Okies in the BYC The Original

[al6517]

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LOL yes I have been up since 5:00 am and was responding to POOPS PM's, I get alot of it done in the early am then get back to it at night after I get home, the madness never ends LOL.

AL

 

[fletcherpoultryauction]

I noticed yesterday as we were leaving to go to Apache for pizza that there was one spot of snow that hadn't melted down by the road. Otherwise, it was beautiful out and we worked in the barn building new pens until 730 before going in to get ready. All I have left to do on Peaches new chicken pens i to make the doors.

 

[al6517]

2010" OFFICIAL EVENT ANNOUNCEMENT"

I am proud to announce to all Okies in the BYC members That the Spring 2010 Event=
People Of Oklahoma Poultry Swap Has been Officially set.

WHEN= Saturday, May 1st 2010

WHERE= OKC east KOA Campground, 6200 Choctaw rd, Choctaw Ok

WHO= All Oklahoma members of the Okies in the BYC their families and invited friends.


After the very fun and successful 2009 event's there was much interest in having another event, we felt that we surely must let this fine tradition continue in all it's fanfare. with continued support We will strive to make this event even bigger and better than ever as our fine members deserve only the best. For those of our new members and members who were unable to attend the Okies in the BYC, it is a family oriented affair, where members come to meet the folks we talk to everyday on this forum, and enjoy the one thing we all have in common our fondness of poultry. This year promises to be one you do not want to miss, and as I stated it will be bigger and better than ever, this year we are planning the following.

1. Food : This year we will be featuring a full pot luck dinner.
2. Poultry : The usual fanatical buying/selling/swapping of poultry.
3. A night of fun filled entertainment at the clubhouse. featuring song and dance numbers and skits.
4. Several static displays for your learning and viewing pleasure.
5. small lectures and demonstrations by professional and respected members of the poultry and agriculture fields.
6. A Raffle that would be sure to entice all members of the family
7. and for the 2nd time our very own Live Poultry Auctions.
8. Printed programs of the days events.
9. T-shirts are available to order.
10. A live reading for the kiddos, coloring and perhaps a show and some magic fun, and much more
11. The Big green Army truck courtesy of the egg man Gerald.
A special operations commitee has been formed and several of our fine upstanding members have offered to give freely and happily of their time and expertise. they will head up the following appointed ares of intrest.

AL (al6517) & Monty (Buckguy20): Commitee chairmen.

Carah (Sooner) : Food and Beverages. contact Sooner with your ideas, dishes, and help. A online list will be started and circulated around our thread. It is very important to the success of the event that everybody participates and brings food.

Grace (gracefullbantams) : Raffle. Grace has a seperate thread for raffle donations going and we have recieved some very nice items and need more.

Donna : Entertainment and clubhouse affairs.

Muesky/Rebecca & Barnswallow/Jeannie : Childrens events and activities, plus Go-carts rides all day.

Marybeth (poultry&bees) : Static display's and lectures/demonstrations. Those wanting to seek info on setting up displays or needing guidance contact Marybeth.

Beth (cityclucks) : Name Tags, online attendance roster and clerical support

Al (al6517) Carla & Gerald (OKCarla) Queston & Carolyn and Michael: Live poultry Auctions. Contact AL for your list of what you want to consign to both auctions.

Carah (Sooner) : Tee Shirts- 3 color Designs are now in the works. Carah will start a size and Quantity order thread soon. get your order in early, NO $$$$ will be needed in advance to order.

Monty and Myself will be posting more specifics and details on these areas in a later post. We tried so very hard to choose a date for this event that would fit 99.9% of are available members, the weather, planning and reservation schedule, and local and regional events. The good folks at KOA have been so gracious to have invited us back and we recieved some very good positive feedback from are members, that this was a good fit for our needs. As a group we are known for are steadfastness once we set our minds to a task, it is now up to each and every one of us to come together and contact the appropriate principle to offer any help and suggestions, ya'll know the drill. The principle heads will start to post a list of names and services volunteered as it begins to come together in their areas.

So Okies let the festivities begin in the tradition of the most poplular group thread on this BYC forum.

AL



POOPS AUCTION INFORMATION

We Okies in the BYC are proud to announce the 2nd annual live auction, to be held on the Saturday the day of 2010 Spring event.

The auction is open to all attending and will be offered in 2 segments, the first part of the auction is for items that are donated and the proceeds will go toward the event fund to help pay for the many expenditures we have incurred. The second portion of the auction is a for profit live auction just like all normal auctions. We want to try and make this auction a success for all future events and our members to enjoy and benifit from.

Auction rules as follows ;

1. Check in time for items in both auction segments is as soon as you can, to enable folks to view the items up for auction.

2. Non-live poultry items should maintain a poultry theme, I.E.= art's & crafts etc.

3. All poultry must be caged or in a suitable enclosure, cages will not be sold with the poultry unless specified by seller & auctioneer.

4. PO's will be honored in all fairness during the live for profit segment only.

5. Bid numbers will be issued to all who want them anytime prior to the auction start time.

6. Payout info explained prior to the beginning of the auction.

7. All cages and items will be numbered by the auction staff, by lot # and it is encouraged that you lable your own breeds for better identification to avoid any confusion and benifit both buyer & seller.

8. It is asked that all buyers wait till the end of the auction before gathering up their purchases assited by the auction staff. there may be the opportunity to also buy choice of a particular Lot, if this happens the bidder should have an empty cage available and close by.

9. The auction staff will not be running an active post on what is being brought for sale, but we do have a running post as to a wish list as to add fairness to the event.

10. There will NO commissions or Taxes of any kind held back from the buyers and sellers alike.

Items needed for auction :
Chickens of all breeds & ages, Chicks, hatching eggs of all kinds, ducks, peafowl, rabbits, turkeys, quail, cages, waterers,feeders,incubators,wire,netting.
Arts & crafts, vegtables,and any other poultry related items.

Contact AL ; in a PM only!!! for those who want to consign items to both auctions so we can have a good idea of the amount of items we can expect to have, this list will be held in confidence.

This post can & will be edited as needed as futher information comes to bear.

Auction Staff ;
Caller- AL
Sign in/Secratary/pay out- Carla & Carolyn
Ring personel- Gerald Kaiser, Queston, Michael, Monty, Bill Bailey ?.

Ok folks so it's time to bring it and sell it, this is a good opportunity to replace some of your losses from this spring/summer and get some breeds you have allways wanted. and don't forget to try and donate some items to benifit the event fund.

AL

 

[Sooner]

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Hey Sooner! You probably remember that my old one was blue, this time I got a red one

oh I love red!!

 

[al6517]

Ok so Shavon/smfamf has graciously offered to maintain the list of birds that will be at POOPS and also what folks are looking for. Please contact her via PM with anything you plan to bring for sale at POOPS regardless of the method of sale.
The list will be posted soon, so start getting ready folks we are gearing up for the big push to May 1st 2010 POOPS.

AL

 

[bethinoklahoma]

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I especially adore well mannered kids. The last Blanchard auction I had a kid run by our reserved POOPS table and injured my knee--the knee I had surgery on--I was in so much pain that I relocated behind the auctioneer in the livestock run! No kids to bang into me! Several people had been crashed in to by this kid, (and several other kidss) to the point of almost being knocked down. I like kids fine, but it seems like Blanchard has a real problem on it's hands with out of control kids. There were even kids in the parking lot crawling in and UNDER trucks---I shudder to think what could happen in that dark parking lot. Some of the parents don't even care that their kids are running wild thru the auction floor. I don't know about you guys, but I raised my kids better than that! And BarnSwallow I think your kids were the best mannered kids there...and sweet to boot!

I think I remember the kid that you speak of... He was bullying little kids and my son had to hollar at him to be nice.. Austin doesnt like bully's and it upsets him immensly as it should anyone for that matter..

My daughters were their and it best not been them.... I have ALWAYS stressed that they have fun BUT NEVER be a pain in the butt to anyone. AnnaBell is a good girl and Virginia is also at least most of the time.

 

[Sooner]

P.O.O.P.S 2010 Tee shirts

Above is the design that has been chosen!! As you can see it will be a three color design on a green 100% cotton shirt. Shirt orders will be taken from today until April 18th the pricing is listed below. Shirts will NOT have to be paid for when ordering, I will collect all money at P.O.O.P.S.

If you would like to order a shirt please PM me with T-Shirt in the subject line. When ordering state the size and number of shirts you want.


Youth Sm. - Adult XL $9.00 For each additional X add $1.00


If you do NOT receive a reply to your PM please send it again

 

[fletcherpoultryauction]

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That has got to be my all-time favorite breed. They are beautiful and gentle. Steph was supposed to be getting me some but with the recent blizzard we haven't gotten together to do any trading. Congrats on your new babies. Pssstt, are any of them spoken for yet?

 

[artsyrobin]

morning all...my checkin for the day.... got the run repaired yesterday, in the process hubby, coop101, says i can have as many chickens and poultry as i want at poops.... sheesh... talk about an enabler!! my hands are full with them now...lets see..

sir barny... The Roo
BO - sugar & spice
RIR- Donna
Prod Red- Pippin
BA- Tic & Tac
LB- Lily

Teens:

LB - Emmy & Grace
Silkies - periscope and coal
EE- Maggy and maybe roo

Banties
Silkies - Squeak & Muppet
D'uccle- Nimi
Cochin Mix - Izzy

Ducklings 2


Grand total??? 20 poultry?? and last year just wanted a few hens... now what?? continuous collecting of various fluffy butts...!

i'm hopeless... and my daughter who is 30 says...get this... mom- what if something happens to you and dad, what am i gonna do with all those birds!! so i promised to have info to contact folks here... she is such a pessimist!!

 

[al6517]

.............................................POOPS AUCTIONS REMINDER..............................................

I am now actively accepting consignments for both of our POOPS auctions coming up in May. Please contact me via pm with anything you would like to auction off. We will accept almost anything that is poultry related,

art's & crafts, hatching eggs, chicks, misc coop equipment= nest boxes, feeders waters etc, chickens, turkey's, peafowl, quail, rabbits, cages, feed, bedding..................you get the idea.

1). The 1st auction is our POOPS donation auction whereby the proceeds go to fund our annual POOPS events in order to cover our vast expenses required to host such a large event.

2). The 2nd auction is our sellers for profit auction, whereby the seller benefits from the sale of their items.

3). Don't forget to look for some items to donate to the Raffle, which has always been such a big hit, contact Gracefulbantams for your raffle consignments.

Thanks you all once again for helping make our annual POOPS event such a big success.

AL