prayers and well wishs. Its sure nice to get all that over with.

 

[Stray]

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I've got a chick that has three rows of comb.

Sounds like a pea comb. Were you able to identify the comb type from the pictures that Buster posted? What color are the legs and is it clean legged or feather legged? My favorites, EEs have the pea comb and slate gray legs

October has clean yellow legs and she's grey, black, and orange. none of my EE's really have much of a comb.

 

[poultryand bees]

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Veteran's Day, November 11 is both a National and a State Holiday. Banks and postal service are closed, as will be all the state, city, county and other government services. Unlike other holidays that are on a certain Monday of the month, regardless of the date that Monday falls on, Veteran's Day, like the 4th of July, is always observed on the same date - regardless of where it falls within the week.

 

[Cuban Longtails]

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Sounds like a pea comb. Were you able to identify the comb type from the pictures that Buster posted? What color are the legs and is it clean legged or feather legged? My favorites, EEs have the pea comb and slate gray legs

October has clean yellow legs and she's grey, black, and orange. none of my EE's really have much of a comb.

Maybe she's not a "she"

Pea combed fowl are sometimes called "triple" combed, because in the males the three rows are very distinctive.

 

[poultryand bees]

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Sounds like a pea comb. Were you able to identify the comb type from the pictures that Buster posted? What color are the legs and is it clean legged or feather legged? My favorites, EEs have the pea comb and slate gray legs

October has clean yellow legs and she's grey, black, and orange. none of my EE's really have much of a comb.

Since October has yellow legs, she isn't a full EE. Did you by any chance get her at POOPS? I have some that fit that description and I hatched them out of a cross of Cinnamon Queen hen and EE rooster eggs that I got from Bill and NaNa. I tossed several of those into the cage of assorted chicks that sold at POOPS.

 

[quenston]

Good Evening everyone!!! Just wanted to take the time to Thank All you Veterans and everyone that is serving our country past and present and giving us the freedoms that we have today!!!! THANK YOU!!!!

And I was wandering how and where Al is????? he has been MIA for a couple of days!!

Daschhounds glad to hear that all went well!!!!

 

[Plain Old Dee]

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Oh, man! I was sent to Okinawa at about the time that was happening. Because our unit had just formed, we didn't go and the battalion on float was handed that duty. They came back to The Rock afterwards so I was probably at the same base as your hubby while he was there. What unit was he in at the time? I was in Kilo company, Third Battalion, 4th Marines.

From my vague memory, the operation was a success, but was costly for our Marines.

Robert had a stroke several years ago and his memory is somewhat impaired. His unit was VMGR - something. Either 153, 152 or 351 - he is VERY upset with me that he can't remember those numbers. It was a C-130 outfit.

His dad was a medivac pilot in Vietnam. They pulled him out of a chopper and put him in an air traffic control tower - they were afraid that he would get himself killed taking crazy chances - he would not leave until all of the wounded had been loaded, no matter what kind of fire he was drawing.

My Dad was in the South Pacific during WWII. He was in the SeaBees and made the landing on Iwo Jima. There was some sort of snafu and the SeaBees were sent in on the third wave rather than after the beach was actually secure. He lost his best friend on that beach. They had been friends since childhood and Dad is the one that talked his friend into enlisting. Dad was only 17. He transferred into the Army and got a purple heart for some schrapnel injuries in the Korean conflict. He was supposed to go to Vietnam with the first wave of "observers," but he became ill and the Army discharged him.

One of my brothers-in-law was in Ryadh during the gulf war. He was standing at the window to his room when the scud missile hit the barracks there. His window was shattered and his face was cut to ribbons. He healed with barely a scar.

His wife and my other brother-in-law also served in the military.

My paternal grandfather was a pilot in WWI. He came back and became a barnstormer and ran off with my grandmother. Her family were southern "aristocrats" and never forgave her.

My maternal grandfather was an aide de camp for Teddy Roosevelt during the Spanish American war. He was there during the "charge up San Juan Hill." Actually, the charge never really took place. Seems they forgot the horses...