Okies in the BYC The Original

[Sooner]

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that is a good question...I haven't talked to him in awhile...left a voice mail awhile back but then got busy...

he was supposed to go alligator hunting...I wonder...

Have ya ever ate gator, it's pretty good!

 

[Teach97]

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that is a good question...I haven't talked to him in awhile...left a voice mail awhile back but then got busy...

he was supposed to go alligator hunting...I wonder...

Have ya ever ate gator, it's pretty good!

ate it?! Heck i have roped it! Just for the record on them...large mother gators don't like it whenyou hit them on the head with a stick and the babies don't like it when you pull their tails...they do like saltine crackers

 

[Teach97]

true story though...I have done enough stupid things that I don't gotta make stuff up

We showed att he local fair...more to just have birds cuz the judges don't know anything...well this year they didn't...we didn't care just wated folks to see different birds. I showed up to enter the birds and got suckered into identifiying breeds...foks make me giggle. I telling folks that their cute pullet named violet was actually a victor...walked around and got folks to talking and made them realize that a large chunck of birds were all from the same tub at the feed store...think I have a job next year

 

[banjoejoe4783]

poco-yes it is nere bentonville . we could carpoll anytime you would like i go about every other week and some time they have good stof that is where i got my black copper merans (jean persy) eggs see a lot off goob OEGb out there to you neaver know what might be there

 

[banjoejoe4783]

teach-my son showed at the adir county fair this year had the same problem pepole thought ther bared rock where domers there farerolle where bramas

there red sex link pullets where roos it was a hoot no wander my son won all the cash prices he won grand and reserv bantam and grand and reserv stand no one else stod a chance it was sad

 

[averytds]

MM the pics of the first 2 birds, they are siblings, equally dainty all around, including the legs and comb development. Lineage back twice removed breeder wise. Think combination of 2 northern US breeders. Both on par with the pullets size wise from the other group. Upon close inspection, no mistaking the pointy saddle feathers one is sporting while the other isn't. Prior to the close ups, I would have said both pullets.


Cockerel in the last pic was one of 4. Lineage known back twice removed. Think combination of 2 southern breeders. Feather sexed guess 3 roos 1 pullet. By about 4 wks there was a noticeable size difference in the one roo. He's now twice their size. No other real different developments I can remember until this last month when his feathers and comb came into their own. This is the line we're planning to work with.


We've another black AM roo I bought as a chick from this years POOPs. Unknown lineage. He was crowing to beat all, big comb, you name it by 3 mnths. Overall size, he's smaller, on par with the first group.

No matter what, there's always some that'll get by you. My last processing venture I had a "pullet" with testicles

, I've a crowing Silkie "pullet" as of yesterday

and a "cockerel" marked for the pot despite the fact I loved his coloring who decided to become a pullet.

Since it's an unfamiliar line and they're already so old, why not keep them a bit longer.

you have a nice surprise. If nothing else, they taste great.


Teach, you can come here. We need a replacement judge. I don't think the one we have now can tell the difference between a chicken and a duck.

 

[Sooner]

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Sounds like you need to become the poultry 4H leader so your kids know what is what, we always need more kidss in poultry

 

[Sooner]

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Does he show in 4H & will he be there for the quad show that is coming up??? If so I will get to meet you!

 

[MMPoultryFarms]

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You a verygood Point. I am Gonna Cull for colors Any that show off coloring in the feathers Smaller then the rest ect. I will try to wing it down to 2 Pullets and 2 roo's Culling every 30 days. there are definatly alot of roo's here. Your Right I caged a roo yesterday who was having an all out cock fight with my bantam Cornish rooster. This morning he layed a blue egg. Soitsproof even the looking eye can miss one or two. But 12 birds? most growing beautiful thick red combs and hackle feathers. uploading some pics for you to see where I am going with this.

 

[Okla-doodle-doo]

I keep telling you all,the nail on a string works! Real simple,swings back and forth its a male,swings in a circle its a female!

I got both new coops wrapped in plastic and both pigeon pens. Now I'm remaking another coop and wrapping it.Its really a beautiful day but I know winters winds are going to hit soon.

Yeah we can talk about Monty now!lol He'll never be able to catch up on the old post so He'll never know!

Ohh! I wonder if Kronk has a computer,maybe Monty will use his!

Banjoe sounds like the Adair fair hasn't changed much. One year I raised a bunch of Polish from McMurray and let my nephew show them. You never saw so many ribbons in your life. He really thought he had done something. !lol!

Hey Teach I got some more Pouters at Louisville. I also got three pair of French mondains! We are talking "big" birds!