Hurd’s Birds - Feathers • Fur • Floof

04/20/2025

Easter Sunday
Resurrection Day
My Grandparent’s Anniversary

Today is a day for so much reflection for me. I normally post something well thought out and heartfelt.

Today, I am so completely sick with allergies that have become an infection. I don’t have the strength or wear with all to post something like that.

Instead I leave with you a picture of our first Midget White turkey egg of the season. It’s a pretty little thing, isn’t it? Normally I’d crack it open to check fertility, shell health, I’d examine the yolk, the albumen. Then we’d cook it into whatever recipe was on the menu. Today, I’m putting it directly into the Hovabator. In seven days we’ll see if it is fertile and in 28 days we will hopefully have our first MW poult hatching.

Remember friends, that life ebbs and it flows. Sometimes we have setbacks. Sometimes we speed ahead at a pace that is hard to hold. It is all wonderful. Even the hard parts. Life builds our character, gives us the grit and courage to keep going, and if you happen to be retreating at the moment, that is okay too. It’s in the pause, the retreat, that we are able to gain reflection and verify our path.

If you lose your footing along the way, that is okay.

If you need to stop and take a breath, or three, do it.

The world is full of wonder and if we are barreling forward, we’d miss it.

In whatever way today has treated you, in whatever outcome it brought, if you believe that

HE IS RISEN

or

Today is Easter Bunnies and candy and enjoying your family

or

Maybe it is both

I pray you and yours are at peace, and that you have brought peace to others.

04/20/2025

So, so true!

04/12/2025

Happy Birthday, Backyard Butchery! I love what you are doing and I’m proud of you!

I'm a little late as it was actually on the 3rd of the month, but we officially crossed over our 3rd year in business!!! And what a year it was! 🙀

I want to personally thank each & every one of you who continue to support this crazy, awesome endeavor of mine. When I began creating BYB November 2020, they said it "couldnt't be done", yet, here we are, April 2025! 😉

I especially want to thank the man who did not hesitate ONE BIT in joining me on this journey full-time last July, Damon Pender, (aka "Chef"). If you know me at all, you know damn well it took chopping half a finger off to admit I could use a hand (pun intended). 😂

I am so incredibly proud of what we have been able to accomplish & continue to accomplish here at Backyard Butchery as well as Farms 🐝🐂🐐🐖🦃🐓

Year 3, traumatic as it was, has ironically been my favorite year so far! Stay tuned- we've got big things still to come!! 😁

We look forward to serving you another year!!! Thank you, Oklahoma! 🫶🏻

04/10/2025

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What an ordeal to save a little heifer! I sure hope she catches on quickly.

02/17/2025

For my Mannford friends.

Don’t forget! Our next feline spay and neuter clinic is scheduled for March 1!

Event Details:
Date: Saturday, March 1
Drop-off Time: 8:30 am - 9:00 am
Price: Females $85, Males $65 (Rabies vaccine and pain medication included)

Important Note:
A non-refundable $25 deposit is required to secure your spot.
To provide the best care and attention to each animal, we require that you schedule an appointment in advance.
Very limited spots available.

You must call to make an appointment. We will not schedule over email or social media!
918-771-2721
or 405-379-5406 on week days!

Calls will be returned during business hours.

📍36255 W 31st St S
Mannford, OK 74044

02/17/2025

01/08/2025

Well said!

On Wednesdays, we wear ORANGE!
Team TORT furever🧡

Tangelo and I both benefit from good quality fur in -° mountain weather. He’s lucky enough to have rabbit fur 10x warmer than wool, while I bundle in ethically trapped Wisconsin fox fur.
Fur is the most sustainable due to its availability and superior insulating properties, not to mention it breaks down, unlike so many man made clothing options today.
Now if I could only expand and contract the hair shafts, the way animals do, to regulate my body temperatures.
Stay warm friends, choose quality fur wear!