Okies in the BYC The Original

[Teach97]

Howdy all...got a couple white leghorn roos...I am supposed to "take care of them" anyone have any use for hatchery stock birds? If not I am eating them...one has bad crooked toes...

Hope all is going good in your worlds. I gotta go write tests and such and just got in from lodge...

Grace - I still get first rights to them bantam thingys you got when they start laying

those are some neat birds! Know anyone with other colors of japs? I need pullets or hens in a bad way...going with them and less OEGBs...well kinda less

 

[CityClucks]

Hello everybody! It does seem slow tonight. It was drizzly and gray all day today - again. So after umpteen days of that my mood is in the....well, let's just say I am not as full of sweetness and light as I usually am.

I spent about 30 minutes in the hen house after dark knocking one of my pretty but flighty white EEs off the nest. She is trying to go broody...Mabel the Buff Orp is over it, so I guess Fiona Bluelegs thinks it's her turn. I would put her in the hospital coop for a few days like I did Mabel, but since that's the coop the @#$%^ predator of the suspected-masked-face-ringtailed persuasion got the pigeons, I hate to lock anyone else in there. DBF Jack has been busy and hasn't had a chance to come over and help me move the coop into a more secure spot in the run, so she gets to sit on air or infertile eggs for a while.

 

[HennyPennies2007]

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What a goober. Silly boys.

That porcelain color with Silkie feathering, that'd be gorgeous.

Why do us women always have to put up with men's krap?

 

[Pokes79]

Have you guys had any luck buying hatching eggs from ebay? I am looking at the Black Copper Marans, and I am wondering if anyone has had good luck with them. If so, who is a good seller?
There is a breeder in Seminole, OK of a couple types of Marans, but I am not sure I want to pay $60 per dozen eggs. Although the eggs look awesome in the pictures.
The breeder in Oklahoma is: http://www.fitzfarmandpoultry.net/
Any advice?

 

[delawaregirl09]

Anyone want roller pigeons?

http://oklahomacity.craigslist.org/grd/1371536567.html

 

[CityClucks]

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Hi Pokes! I could be wrong, but I think I remember Mallen (on here) saying he got some eggs off Ebay...and his hatches seem to be going gangbusters! I'm not sure if they have BCMs, but okCarla and okiehen are a couple of great Okie breeders to check into. Good luck and Go Pokes!

 

[Buckguy20]

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I know a guy that has Black Coppers and he doesn't really like them. His lay a very dark egg but he says his Cuckoo Marans out lay the BC's 3-1.
Garcreekpoultry in Oklahoma has Marans but I am not sure if he has BC's.

 

[CityClucks]

I found out a couple of hours ago that Patrick Swayze (the actor) died of pancreatic cancer. I knew he was battling it. He was only 57 - originally from Houston.

My stepfather Tom owned a grocery store in Houston years ago. Patrick Swayze was one of his employees when he (Patrick) was in high school. Tom says he would catch Patrick dancing with a broom in the storage room - practicing. I think his mother was a dance teacher. My stepsister had a crush on him when she was a kid - he was handsome. Tom always kept in touch with Patrick's mother. It's a sad day in my family.

 

[MAllen]

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My eBay eggs did really well, here's the thread showing the chicks

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=242871

26 out of 31 eggs hatched. Be sure to buy from sellers with good ratings & you should be fine.

Matt

 

[al6517]

POOPS "2010" Schedule of Events

Start Time 9:00 am, Saturday May 1st 2010

9:00 am - 12:00 pm
Meet & Greet,
Piped in music
Poultry Buy/Sell/Swap,
Static Display viewing,
Both Auction Consignments Sign in,
Raffle items check-in
Big Green Army Truck rides,
Childrens activities
NPIP testing available upon request

1:00-2:00 pm
Lunch is served

3:00 pm
Donation Auction Starts
Sellers Auction

5-6:00 pm
Main Raffle starts

8:00 pm
Clubhouse clean-up & set-up for Entertainment

8:00pm
POOPS Welcome speach
Birthday annoucements
GFM's & Table center piece drawing
Entertainment Starts : Details coming soon

10:00 pm
Clubhouse clean-up
Event grounds wrap-up
POOPS after action Meeting, all members are invited to attend,
coffee served.

*Notes*
T-shirts will be available for payment & pick-up starting Friday evening

Friday April 30th - For the folks that arrive on Friday there will be a small burger & dog cookout that Friday evening at the campground.

There will be individual printed copies of the day's event schedule handed out for your use the day of the event.

Please try and sign in your: raffle/Donation Auction/Sellers Auction items as soon as you arrive for the groups viewing.

It is encouraged for those who can to please bring any available tables and chairs and awnings or shade covering type gazebo's they may have as we will need additional seating for our large turnout, both inside & outside.

All times are tentitive and subject to minor changes, but this will give folks a good idea of the timeline for the day.

The POOPS after action meeting held in the clubhouse at the end of the evening, will be an opportunity for the group to talk over POOPS planning, and questions to post on the forum for future disscussion as it pertains to the group and future POOPS events.
Minutes of that meeting will be posted online in our forum soon after POOPS.

AL