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  1. Birdinhand

    Washingtonians Come Together! Washington Peeps

    Greetings all. I’m in shoreline wa, north of Seattle. Since Jenks hatchery in OR stopped selling broilers/cornish cross, does anyone have a local-ish source that they like for meat birds… trying to avoid shipping from the mid west.
  2. Birdinhand

    Washingtonians Come Together! Washington Peeps

    Yeah, it’s farm grade, only runs one when it drops near freezing, it’s been going for nearly 10 years so I’m satisfied… but yeah, if the bird bath de-icer works just as well for less $$ then right on!
  3. Birdinhand

    Washingtonians Come Together! Washington Peeps

    North is Seattle here, it’s 18f, headed for 12f. Checked the hens before the snap started, made sure the bucket de-icer was working. It’s been working well for me for many years: Bucket de-icer . All seems to be well.
  4. Birdinhand

    Washingtonians Come Together! Washington Peeps

    life is good, hens are happy but alas it's time to clean the deep litter coup!
  5. Birdinhand

    Washingtonians Come Together! Washington Peeps

    we had a great thanks giving here just north of Seattle. we roasted up an 8.25 LB cornish cross from our coop with lemon, home grown garlic, herbs and spices, it was the size of a small turkey! It was delicious!
  6. Birdinhand

    Washingtonians Come Together! Washington Peeps

    yes, three have molted recently, so I was expecting only the other three to keep laying since they are about 8 months old and had started laying daily. maybe I need a brighter light bulb, but last year, all I did was add a few windows and had good laying up until the end of december.
  7. Birdinhand

    Washingtonians Come Together! Washington Peeps

    I live north of seattle. what breeds do you have the best luck with for winter laying up north here? my orpingtons do well but this spring I added a speckled sussex and two black sex links and they abruptly stopped laying a week or so ago. I'm not sure what caused the sudden drop, it...
  8. Birdinhand

    Washingtonians Come Together! Washington Peeps

    we have a roo to rehome, we bought it as a black sex link hen but it's probably an Asian Hybrid since it has completely different coloring than the auto sexing sexlink should have. our kiddos are very sad to see it go, it's been hand raised from day 1. let me know via PM if you are interested...
  9. Birdinhand

    Washingtonians Come Together! Washington Peeps

    I've finally gotten the gumption to buy a nipple water bucket to hang in the coop. I was a bit worried the transition but after just a few times showing them, they figured it out quick... no more messy waterers!
  10. Birdinhand

    Washingtonians Come Together! Washington Peeps

    I'm here, I've been working on lots of stuff, kids out from school. I just rehomed 6 chicks from our broody. she did a great job! we are more than maxed out on our limit so we will have to rehome some more chickens before they reach 6 months. we have two BO, two SLW's, one lavender O, and 4...
  11. Birdinhand

    Washingtonians Come Together! Washington Peeps

    sounds wonderful!
  12. Birdinhand

    Washingtonians Come Together! Washington Peeps

    I keep everything covered with a roof and secured with hardware cloth and so far, fingers crossed, no problems with mites/lice. I expanded this year by adding another run with lots of natural light. every time I see an uncovered run around here, unless it's basically a large free ranging...
  13. Birdinhand

    Washingtonians Come Together! Washington Peeps

    I don't think there is any way around needing a roof in the PNW. I have a friend who tried it and has a mucky mess. when I added a run I used translucent corrugated roofing so that the light comes in, the chickens seem to love it.
  14. Birdinhand

    Washingtonians Come Together! Washington Peeps

    those weights are outstanding! where did you get your chicks from? I know what you mean about them being sweet birds, it does not make it easier to dispatch them. we raised our egg layer pets the year before and gradually introduced the idea to the kids before we go them, and didn't name them...
  15. Birdinhand

    Washingtonians Come Together! Washington Peeps

    congrats, we just harvested our Cobb 500 CX. we are in kind County. we fed 17% organic soy free modesto to 7 weeks then 20% to 8.5. we average 5 lbs dressed at $2.48 lb. Jenks hatchery in OR has been great to work with. what have you been feeding? are those dressed weights?
  16. Birdinhand

    Washingtonians Come Together! Washington Peeps

    how is the light in your inner coop? I added windows and had a big jump in egg laying, nearly every hen lays an egg a day now. light is a big driver in ovulation, particularly in northern areas with long dark winter days and cloudy spring mornings.
  17. Birdinhand

    Washingtonians Come Together! Washington Peeps

    so i'm adding an additional run for my hens and I'm torn between covering all of it and leaving some exposed to the sun... and rain. I swore off leaving any part uncovered when I built my coop a couple of years ago but I just feel so bad that our hens rarely get to be out in the open and yet...
  18. Birdinhand

    Washingtonians Come Together! Washington Peeps

    I've been around to a lot of places to check out chicks, the monroa co-op gets 1,000 chicks a week with over 30 breeds. they have decent prices, so much so that I drive up all the way from shoreline. best selection and prices i've found. you'll want to call ahead to see what they have but I...
  19. Birdinhand

    Washingtonians Come Together! Washington Peeps

    yes, more folks with good experiences need to speak up! I think the problem comes in part from folks not realizing there are a wide range of varieties of CX, some are gross while some are much more chicken like. the other problem is people not knowing what they are getting into and not doing...
  20. Birdinhand

    Washingtonians Come Together! Washington Peeps

    my Cobb 500 CX from jenks in OR are 5 weeks old tomorrow and trucking right along. I've got them on 17% modesto organic, 12 hours on, 12 hours off. harvesting at 8 weeks, shooting for 7 lbs dressed.
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