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  1. NinetreesMom

    Eastern Washington

    That is a bummer! Hopefully more will be at the Walla Walla Co Fair. I just built the last of my hen houses and coops. Now everyone that has been in a tractor for the summer has a cozy place to live for the winter. Now to get my larger feed and waterers made, get a nice protective coat of...
  2. NinetreesMom

    Eastern Washington

    Got my last bunch of chicks out of the brooder and into the chick tractor, just as my spring chickens are starting to lay. We have 3 or 4 tiny little eggs a day... So cute!
  3. NinetreesMom

    Eastern Washington

    KrystalRose, Do you have Cascade farm and Ranch near you? We have one in Walla Walla. They carry a whole line of organic chicken products... layer, chick starter, scratch, etc. It is a chain so hopefully you do! Hope this helps.
  4. NinetreesMom

    Eastern Washington

    Wish we had gotten more rain. The ground is already dry again. Watched another field fire last night... Probably started by hot machinery. I feel bad for the farmer that lost a couple acres of wheat. My chickens are happy the wind storm is over though! Now back to muckng out my barn and...
  5. NinetreesMom

    Eastern Washington

    Just added some new members to the flock. Finally got my Light Sussex, Welsummer, and Blue Copper Marans chicks. I also got my first egg from my spring chickens... wish I had taken a pic, it was a perfect, tiny little olive-colored egg out of a welsummer/cream Legbar cross hen. Also added...
  6. NinetreesMom

    Eastern Washington

    All of my chickens are panting. I put shallow pans of water and quite a few will wade in them to cool down, but most of them just suffer through like the rest of us! No losses, at least :-/
  7. NinetreesMom

    Eastern Washington

    Scram, you might want to do a search on bumble foot. Sounds like what might be going on, and with some work you can often cure it. Course, some chickens just have weird feet! Good luck!
  8. NinetreesMom

    Eastern Washington

    Raech, in the house I make a fruit fly trap by mixing about a tablespoon of apple cider vinegar in 1/2 cup water, and adding a drop of dish soap (breaks the surface tension of the water so the flies drown). It works really well, and I am sure it would work outside or in a greenhouse too. Good...
  9. NinetreesMom

    Eastern Washington

    Welcome pizzamanhoxie! Cute egg :-). We got a couple of those last year, although one only had whites. I have to get coop building myself. Those chicks just keep growing :-)
  10. NinetreesMom

    Eastern Washington

    Welcome 3 of everything! You have a fun mix... Good luck on the pullets!
  11. NinetreesMom

    Eastern Washington

    Thanks Rustyhen! I think I have finally figured out a tractor design I like. Yes, the weather is a roller coaster, especially when I add in the wind we have been having!
  12. NinetreesMom

    Eastern Washington

    Thought I would share some pics of my flock as they have now moved to outdoor tractors. I have to get a bigger coop built before winter for the layers! I also got brave and started free-ranging my older birds. It is sure nice to have chickens in the barnyard again! Just hope the predators...
  13. NinetreesMom

    Eastern Washington

    I have cream legbars and a "barnyard mix".... Cream Legbar roo over welsummer, light sussex, and blue-laced wyandotte.... They should lay everything from olive to blue eggs. I have hatching eggs but could incubate them for you. 3 weeks to hatch from the day I set them. Cream Legbars can be...
  14. NinetreesMom

    Eastern Washington

    Ok, so I haven't gotten any chick pics yet, but my eggs looked so pretty this morning that I just had to snap a quick shot. We don't need any dye for Easter around here! :-)
  15. NinetreesMom

    Eastern Washington

    Thanks everyone for the turkey input. I think I will put them in the tractor with my red rangers, then they can have it to themselves after "processing day". Fintucky, know what you mean... i have 3 rubbermade bin brooders right now, one with 8 of my own chicks, one with 10 barred plymouth...
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