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  1. Mumsy

    Washingtonians Come Together! Washington Peeps

    I will have Silkie chicks this Fall and am a ferry ride away.
  2. Mumsy

    Washingtonians Come Together! Washington Peeps

    I haven't posted here in quite a while but Trav pulls me in when he shares lovely pictures of his Silkies. I'm breeding Silkies on Whidbey Island in the Puget Sound. Currently have a white pen with Catdance and Sheryl Butler trios. I have a lot of colors coming on but not set up to breeding them...
  3. Mumsy

    Washingtonians Come Together! Washington Peeps

    "Well...Since I asked for no opinions nor permission from you or any one else, I'll continue doing what works and using what is available. Just say YES to freedom of choice.
  4. Mumsy

    Washingtonians Come Together! Washington Peeps

    Yep. I bought my hay in August out of the field for $3 a bale. My chickens love it. Even the chicks like to pick around in it. I shake it out all over in the outside runs. Cuts down on mud and the chickens stir it up out there too. I don't put it out too deep. I just shake it out until it's...
  5. Mumsy

    Washingtonians Come Together! Washington Peeps

    I mix local grass hay in with the leaves and pine shavings. Sometimes I add peatmoss. It works great. I don't have any trouble with it packing. My flock stirs it up just fine. I fork it if they are outside all day. Been making my DL in my barn this way for five months no problems.
  6. Mumsy

    Washingtonians Come Together! Washington Peeps

    This iris doesn't need a wet land to become invasive. It is a prolific seed spreader. The huge root clumps are nearly impossible to break up except with a pick ax. One small root will become another huge clump in a couple years time. It would be ok planted in the area you describe but if it gets...
  7. Mumsy

    Washingtonians Come Together! Washington Peeps

    Awww...What great vacation pictures. Looks like you all had a fun time.
  8. Mumsy

    Washingtonians Come Together! Washington Peeps

    I buy local grass hay especially for my chicken litter. I do the Deep Litter system. I mix pine shavings, grass hay, peat moss, and yard leaves together. The chickens love it. I fork it once a day when they are out of the coop. I don't clean my pens except every three or four months. Some people...
  9. Mumsy

    Washingtonians Come Together! Washington Peeps

    Does anyone know of a breeder of Dark Cornish in Washington?
  10. Mumsy

    Washingtonians Come Together! Washington Peeps

    You preach it sister! I have been using all my OWN power tools since I was a girl of 40! I'm sixty now and still using them. My husband and all my kids are in the construction trades. When mamma is in the work shop don't nobody come knocking. I'm busy out there.
  11. Mumsy

    Washingtonians Come Together! Washington Peeps

    These four pullets are those I bought from Jean at the WFF winter Brisk show a couple months ago. The two buff girls are laying perfectly nice eggs every day. My Production RIR roo on the end has been covering them. Today I set a dozen of their eggs in the bator. Hatch expected Feb. 9th. I...
  12. Mumsy

    Washingtonians Come Together! Washington Peeps

    What kind of Cochins do you raise?
  13. Mumsy

    Washingtonians Come Together! Washington Peeps

    Thanks. Yep. I don't worry about frozen water in my barn. Not only does the Thermo Cube go on and off so I save electricity, I can hook up heat tape to it if I needed as well. My electrician hubby told me these work in old well pump houses too. My sister told me they also work on keeping engine...
  14. Mumsy

    Washingtonians Come Together! Washington Peeps

    This is what I do. I feed wild birds scratch, suet, and seed on the opposite side of my property as my chickens. Have for decades. Hawks do come through and take a meal on the wing. Mourning doves are their favorite. It hasn't effected the wild bird population in my neighborhood at all. Many of...
  15. Mumsy

    Washingtonians Come Together! Washington Peeps

    Hawks are protected by law and killing them can be punished with hefty fines. As managers of livestock it is our responsibility to keep them protected. You are learning very fast what doesn't work. That is a hard lesson some times.
  16. Mumsy

    Washingtonians Come Together! Washington Peeps

    I've posted about this gizmo on the https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/729605/the-natural-chicken-keeping-thread-ots-welcome/3610#post_10265558 It's called a Thermo Cube. I bought mine for $13 at Home Depot. On the same city street in Oak Harbor I found them at Cenex and a pet store for $23...
  17. Mumsy

    Washingtonians Come Together! Washington Peeps

    Total hoax started on FB in 2008. http://www.snopes.com/food/tainted/cutonions.asp
  18. Mumsy

    Washingtonians Come Together! Washington Peeps

    Pictures of them standing would help give a guess. I would say #1 male. #2 Standing pictures would help. Both standing side by side would be even better.
  19. Mumsy

    Washingtonians Come Together! Washington Peeps

    Early morning is prime hunting time for Great Horned owls, Barn Owls, and Snowy Owls. The Snowy Owls are in the region on the winter migration. They have been spotted on Whidbey Island just recently. Everybody's got to eat. Rodent populations are down and chicken is now on the menu. If you...
  20. Mumsy

    Washingtonians Come Together! Washington Peeps

    Weasels are so small they can enter a hole the size of a mouse. They are predators of rats, rabbits, and mice, but if those populations are gone they will find the next easiest meal. Once they know the address, they will return again and again. Often when they kill birds in coops, you will find...
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