Okies in the BYC The Original

[banjoejoe4783]

ok i must be honest right now i have two borders with 50+ chick in my house and two sillkie roo ( dont have pin made for them yet )two coronation pullets and five white yocohamas lol

 

[Greybear23]

Coarl if you just want to feed one pig out to butcher you can do that in an eight by eight or sixteen foot pen and move it ever so often or put it on a floor to keep it clean, they do root and make a mess of the ground but can be kept on concrete or a floor and it can be washed down and kept clean. It takes about 6-9 months to grow one out to a 230-300 lb weight to butcher for good bacon, pork chops and ham, we make the rest in fresh ground meat because we don't eat much sausage, we use the ground meat like hamburger!

Gnight all, up early, Lynn

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Lynn - I'm tempted. I've always wanted to have some farm-raised bacon. When DH gets home from his weekend trip I'll ask. You'll probably be sold out by then

Do they need lots of space? I don't know anything about raising piggies. I know they are delicious, though.

 

[banjoejoe4783]

poco-- good to see you sort of how as things been

 

[Okla-doodle-doo]

Yeah and Coral they are fun and easy to raise! No kidding. If you can raise a dog you can raise a pig! You should try one at least so you can say"been there done that" ! And I can tell you just from the pics that Lynn's are well worth the money!

Joe when is the lady supposed to come after the yokos? Hope they lay some eggs before they go!

 

[mjgigax]

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I second that!!! how can anyone resist a cochin or silky?? i mean just look at this girl!!

http://rgart.smugmug.com/Animals/Silkies/noel2/1134917674_fLYGd-M.jpg

or this one!

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/24037_sball.gif


and my tough little dude knows no fear!

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/24037_100_2916.gif

Yes,

my real motive was to see pictures of people's chickens.
the Yokohama has a marvelous tail! -very different that a cochin tail.
Are chickens more diverse than dogs? maybe not, they don't vary quite as much as the difference in Chihuahuas and Great Danes. Birds in general though...

 

[onemomof4]

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i only take care of the chickens when he works late otherwise i just water and walk around and watch them

 

[onemomof4]

good morning everyone

 

[pepper48_98]

Good Morning Okies

 

[bethinoklahoma]

morning

 

[QueenPeaches]

Good Morning!