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  1. Smokerbill

    Washingtonians Come Together! Washington Peeps

    I dry some. I have lots of oregano and tarragon, plus some dill seeds in the pantry. Sometimes I don't feel like walking outside to get herbs. LOL It's getting close to time for me to order fresh onion seeds. I probably won't grow shallots again next year, except for a few of this year's bulbs...
  2. Smokerbill

    What did you do in the garden today?

    I also banded and weighed the chicks today, with weights ranging from 122 grams to 157 grams. When they reach laying age I'll use the largest ones for breeding the third generation. I think I need to start saving more eggs to hatch so I'll have more to choose from for breeding stock.
  3. Smokerbill

    Washingtonians Come Together! Washington Peeps

    Yeah, they're all doing great. I decided to weigh them all today to determine which, if any, are growing bigger and faster. The top four weighed 157, 147, 146 and 145 grams. Two were 138 grams. 136, 132, 125 and 122 grams for the smallest four. I'll weigh them again at 4 weeks old. I banded them...
  4. Smokerbill

    What did you do in the garden today?

    Chick update, 2 weeks old today.
  5. Smokerbill

    Washingtonians Come Together! Washington Peeps

    My view is kind of cloudy. No bright sunshine yet anyway. The chicks are growing fast and seem to be feathered out pretty nicely at 14 days old. Two weeks ago... Today...
  6. Smokerbill

    Washingtonians Come Together! Washington Peeps

    I let one or two parsley plants go to seed every summer and it comes up volunteer so I don't have to think about planting any. I still have a nice little flatleaf parsley plant growing at the outer edge of one of the beds.
  7. Smokerbill

    Washingtonians Come Together! Washington Peeps

    Well... (haha pun) I know where the main water shutoff valve is nearest the well's pressure tank, and where the water shutoff valve is under the house. If there's a leak I'll turn off the water at one of those. I filled the big chicken and baby chicken feeders and waterers, cleaned all the...
  8. Smokerbill

    What did you do in the garden today?

    I cleaned all the crappy bedding out of the chicken coop and used it on one of my 5'x15' raised beds. 10 gallons gave the bed maybe a 1/4 to 1/2 inch thick topcoat. Not much, but it was pretty ripe smelling.
  9. Smokerbill

    Washingtonians Come Together! Washington Peeps

    My chicks discovered their wings today and have been fluttering all over the inside of the brooder box. I mixed up a couple of water soaked starter crumbles for them to give them a break from dry crumbles, and maybe fatten them up a little quicker.
  10. Smokerbill

    Chicken swallowed a bolt

    The fact that it's stainless steel means it won't rust or tarnish, but doesn't mean that it's not possibly toxic. I have a stainless steel hip joint, and if it wears excessively it can cause tissue death around the joint and a host of nasty problems throughout my body and organs.
  11. Smokerbill

    Processing non-meat breed cockerels

    That's what I'm aiming for, quick growth and a large size in 16 or 18 weeks. I have five New Hampshire pullets and one grew fast is is nearly twice as big as the others. She's been laying 5 or 6 x-large eggs per week. She bred with a good sized NH cockerel and I hatched 10 of her eggs. I'll...
  12. Smokerbill

    What did you do in the garden today?

    I just looked at my garden today trying to figure out how I'm going to eat all the baby bok choi plants. I'm considering using them to make kimchi, which would be a first for me. The Brunswick cabbages are forming heads. They're supposed to be freeze tolerant and the cool weather hasn't slowed...
  13. Smokerbill

    What did you do in the garden today?

    To believe that I would need a video as proof. LOL And just curious, did your onions have rot problems again this year? I agree that it must be some kind of disease organisms in your soil, and maybe the wind blows them around.
  14. Smokerbill

    What did you do in the garden today?

    Did the other chickens take chase and try to get the mouse?
  15. Smokerbill

    Washingtonians Come Together! Washington Peeps

    Yeah, I've seen those hatch alongs. I'm not that much of a social type. I'll stick to where I'm comfortable. For now anyway. Did you cook something fancy today Valerie? Cheap pizza and beer here today, an old friend came down to visit from Milton. Nice visit.
  16. Smokerbill

    What did you do in the garden today?

    I've been hearing mice in the walls for the last week or so, like between 1am and 4am. Maybe they're somewhere else like in the crawl space, I just don't know for sure. I have a few old style snap traps set with fresh peanut butter now so hopefully I'll be getting some protein chicken treats soon.
  17. Smokerbill

    Washingtonians Come Together! Washington Peeps

    I have one of those old heating pads that doesn't shut off, but the hanging ceramic heater works great. I'm VERY careful to make sure it doesn't drop down into the bedding. I'm wondering if I should start hatching another batch of chicks. It's kinda fun to make chicks out of eggs. LOL Did your...
  18. Smokerbill

    What did you do in the garden today?

    My chicks got a new home. I taped two $4 moving boxes from Homedepot together, covered it with part of a rabbit cage. Suckers have room to run now! No gardening done other than growing out some fertilizer factories...
  19. Smokerbill

    Washingtonians Come Together! Washington Peeps

    My chicks are all doing great in the new brooder box I put together. I bought two HomeDepot moving boxes, 24"x24"x20". I taped them together so the chicks have a 24x40 box to live in. The 75 watt ceramic heater bulb works great at about 10 inches from the floor. Chicks find the spot under it...
  20. Smokerbill

    Washingtonians Come Together! Washington Peeps

    Hope you find a roomy soon Penny Jo. Start thinking about getting your garden going next year, save a few bucks on food. My dang chicken coop is smelling like ammonia lately and I think it might be due to the higher protein All Purpose feed they're eating. It's 18% protein and that's probably...
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