Okies in the BYC The Original

[okcarla]

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Oh no! That is horrible. Food poisoning can be very dangerous

I'm glad everyone is better. Thank goodness for modern medicine and hospitals.

Are you planning to go to the Shawnee show in December? Lots of BYC Okies will be there.

 

[bigokie37]

wish i could say i was.i am takin 5 blood pressure meds a day.i just cant seem to lose the weight in fact ive gained 32 ponds in the last 4 months.Dr is lookin at gastric bypass for me but im scared.

 

[RonnieAtkeson]

PnB, its a Marans Rooster that goes with some hens of hers I bought about a month ago. The rooster was loose at the time and neither of us was gonna chase it down. The lady was picking up, I belive she said 75 chickens from Gideon she had dropped off a day or two ago, so we met at Wal-mart. I assume my wife wanted the rooster that goes with her hens, but I never actualy asked lol, she did want the hens though.

 

[bigokie37]

no show for me .we dont have a vehicle that will make it out of town right now.our explorer has a cracked headan not worth fixin.hopin my ss will go through soon so we can catch up.kids all ate some bad hambuger they had left in our frig we layed out 2 packs an they ended up grabing one that had been in the frig for awhile an it was bad.
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Oh no! That is horrible. Food poisoning can be very dangerous

I'm glad everyone is better. Thank goodness for modern medicine and hospitals.

Are you planning to go to the Shawnee show in December? Lots of BYC Okies will be there.

 

[okcarla]

Bigokie, that is really scary to go thru food poisoning. I sure need to empty out my fridge & freezer. I know there's food hiding in there that several years old.

I wish ya'll had a more reliable vehicle so you could go to Shawnee. Hopefully you can get some other assistance before SS kicks in? Maybe if you advertise on craigslist what you need under the wanted category or the barter category? I wish you lots of luck & we're praying for you!

 

[poultryand bees]

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Here is the site for Strombergs - that will give you the dimension of the bags you need - they sell 0015 mil thickness bags http://www.strombergschickens.com/products/processing.php

This site is closed until Monday, but they give the dimensions for the bags they carry for turkeys: for a 20-25 lb turkey, the bag size is 16x25. For a 25-30 lb turkey, the bag size is 18x28. For a 30+ lb turkey, the bag size is 20x28.
http://www.cornerstone-farm.com/shrink_bags.htm

In looking at several different processing sites, it is confusing to me just how thick their plastic bags are. The vacume seal bags on one site were 3.5 mil thick, but they are supposed to be the kind you can boil in.

If nothing else is available, I wonder if you could double bag them in those turkey roasting bags? Theoretically, they would be large enough and you know they are food safe. I don't think they are heavy enough that you could lift the turkey by the bag, but maybe you could make a quick cloth or canvas bag for carrying the frozen turkey and place the turkey in the baking bag inside your cloth bag with handles. It would give the turkey a nice homegrown/unique appearance. Would add to the cost, but get the job done.

Best of luck

 

[poultryand bees]

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Sounds like you are a loving husband who wants to make certain your wife has the ability to hatch Maran eggs. I hope she agrees

 

[poultryand bees]

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As long as the food has remained frozen, it is fine. It may deteriorate in taste because of freezer burn, but it is safe. It is refrigerated food that can develop toxins, as happened at BigOkie's house.

 

[okcarla]

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That's a lot of chickens! You are definitely an expert on buying & selling. I wish you the best of luck.

 

[poultryand bees]

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Sorry that you are having health problems and financial challenges at the same time. Hang in there.